Team Insight - November, 2006
Okay, I'm A Soccer Guy
It is fall and I am immersed in the world of soccer. I come to work and have the pleasure of researching and writing our cover feature on the current state of the sport. Then I go home to coach my recreation team. On most weekday afternoons I skip ou...
Buying Group Therapy
Team industry buying groups have certainly been in the news lately.
Sports, Inc. Adds Five New Members ... In a short period earlier this fall, five influential team dealers joined Sports, Inc., including Allen Sports Center (Seminole, FL) switching from ADA. The other four new members are Schuylkill Valley Sports (P...
Hibbett Team Part of Celebration In Big Apple
Hibbett Sports, the consummate small-town retailer and team dealer, celebrated a decade as a public company by ringing the NASDAQ opening bell in New York City on October 11. It was quite a day for a company that opened its doors as a team dealer...
NFHS: High School Athletics On The Rise
For the 17th consecutive year, the number of student participants in high school athletics increased in 2005-06, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). Participation for the 2005-06 school year rose by 141,195 ...
A New Man On The Russell Team
After a four-year hiatus, industry veteran Doug Kelly is back in the business and promises a revitalized sales and marketing effort at one of the industry’s venerable brands.
To kick off the first team sports sales meeting since he took over as president of Russell Athletic just a few weeks earlier, Doug Kelly showed a video of football highlights. As the athletes on the screen ran, collided and scored, Kelly’s message to...
The Big Issues
In some ways it is the best of times for team dealers. In others, it could be the worst. But it definitely not the most boring of times. Opportunities abound for the team sports business as 2006 draws to a close and dealers and their vendors get read...
First And Many
Team dealers may want to check out this sampling of new products and best sellers from some of the industry’s top vendors.
UNDER ARMOUR Skull Cup ... Made from the Under Armour fabric to deliver the company’s signature moisture transport system. It can be worn beneath the helmet, or on its own. $14.99 Adult Football Visor ... Photocromatic Visible Light Transmittan...
Selling Team Sports, Jersey Style
A new retail store has fueled impressive team and retail growth at one of the country’s largest independent team dealers
Some team dealers work out of small warehouses, content to stay away from the retail wars while concentrating on their school and recreation business. Others don’t mind doing a little retail to supplement what their roadmen sell. And then there ...
Race To The Finish
Track and field poses unique challenges to the team channel.
If there is a Cinderella category for team dealers, track and field just may be the mistreated stepsister that finally gets its day. While not a fairy tale with a whimsical happily-ever-after ending, team dealers certainly don’t ignore the sport’s sa...
A Uniform Approach
What’s New from Leading Team Uniform and Apparel Suppliers
A4 This California-based company has built its business on three fabrics: polyester mesh, dazzle and fleece. “These fabrics cover the majority of teamwear construction, and we only run a fabric if we have a vertical on it, thereby controlling our ...
One-on-One With Russell's Sarah Gholston
Athletic apparel maker’s merchandising director points to Russell’s high-tech fabric future that is reliant on moisture management and durability, with just a touch of pink.
As director of teamwear merchandising for Russell Athletic, Sarah Gholston has her hands in product development from start to finish, heading up a team of 22 men and women who oversee design, technical development and product execution for everything...
The Home Team Speaks
A roundtable of suppliers of fabrics to team uniform makers.
When a sports team performs well on the field, rarely does the credit for their success go to the high-tech apparel they are wearing. Yet new products, technologies and fibers have replaced traditional cotton in virtually all uniforms, making T-shirt...
Juggling Act
After a generation of steady growth, soccer is on its way to becoming a (gasp) ‘mature’ team sport.
Is the bloom off of the soccer rose? After more than a decade – perhaps even most of a generation – of being the often-misunderstood darling of the team business, soccer can no longer lay claim to the title as “America’s next big sport.” The good ne...
Talkin' Soccer
More than any other sport, the passionate nature of soccer lends itself to the success of specialty stores.
To understand how the other half of the soccer world lives, Team Intelligence convened a virtual roundtable of soccer specialty dealers to find out how these specialists operate, what their problems and concerns are and where they see the business he...
International Flair
Soccer style is influenced by top international teams and brands — with a little American touch.
The soccer uniform business looked back over ITS shoulder to the men’s World Cup and ahead to the women’s World Cup next year for inspiration as it designed and engineered its 2007 uniforms. Uniforms also continue to be infused with influences from ...
Cleat Seekers
Are team dealers in for the long haul when it comes to cleated footwear?
Cleated footwear presents one of the more interesting challenges for team dealers. The market is filled with high-quality product at a wide range of price points, particularly since Under Armour entered the picture. And the sports covered by the ca...
The End Zone
Nocona Rewards Joe Torre He had a great regular season -- and a less-than-stellar post-season run -- but perhaps the best moment for New York Yankees manager Joe Torre this fall was when Nocona Athletic Goods presented him with the first glove fr...
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