{"id":5519,"date":"2016-06-17T15:31:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T20:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.ca\/blog\/?p=5519"},"modified":"2018-01-15T16:07:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T21:07:00","slug":"new-store-opening-at-hillcrest-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.ca\/blog\/new-store-opening-at-hillcrest-mall\/","title":{"rendered":"New Store Opening October 20 at Hillcrest Mall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5520 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13.-1406-Hillcrest-Exterior.jpg\" alt=\"13. 1406 Hillcrest Exterior\" width=\"1000\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13.-1406-Hillcrest-Exterior.jpg 1000w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13.-1406-Hillcrest-Exterior-300x142.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13.-1406-Hillcrest-Exterior-768x364.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s most prestigious sporting goods, lifestyle and \u201cfash-letics\u201d retailer Sporting Life announces its first Western Canadian location as part of a national expansion.<\/p>\n<p>On October 20th 2016, Sporting Life will open a 44,000-square-foot Hillcrest Mall location. Blending the best in fashion and the best in sport, along with its signature customer service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very exciting bringing the Sporting Life story to these new markets,\u201d says John Roe, Director of Marketing and Advertising at Sporting Life, \u201cSporting Life is a home-grown Canadian success story with no one quite like us in the industry. We pride ourselves on exceptional customer service in every store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sporting Life Hillcrest - Opening Fall 2016\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/158094240?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The new Sporting Life store will offer shoppers fabulous fashion \u2013 casual and sport, footwear and athletic gear. Brands like Canada Goose, Arc\u2019teryx, Spyder, Hugo Boss, Rossignol, Barbour, Ralph Lauren, The North Face, Asics, Nike, to name a few will be available. Sporting Life is known for their ability to choose brands and styles that marry fashion with sport and lifestyle to create a high-end look that is also durable, athletic and technological.<\/p>\n<p>Items from bike, ski, snowboard and racquets can be found and also fashion and footwear for athletic or casual needs plus so much more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Sporting Life we embrace sporting lifestyle like no one else,\u201d continues, Roe. \u201cWe like to offer our customers an over the top shopping experience where they can get outfitted from head to toe for their entire family in one store where customer services and high-end quality brands are our mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sporting Life, famous and successful because of its excellent customer service was founded in Toronto in 1979, and still managed today by co-owners Patti Russell, Brian McGrath and David Russell, as well as many of the long term original store employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an exciting time for us at Sporting Life\u201d, says David Russell Co-Founder of Sporting Life. \u00a0\u201cIn 2012 we became partners with Prem Watsa and Paul Rivett of Fairfax and this has allowed us to fulfill our ambition of having a small exclusive group of stores across the country in first class locations in great Canadian cities where people enjoy the lifestyle our Toronto customers embrace.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s most prestigious sporting goods, lifestyle and \u201cfash-letics\u201d retailer Sporting Life announces its first Western Canadian location as part of a national expansion. 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