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| The SNEWS® CHAT section for comments, ideas, opinions, and engaging thoughts inspired by our articles. Each chat is displayed directly below each article for easy reference and discussion efficiency. Click on the chat the sparks your curiousity below, and chime in. | 151 | 385 | denver show (fabio ravasi) - 07/03/2009 16:22:25 MDT | ||||||||||||||||||
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| The Herd | Threads | Posts | Last Post | ||||||||||||||||||
| Herd in the Street...or Wherever... | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Our Herd is standing by for your humorous, ridiculous, off-beat, wacky, or irreverent tips and emails (photos are absolutely encouraged, especially of parties or stupid industry stunts). And "shhhhhhh," your secret is safe with us. Sources are never revealed, naturally. Pssst…that email is: Herd@snewsnet.com. Become a member of the Herd. Who knows, maybe we'll even come up with a special Herd T-shirt as a thank you for really creative submissions. | 33 | 61 | Cracking the Trade Show Li... (Darren Bush) - 01/20/2009 07:33:12 MST | ||||||||||||||||||
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| This N That | Threads | Posts | Last Post | ||||||||||||||||||
| Our Nod to The Piton | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Love it or hate it, The Piton, once, sadly, faded to black, and then came back (hey, Dr. Seuss move over). This forum is our nod of appreciation to The Piton's sometimes sophomoric, most often hillarious, and occasionally thought-provoking pokes in the eyes of our industry. Let it rip gang. | 1 | 3 | Jeeze, Glavin... (Darren Bush) - 09/11/2008 07:40:22 MDT | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stop ripping us off! | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Innovation by replication or duplication has got to stop. Tolerance of Chinese factories ripping off innovative products almost as soon as they come to market has to stop. This is your place to sound off with rants, raves and solutions to restoring innovation and stamping out duplication. | 2 | 17 | knock offs (Dan Sharshel) - 06/27/2009 11:23:26 MDT | ||||||||||||||||||
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| If you want to vent a bit about magazines or online sites that "rate" product and give "best buy" awards, reviews you've read online or in print, or claims that have been made by a company, this is your stop. | 1 | 2 | Hello Ger! (Mike Cochrane) - 08/12/2005 07:42:07 MDT | ||||||||||||||||||
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| State of the Market | |||||||||||||||||||||
| From companies being sold and bought, to presidents being fired and hired, this is your forum for sounding off on the state of the market as you see it. | 4 | 14 | No conflict here... (Tom Chelstrom) - 02/10/2008 13:36:51 MST | ||||||||||||||||||
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| A heartfelt tribute: OD's contribution to the sports industry | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis "OD" O'Donnell, a good industry friend to many, has been fighting ALS for about three years. Officially called "amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" but best known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, ALS still has not found a cure, although efforts are moving faster. SNEWS® decided to spearhead a heartfelt tribute to OD, giving a few of his many industry friends and colleagues a chance to tell him and others what they love about him, the funny stories they recall, and his beautiful sense of humor. In our request for stories, we also received dozens of messages of best wishes. | 1 | 5 | O'D (Anonymous) - 12/04/2006 14:34:48 MST | ||||||||||||||||||
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| When sponsored athletes or employees do something stupid | |||||||||||||||||||||
| On Sunday, May 7, Patagonia ambassador and climber Dean Potter created a firestorm of controversy by publicly climbing the most famous rock formation in Utah - Delicate Arch. His act has been widely condemned as selfish and thoughtless...and Patagonia has yet to really make any stand that would publicly admonish Potter. Sponsored athletes and employees are far from perfect. Sometimes, they do clueless things for inexplicable reasons. | 1 | 7 | a letter to the editor (Tom Diegel) - 06/13/2006 16:09:43 MDT | ||||||||||||||||||
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| CEOs come and CEOs go | |||||||||||||||||||||
| CEOs come and go, but one thing typically remains the same -- there is no such thing as a hiring, resignation or firing without the accompanying flag-waving or hand-wringing. PR and Dilbert speak aside, this is your forum for sounding off about any change in leadership. | 1 | 3 | Jim Clark (Robert Ackerman) - 06/08/2006 09:10:13 MDT | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Have a comment, concern, or just an opinion you want to begin a chat about regarding the Health & Fitness Business trade show? | 2 | 2 | Education good or bad at s... (Therese Iknoian) - 08/25/2006 16:05:31 MDT | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Outdoor Retailer Summer and Winter Market | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Have a comment, concern, or just an opinion you want to begin a chat about regarding the Outdoor Retailer trade shows? | 8 | 59 | OR Winter Market-Kudos (eco bag gal) - 01/29/2009 12:34:53 MST | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Have a comment, concern, or just an opinion you want to begin a chat about regarding the SIA trade show? | 1 | 1 | SIA is too early! Buying C... (SNEWS® Editors) - 01/08/2007 14:40:22 MST | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Overstocks, Costco, Walmart, disappearing margins, product dumping -- this is your thread to find out what other retailers think. | 8 | 27 | Just Want to Sell Kid-spec... (OutdoorKid) - 10/09/2007 00:22:08 MDT | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Specialty Stores -- dying, healthy, in need of a change? | |||||||||||||||||||||
| What does it take to survive and prosper as a specialty store these days? | 2 | 10 | Specialty store arrogance (Bruce Cavan) - 05/01/2006 21:55:45 MDT | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Unforgettable customers -- from worst to best | |||||||||||||||||||||
| We hear tales all the time of unforgettable customers, like the man who entered a store, went to the back, and simply clapped, loudly, until a salesperson offered assistance. Or the man who, after visiting the dressing room, left a stench so strong the staff had to light incense and candles just to restore harmony. Of course, there are also many customers who bring smiles to your day. We want to hear about any and all of them. And no worries -- this forum can only be read by SNEWS subscribers so your customers will never know. | 1 | 1 | Customer rebuts story in S... (SNEWS® Editors) - 12/18/2006 19:17:15 MST | ||||||||||||||||||
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| SNEWS® Retail Merchandising Training 101 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The Retail Merchandising Training series produced by SNEWS® is a 10-part series dedicated to providing basic store merchandise planning knowledge necessary to be an effective buyer, store owner, manager in an easy-to-read and understand format. But we also know that no article or series of articles can provide all the answers. Heck, we'll be happy if we can answer just a few. To that end, we have set up this forum, only viewable by SNEWS® subscribers. This is your section to ask us a question, ask each other questions, post comments, discuss business practices and more. If it has to do with gross profit, margins, markup, GMROI, markdowns, and various other assundry and somewhat arcane caclulations that will help a retailer to run a more profitable and successful enterprise, let the discussions begin. We have a panel of experts standing by to chime in if asked. The floor is, as they say, yours... | 1 | 1 | General feedback- (Joe Butler) - 03/27/2007 07:12:05 MDT | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Busy Body still gobbling up retailers. Is bigger better? What about the small guys? Affects on suppliers? Or will that push their consolidation along too? | 2 | 6 | Job Elimination (snickr) - 12/16/2008 20:45:17 MST | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Prana, Marmot, K2, CamelBak, The North Face, Yakima -- there's so much to talk about. If it has to do with a merger or acquisition this is your space to be heard and to debate in... | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Confluence, Watermark, Johnson Outdoors -- there's so much to talk about. This is your space to be heard and to debate in... | 4 | 23 | I want boats (Michelle Repecka) - 07/18/2006 08:34:10 MDT | ||||||||||||||||||
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| If there is anything you want to ask, know or sound off about regarding the Outdoor Industry Association, this is your forum. | 3 | 14 | Public humiliation at Rend... (Eric Hansen) - 11/02/2005 09:41:54 MST | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sound off. Speak Out. Let us know what you think about how we are serving you and the industry. Anything is fair game -- let us know how you feel about our reporting skills, or perceived lack of it on key stories. Let us know what can we be doing better, more of, less of...anything at all. We do listen. | 6 | 14 | Article: Stolen Identity (Lindy Spiezer) - 02/23/2006 08:59:19 MST | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Have a legal question? Concerns about business practices? Wondering what other businesses in the industry might do if faced with the situation you're dealing with? This is your chat room. | 2 | 6 | Knockoffs (Michael Jewell) - 08/17/2007 23:56:58 MDT | ||||||||||||||||||
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| We have established this forum to serve as a communications clearinghouse for the outdoor and fitness industry to be able to communicate with those who are coordinating assistance regarding resources that can be offered up (sleeping bags, tents, insect repellent, radios, water purification, clothing, flashlights, batteries, etc.) and resources that are needed. | 2 | 6 | Duffle Bags Arrived (Anonymous) - 09/13/2005 09:52:40 MDT | ||||||||||||||||||
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Makoto Xergame Jun 29, 2009 When the current owners of Makoto USA saw the game that would become Makoto at an arcade in 2002, they immediately realized its potential to provide both physical and mental fitness for anyone, from athletes to the elderly to folks in rehab. The SNEWS® team first saw a Makoto at the Health & Fitness Business show in Denver several years ago and, after playing it (over and over, we must admit), we had to get one for the office. |
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Coleman LED Quad Lantern Jun 22, 2009 Pardon the pun, but Coleman's LED Quad Lantern presents one of the brightest ideas we've seen when it comes to lighting. It's unique because the body of the lantern has four detachable panels, each of which has six 5 mm, white LED lights. We tested the lantern during several car-camping trips and found that it was really handy when we had several people sharing a campsite. |
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Teva Sunkosi 2 water shoe Jun 15, 2009 As a concept, water shoes are a fine idea. But we've suffered painful scrapes and blisters from poorly designed amphibious footwear, and frowned over many models that didn't dry as quickly as advertised. But Teva's Sunkosi 2 performed well, and proved to be exceptionally comfortable during numerous paddling trips, including an 18-day rafting journey down the Grand Canyon. Our testers said these shoes were not only easy on the feet, but they were also some of the most durable water shoes they've worn. |
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Camaro Bamboo Shirts Jun 27, 2009 Camaro bamboo shirts by Komperdell are breathable, odor-neutralizing, and funcitonal. |
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Minx GTX Apr 25, 2009 TheNorth Face Minx GTX is a perfect lightweight trail shoe for hikers who want to move quickly. |
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Santini Carbon Bike Bib May 8, 2009 Knitwear pioneer ESCHLER introduces an innovative fabric development for bikewear |
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