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Sports Distributors of Canada Buying & Marketing Show Huge Success
Sports Distributors of Canada (SDC) held their Buying & Marketing Show at the ScotiaBank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls, [...]
Puma North America Raises Hourly Wage for Retail Employees
Puma announced that it will raise its minimum wage for Puma North America and Puma Canada retail employees [...]
Arc’teryx Opens Third Store in Quebec
Bringing technical outdoor apparel to the community of Laval. NORTH VANCOUVER, British Columbia, November 26, 2021 – Arc’teryx Equipment, the global design [...]
AUGUSTA SPORTSWEAR BRANDS LAUNCHES NEW CUTTING-EDGE FREESTYLE HEADWEAR DESIGN PLATFORM
Augusta Sportswear Brands proudly announces its launch of FreeStyle Headwear, a proprietary new custom headwear design platform. FreeStyle [...]
Black Friday 2021 to Overtake Friday Before Christmas for Retail Sales in Canada
Black Friday at Kate Spade (CF Toronto Eaton Centre) Photo by Dustin Fuhs Black Friday has become the busiest [...]
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Sporting Goods News
Recommerce expands beyond fashion
With roots in flea markets, bazaars, and garage sales, “recommerce” in apparel predates the pandemic and even the digital age – though it has, until recently, remained tucked away at the periphery. A new [...]
Rossignol Sells Felt Bicycles To Pierer Mobility
Rossignol has sold Felt Bicycles to Pierer Mobility, the owners of KTM motorcycles. The acquisition of Felt Bicycles consists of three components: the purchase of the Felt brand assets, business assets in Europe and [...]
Canadians Returning to Shopping Centres and Brick-and-Mortar Retail in a Big Way: JLL Study
Celebrated author Mark Twain over the years has been stuck with a famous quote he may or may never have said: The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. You could say, the bricks and [...]
Kelly-Ann Paul Announced as Canada Games Council President and CEO
OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 22, 2021 /CNW/ - The Board of the Canada Games Council (CGC) is happy to announce Kelly-Ann Paul as the organization's next President and CEO. Paul, a long-time senior leader of the CGC, will be stepping into her [...]
Foot Locker Merges Champs Sports And Eastbay Brands
Foot Locker announced it is officially merging its Champs Sports and Eastbay brands after integrating the corporate organizations for both banners last year. Dubbed Champs Sports x Eastbay, the combined brand has its own [...]
BofA Report: Factory Shutdowns Impact In Vietnam Could Linger For Apparel And Footwear Sector
Economists at BofA Global Research, in a new report, found that while production disruptions in Vietnam have eased, a return to full capacity by the end of 2021, especially in the labor-intensive apparel and [...]
Empty shelves, higher prices expected due to B.C. floods
Catastrophic flooding in British Columbia has crippled rail lines and washed out essential highways, making it likely that Canadian consumers will face higher prices and shortages of in-demand items in the months to come. Residents [...]
UK-Based JD Sports Launches Significant Store Expansion into Canada
Image: JD Sports Construction Hoarding at CF Fairview Global sports fashion retailer JD Sports is expanding into the Canadian market. The company, which began in 1981 with its first store in Bury, Greater Manchester in England, is [...]
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 [...]