LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. is an American company based in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1897 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, the footwear company moved to Oregon in 2001 where its Danner Boots subsidiary was based. In 2012, the company, which previously had been publicly traded, was bought by Japanese-based ABC-Mart.
The company manufactures boots and other footwear primarily for use in agriculture, hunting, construction, and the outdoors. Other products include rubber boots for farm and hunting, all manufactured in Asia.
History
LaCrosse was established in Wisconsin in 1897 as the La Crosse Rubber Mill in the city of La Crosse.[1] The company became the largest employer in that city in 1930.[1] In 1994, the company acquired Portland, Oregon-based Danner Boots in a merger that was expected to create a company with an annual revenue of $100 million.[2] A month later the company announced plans for an initial public offering (IPO) worth up to $24 million in order to help purchase Danner.