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Asics Appoints President And CEO, Asics North America
Current Asics North America president and chief operating officer, Richard Sullivan has been appointed to Asics North America president and [...]
CSGA Members: Moneris NEW Preferred Rate – Effective September 1st, 2021
We are pleased to inform you that CSGA and Moneris®, the official supplier of debit and credit card [...]
View from the C-Suite: How Altitude Sports is planning around disrupted supply chains
Amid staffing and inventory challenges, the outdoor goods retailer is telling customers to expect a different kind of shopping [...]
Membres de CSGA : NOUVEAU tarif préférentiel Moneris – En vigueur le 1er septembre 2021
Nous sommes ravis de vous informer que l’CSGA et MonerisMD, fournisseur officiel de services de traitement des paiements [...]
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THE NBA AND FORMULA 1 ANNOUNCE CONTENT AND PROMOTION PARTNERSHIP TO CELEBRATE THE NBA’S 75TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON AND THE UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX
NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2021 – The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Formula 1® (F1) today announced a first-of-its-kind content and promotion partnership to bring together the broad, global fanbases of the NBA and F1 [...]
To Understand the Future of Ecommerce, Look at How Kids Behave
What the next generation can teach us about the upcoming 10-plus years Breakneck—that’s how fast consumers’ expectations around ecommerce are changing. While consumers expect and adapt to change one day at a time, brands [...]
The A B Cs of Digital Marketing
According to the Harvard Business Review, and the post-COVID CMO survey, social media marketing spending saw a 74 percent lift in 2020. In addition, traditional marketing activity was projected to decline during the same [...]
Concerns Despite Announced Federal Government Extension of Wage and Rent Subsidies for Retailers and Businesses in Canada [Interview]
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is relieved that some broad-based business supports will remain in place following Thursday’s federal announcement on wage and rent subsidies for businesses affected by COVID-19, but concerned that the eligibility [...]
Crocs Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates Despite Supply Chain Disruptions
Q3 was another successful quarter for Crocs. On Thursday, the clogcmaker reported revenue of $625.9 million, marking an increase of 72.2% on a constant currency basis compared to 2020. Net income for the quarter was $153.49 million, [...]
BioSteel Expands its Courtside Hydration Authority as new Official Sports Drink of the Miami HEAT
The leader in Clean. Healthy. Hydration. adds to its growing sports roster, signing its sixth multi-year NBA franchise deal with another iconic team MIAMI, Oct. 20, 2021 /CNW/ - Today, BioSteel Sports Nutrition Inc. ("BioSteel") announced it's [...]
How Retailers in Canada Can Add More Value to their Customers’ Lives by Embracing the Wellness Trend
One of the biggest disconnects in human nature is between what we should do and what we actually do. Doctors tell us to lose weight and exercise more. Financial planners tell us to save and invest more while spending less. [...]
Gymshark Exploring IPO
The U.K.-based fitness apparel and athleisure brand Gymshark is in preliminary talks with banks and institutional investors over a potential IPO, according to Sky News. The report indicates that the brand has been “aggressively” pitched to by [...]
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 [...]