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Holiday Shopping Season Kicks Off Earlier Than Usual as Amazon Rolls Out Black Friday Deals
It might be early October, but the holiday shopping season is already upon us. Amazon on Monday announced a [...]
Black Friday In-Store Shopping To Make a Comeback This Year, As Holiday Spending Returns to Normal
After the pandemic halted physical holiday shopping for many in 2020, consumers are ready to hit the stores [...]
Digitization of Retail in Canada is Increasing the Need For Efficient Merchant Communication in the Online World: Feature Interview
The number of tweaks and changes that the retail industry has undergone as a result of the COVID-19 [...]
Arc’teryx Appoints Chris Pelyk VP, Store Development
Former lululemon, Apple, and adidas Executive to Spearhead Global Retail Store Expansion NORTH VANCOUVER, Canada, Oct 4, 2021 – [...]
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Sporting Goods News
Dorel selling bicycle business for US$810M; shares soar
Dorel Industries Inc. is selling its sports division to Dutch transportation conglomerate Pon Holdings B.V. for US$810 million as the Montreal-based company looks to reduce its debt load. The sale comes roughly six months after [...]
Under Armour Appoints Chief Consumer Officer
Under Armour Inc. announced the appointment of Massimo Baratto to executive vice president, chief consumer officer. Since joining Under Armour in 2018, Baratto has been managing director of the company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) [...]
Footwear Prices Are Skyrocketing at the Fastest Inflation Rate in 20 Years
Shoe prices are going up. And they could get even higher as the holidays approach.As overall consumer prices rose by 5.4% in September compared to a year ago, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ [...]
Biden confronts supply-chain crisis stretching past his grip
U.S. President Joe Biden wants to break a logjam at U.S. ports and stave off a holiday season of shortages and delays -- bottlenecks that officials and stakeholders say extend far beyond the reach of [...]
Lululemon brings Mirror to Canada
Lululemon is set to bring its interactive home gym concept Mirror to nearly 40 Lululemon stores across Canada for purchase in-store and online as of November 22. The Canadian expansion will bring Mirror’s in-store [...]
Adidas Launches Resale Program Powered by ThredUp
Adidas is getting in the resale game on its own terms.The company today launched “Choose to Give Back,” a custom resale solution powered ThredUp’s resale-as-a-service (RaaS) program. Via Adidas’ Creator’s Club app, customers will now have [...]
New e-comm partnership bridges gap between retail and direct-to-consumer sales
A collaboration between e-commerce platforms Quivers and NuORDER allows brands to automate in-store pickup for online orders. As omni-channel sales strategies continue to evolve for brands in the outdoor space, more partnerships are cropping up [...]
Canada Goose is dropping a bold and pricy new luxury footwear collection
Venerable Canadian luxury outdoor brand Canada Goose announced a new line of winter boots today, revealing two models and a new campaign that celebrates what it means to be a force of nature and profiles three remarkable personalities.The [...]
CSGA New Member News Feature
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. [...]
NHL-superstar invests in Swedish high-tec hockey company
Auston Matthews, the super star forward of the Toronto Maple Leafs, proudly announces his investment into the Swedish Company Flow Motion Technology with its well-known hockey brand Marsblade. Other investors include former Stanley cup champions [...]
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The BlackNorth Initiative Summit Launches With Commitments From Over 200 Organizations Representing Over $1 Trillion in Market Cap; Over 3000 People in Attendance
The Canadian Council of Business Leaders Against Anti-Black Systemic Racism announced the names of more than 200 organizations whose CEOs have signed the BlackNorth Initiative’s pledge committing their organizations to specific actions and targets designed [...]
Ontario, Quebec step in after Trudeau’s real estate plan flops
Canada’s two largest provinces are helping businesses that can’t pay their rent during the coronavirus shutdown after a federal aid measure failed to gain traction. Click here to read the article