A 40 percent drop in sales of outdoor gear, due to a 66 percent decline in sales of military tents, did not prevent Johnson Outdoors from posting a 2 percent increase in sales to $80.2 million for the first quarter of its financial year, which ended on Dec. 31, but the operating loss increased to $3.7 million from $1.3 million in the year-ago period, due to the restructuring of its European operations and write-offs. Sales of diving products dipped by 3 percent because of weakness in Southern Europe. Watercraft and marine electronics instead scored increases of 22 and 11 percent, respectively.

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