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MEMBER NEWS
  
Source: Titleist
These wedges are designed for golfers seeking to optimize their short game this season. Team Titleist members have the opportunity to participate in events and receive coaching to sharpen their game.
  
Source: Blizzard Tecnica
Seventeen women will be receiving funds and equipment to advance their skiing education. Over 500 women applied worldwide for the $20,000 scholarships, sharing how they could utilize the program best.
  
Source: WFSGI>
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) and McKinsey & Company present their third industry report. Some of the key themes for this year are mixed markets, shifting consumer preferences, and planning, among others.
  
Source: Payworks
Embracing growth by "doing right by people," is what the company prides itself in; understanding how to best serve communities and honoured for doing so.
PARTNER NEWS
  
Source: Moneris
Simplify your business through the use of Canadian payment processing to ensure security and satisfaction for your customers. High security measures are in place to avoid fradulent payment activity with these processors.
 
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INDUSTRY NEWS
  
Source: ESG Today
The Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) released new standards for company sustainability and climate information. The new standards set the stage for mandatory climate reporting requirements for Canadian companies.
  
Source: CBC
Summer McIntosh swam into first place in the 200-metre freestyle, achieving the fastest time across the globe this year. This begins the Speedo Canadian Swimming Open at the Pan Am Sports Centre in Toronto.
  
Source: NHL
The Penguins captain earned 38.37 per cent of the total vote in the NHLPA poll. The runner ups were Panthers' Barkov with 14.6 per cent; LA Kings' Kopitar at 8.15 per cent.
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

                            

Can-Am Sales Group, LLC., is a leading full-service sales agency uniquely positioned to provide growth focused sporting goods and outdoor brands with a bridge to retail success.

Can-Am is led by our founder and President Scott Makway, an experienced sales executive with a proven track record of driving retail performance in the outdoor sporting goods arena. With relationships at many of North America’s leading retailers, Scott has a solid history of partnering with customers to understand and support their unique strategies while delivering comprehensive solutions in what can be very complex regional and/or seasonal categories!

Together with Scott, our Can-Am management team has more than 75 years combined real life experience in retail, wholesale, & product manufacturing within the sporting goods business world.

Why Can-Am Sales Group, LLC.

With a complete suite of sales driving services and capabilities, Can-Am’s team leverages long and deep relationships at the retail, distributor and manufacturer level across the United States and Canada. We combine those relationships with in-depth industry, market and product knowledge, then pull it all together by utilizing our real-life experiences gained while working for some of the world’s leading retailers, wholesalers, & consumer brands

Our services

Beyond basic sales representation, our Can-Am "menu of services” include but are not limited to; Retail Management services for our vendor partners, Retail Consulting & Private Label Development capabilities among many others. Please request our Can-Am "menu of service” for a complete list of value add services.

www.canamsalesgroup.com/

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Source: Athletic Knit
  
Source: Kobe Sportswear
 
BUSINESS SERVICE PROVIDERS

                                   

At Waltsco, we have a rich history in e-commerce dating back to the early 2000s. Our founder, Steve Walters, and his father, Daniel, saw an opportunity to create a niche hockey training product and established the Sports Netz brand, offering over 10 SKUs within the Sporting Goods market. However, with the declining margins of selling directly to brick and mortar stores, rising costs for domestic freight and the fall of the economy in 2008, the company shifted their focus to e-commerce and sold primarily through their own website and channels like Ebay.

As the rise of Amazon grew, Waltsco expanded from the Sporting Goods and Outdoors category and hasn’t looked back since. Over the years, we have experienced all models within Amazon, including retail and online arbitrage, wholesale, bundling, private label, and now our main focus is in agency work, helping brands sell directly on seller and vendor central.

We made this shift because we saw firsthand how challenging and time-consuming the Amazon platform could be. Despite the complexity and lack of user-friendliness, we have spent countless hours fighting for our clients to give them the best opportunity to succeed. Our goal is to bring value to our clients by offering peace of mind services to their listings, and we continue to do so as the platform evolves.

www.waltsco.ca/