CSGA Member News
Le Massif de Charlevoix
Montreal - November 17, 2021 Origin is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new, industry leading website for Quebec’s Le Massif de Charlevoix ski resort. The multi-language site, built in Drupal 9, was [...]
CCM, Augusta Sportswear Brands Enter into New Exclusive Licensed Uniform Partnership
For over 100 years, CCM has equipped the best hockey players in the world. With the help of constant research and product testing from legendary players, CCM has built products from the inside out and [...]
Golf Canada links with PUMA Golf to infuse style and performance into Team Canada program
Golf Canada and PUMA Golf have announced an expansion of their partnership, naming PUMA as the Official Apparel and Headwear Partner of Golf Canada’s National Team Program. As part of the three-year agreement, Team [...]
Nordica Announces Early Launch and Limited Availability of New Enforcer and Santa Ana Unlimited Ski Collections
WEST LEBANON, N.H. – Nov. 9, 2021 – Nordica teased something new was happening to its Enforcer and Santa Ana family of skis on its social media accounts since late October. Today the company [...]
Lune Active now distributed in North America by In-Sport Fashions
Canadian distributor In-Sport Fashions distributes Lune Active in North America Lune Active is an Amsterdam-based athleisure apparel brand They are inspired by nature, and driven by powerful women Montreal, Canada-Lune Active is an athleisure [...]
Sporting Goods News
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 [...]
Crocs broke its classic clog mold for the first time. Here’s why
Crocs. The injection-molded foam clogs are equal parts design punch line and design icon, a symbol of ceasing to care about how you look for the sake of comfort. For years, I’ve looked at people [...]
Increase in Fraud Hits Retail Industry in Canada as Digitization Accelerates
We are in the midst of a digital revolution. Though there have been fits and starts of innovation that span the better part of the past three-quarters of a century, all lending to the cumulative [...]
Groupe Boucher Opens Canada’s Largest Sports Store in Quebec City
Sports Experts / Atmosphère at Laurier Québec (Image: Groupe Boucher) Groupe Boucher has opened what it describes as the biggest sports store in Canada. The store, under the Sports Experts and Atmosphere banners, opened in the former Sears space at [...]
Winners named in 2021 George Brown College 5 To Watch awards competition
TORONTO, ON – November 12, 2021 – George Brown College is pleased to announce the recipients of the tenth annual 5 to Watch: Canada’s Sports Business Awards, which recognizes five of the most influential and [...]
CSGA New Member News
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 [...]
THIS IS WHY THE NORTH FACE IS EVERYWHERE
Wearing Multiple Hats The North Face is at the crux of becoming one of the most influential clothing brands in consumer culture today. Outside of fashion’s wandering eye, it’s exemplifying what it means to cleverly [...]
Nearly Half of Canadians (48%) Saw People Outside their Household Over the Holidays
Majority (61%) of them Gathered Indoors Without Masks Despite Widespread Flouting of Pandemic Guidance, Most (95%) Think Their Actions Over the Holidays Did Not Contribute to Virus Spread; One in Ten (10%) Express Guilt over [...]
CSGA || Warning of fraudulent attendee list
Please be advised that some members have reported that they have received and email from a company claiming to be offering an 2021 attendees list of the Canadian Sporting Goods Association, and to contact the [...]
CSGA 2021 FEATURED BRAND LANDING PAGE
Add / edit your company brand logo CSGA Delta BC October 29th, 2020: First of a warm welcome to all the new members of CSGA … we look forward to working with you next year. [...]