{"id":2246,"date":"2014-06-20T09:15:25","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T14:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.ca\/blog\/?p=2246"},"modified":"2016-05-26T08:58:26","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T13:58:26","slug":"retail-insider-june-18-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.ca\/blog\/retail-insider-june-18-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Retail Insider – June 18, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nU<\/span>pscale sporting goods retailer Sporting Life<\/a>\u00a0plans to open stores across Canada. Its goal is to open two stores a year, with locations sought in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, and Montreal. Its stores will be large, measuring in the 30,000-50,000 square foot range. Its expansion goals are lofty, especially considering that Sporting Life hasn’t opened a new store in 14 years.<\/p>\n
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Sporting Life’s Toronto flagship. Photo: Reich+Petch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Founded in 1979, Sporting Life sells apparel and footwear, as well as equipment geared towards runners, cyclists, skiers, snowboarders and hikers. Some items can cost into the thousands. It has a large selection of outerwear, fleece and coats from popular brands Moncler, Canada Goose<\/strong>, and The North Face<\/strong>, among others. It also carries a mix of high-end and casual clothing brands including Barbour, Bogner, Hugo Boss, Grenoble, Mackage, John Varvatos<\/strong> and others.<\/p>\n

Given the size of its current and recently announced locations, we expect Sporting Life’s new stores to span 30,000 to 50,000 square feet. Its current and proposed store locations and sizes are as follows:<\/p>\n

Current Stores:<\/p>\n