Wolverine Worldwide will concentrate more on Merrell, Sperry and other brands following the sale of Sebago to BasicNet, the Italian licensing company that owns also brands such as Briko, Kappa, K-Way and Superga. The transaction was valued at $14.25 million. Wolverine probably felt that Sebago was cannibalizing in some ways Sperry, particularly in the boat shoe category.
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