Financial Instruments
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3 Months Ended | ||||
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Mar. 31, 2014
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Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract] | |||||
Financial Instruments Disclosure [Text Block] |
At March 31, 2014, the Company’s majority-owned subsidiary, Florsheim Australia, had forward exchange contracts outstanding to buy $6.8 million U.S. dollars at a price of approximately $7.6 million Australian dollars. During the first quarter of 2014, the Company also entered into forward exchange contracts to buy $8.0 million Canadian dollars at a price of approximately $7.2 million U.S. dollars. Based on quarter-end exchange rates, there were no significant gains or losses on the outstanding contracts. |