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Amer Sports Announce Changes to Winter Sports Leadership
Amer Sports announced that after 45 years in the snow sports industry and an exceptional and distinguished term [...]
New home for Canadian soccer as OneSoccer launches on Telus
Channel debuts on Telus, one of Canada's 'big three' carriers, with live coverage of Canadian Championship and Canadian Premier [...]
COURIR POUR BRISER LES BARRIÈRES
Comment Marc-Antoine Forand s’est transformé en ultramarathonien pour son fils Noah Altitude Sports s'associe à The North Face pour [...]
RUNNING TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS
How Marc-Antoine Forand became an ultramarathoner for his son Noah Altitude Sports partners with The North Face to present [...]
Q-Collar Available for Canadian Athletes
Q30 Sports Canada and ONEteam Sports Combine Forces To Bring The Q-COLLAR To Canadian Athletes [...]
Marsblade Announces Canadian Rep Force
Ostersund, Sweden – Sept 16th , 2021 – In response to Canadian interest in existing training products and new [...]
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Sporting Goods News
Iconix Brand Group Inks Deal With Genesco to Create Starter Footwear
A closeup of the branding on a Starter jacket. Iconix Brand Group Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with Genesco Inc. to become the exclusive U.S. and Canadian footwear licensee for heritage athletic brand [...]
‘No Signs of a Sustained Easing’ of Global Trade Gridlock
Global trade is at a standstill thanks to continued port congestions worldwide, and recurring bottlenecks exacerbated by the recent pandemic-related closures of major Chinese terminals including Ningbo-Zhoushan and Yantian. World trade is expected to stagnate in September, according to [...]
2027 Canada Winter Games Bid Process Launched in Whitehorse, Yukon
Bid launch for the 2027 Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon. Photo: Sarah Lewis (CNW Group/Canada Games Council) WHITEHORSE, YT, Sept. 22, 2021 /CNW/ - The Canada Games Council, alongside the City of Whitehorse and the Government of Yukon, today officially launched [...]
Lululemon reaches exclusive deal to make Canada’s official Olympic and Paralympic gear through 2028
Vancouver-based athleisure giant will outfit Team Canada for next 4 Olympiads Lululemon has seen booming sales during the pandemic as millions of office workers found themselves working from home and in need of comfortable but [...]
Crocs to change clogs’ ingredients to be bio-based by 2022
Brand that became fashion success story during lockdown aims to be carbon neutral by 2030 Crocs – the previously loathed shoe company that became a fashion success story during the pandemic – are radically [...]
It’s a Slam Dunk Partnership for The Bay, Toronto Raptors and NBA
The Bay Named Official Style Partner for the Toronto Raptors; Launching Collaboration in the New Year September 10, 2021 08:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Matching up Canada’s fashion retailer with two of North America’s [...]
Chainwide Store Closing Sales Under Way at All Canadian Shoe Outlet Stores
TORONTO, Sept. 15, 2021 /CNW/ -- With management citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on brick-and-mortar stores, discount family footwear chain Canadian Shoe Outlet (CSO) is now running store closing sales at all 15 locations across Ontario. "Shoppers will [...]
Nike, Adidas, and Under Armour Face Ongoing Headwinds From Vietnam Factory Closures
Leading footwear brands are still feeling the sting from factory shutdowns in Vietnam. Since July, factories in Vietnam, the second largest supplier of footwear to the United States behind China, have been shut down due to [...]
CSGA New Member News Feature
CSGA APPOINTS JON IRWIN AS PRESIDENT & CEO
Toronto June 14th, 2021: The CSGA Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Jon Irwin as the associations new President & CEO effective July 1st, 2021. Jon’s appointment came after an extensive [...]
Altitude Sports launched SS21 edition of Alti Action – and exclusive collab with Montreal-based illustrator Mathieu Dionne
Altitude Sports has announced the return of their semi-annual Alti Action program, a fundraising initiative that allows customers to donate to partner organizations that support the brands’ core values – environment, youth, and diversity. This [...]
Shelby Weaver Is Busting Barriers in the Raptors’ Front Office—and the Sneaker Game
Weaver is a glowing example of the way women have been playing a key role in the Raptors organization’s success. When Ujiri was first hired by the team in 2013, it had only one [...]
Lids Announces Partnerships With Designer Brands to Bring Licensed Sports Product to its Canadian Stores, Expand Footprint in Canada
Lids will have 45 shop-in-shop concept stores at DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse and The Shoe Company locations throughout Canada INDIANPOLIS, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading sports retailer Lids is partnering with Designer Brands, Inc. (NYSE: DBI), one of North America's largest designers, producers [...]
EVENT || CSGA partner Lightspeed is shaping the future of ecommerce Webinar invite
Greetings, Canadian Sporting Goods Association members, subscribers and industry friends! Lightspeed is honoured to be partnering with the CSGA to invite brands to join our Supplier Network and to bring our omnichannel commerce platform to [...]
Peak Performance Announces Canadian Ambassador Team
Calgary March 22nd, 2021: Peak Performance is proud to support their newly formed Canadian Ambassador Team through apparel sponsorship. The team consists of Olympic hopefuls, Free Ride World Tour participants and athletes shooting and sharing [...]
Lightspeed partners with CSGA to unite retail industry during unprecedented digital revolution
Partnership to drive value for CSGA members as global commerce leader pioneers revolutionary direct integration of small and medium-sized businesses with industry-leading suppliers Lightspeed (NYSE: LSPD) (TSX: LSPD), a leading provider of cloud-based, omnichannel commerce [...]
The JD Group Canadian expansion plans
The JD Group, which bought Vancouver-based Onepointfive Ventures February 2020 consisting of four stores (Livestock) and a website trading as Deadstock (https://www.deadstock.ca/) plans to use this platform to develop the JD Group in Canada. Based [...]