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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. |
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Sharon
(John Mead) - 07/24/2008 13:48:24 MDT
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| Herd in the Street...or Wherever... |
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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. |
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Haven't you heard that one...
(Anonymous) - 06/30/2008 20:33:31 MDT
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| Our Nod to The Piton |
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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. |
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sorry, Goeff, rant is righ...
(Michael Glavin) - 05/17/2005 16:57:15 MDT
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| Stop ripping us off! |
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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. |
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No to knockoffs
(Michael Jewell) - 08/16/2007 18:35:56 MDT
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| Reviews, product testing and more |
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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. |
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Hello Ger!
(Mike Cochrane) - 08/12/2005 07:42:07 MDT
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| State of the Market |
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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. |
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Carbon off-sets?
(fuel burner) - 05/12/2008 07:20:44 MDT
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| A heartfelt tribute: OD's contribution to the sports industry |
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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. |
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O'D
(Anonymous) - 12/04/2006 14:34:48 MST
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| When sponsored athletes or employees do something stupid |
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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. |
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a letter to the editor
(Tom Diegel) - 06/13/2006 16:09:43 MDT
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| CEOs come and CEOs go |
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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. |
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Jim Clark
(Robert Ackerman) - 06/08/2006 09:10:13 MDT
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| Clark and Yakima, 3 Posts, 06/08/2006 09:10:13 MDT by Robert Ackerman |
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| Health & Fitness Business |
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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? |
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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 |
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Have a comment, concern, or just an opinion you want to begin a chat about regarding the Outdoor Retailer trade shows? |
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Move OR so we all can enjo...
(Nancy Drobnis) - 06/24/2008 11:53:57 MDT
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| Where should Outdoor Retailer Summer Market go?, 21 Posts, 06/24/2008 11:53:57 MDT by Nancy Drobnis |
| Hummer at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market? Yikes!, 18 Posts, 03/04/2007 00:42:00 MST by Captain Granitic |
| What impact will Columbia's move to pull from trade shows have?, 7 Posts, 02/01/2007 15:43:03 MST by Dan Gulden |
| Ramp It Up was not fun and games for all, 5 Posts, 08/29/2006 22:11:07 MDT by Captain Granitic |
| Where are the Youth?, 2 Posts, 08/29/2006 21:58:24 MDT by Captain Granitic |
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| SIA |
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Have a comment, concern, or just an opinion you want to begin a chat about regarding the SIA trade show? |
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SIA is too early! Buying C...
(SNEWS® Editors) - 01/08/2007 14:40:22 MST
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| Business practices, challenges, issues and concerns |
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Overstocks, Costco, Walmart, disappearing margins, product dumping -- this is your thread to find out what other retailers think. |
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Just Want to Sell Kid-spec...
(OutdoorKid) - 10/09/2007 00:22:08 MDT
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| Just Want to Sell Kid-specific Items, 1 Posts, 10/09/2007 00:22:08 MDT by OutdoorKid |
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| Costco selling outdoor products, 9 Posts, 07/18/2006 08:41:12 MDT by Michelle Repecka |
| Economic incentives by governments for big retailers -- good or bad?, 1 Posts, 07/18/2006 08:38:55 MDT by Michelle Repecka |
| REI does take business away, 3 Posts, 12/18/2005 11:34:53 MST by SNEWS Source |
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| Specialty Stores -- dying, healthy, in need of a change? |
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What does it take to survive and prosper as a specialty store these days? |
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Specialty store arrogance
(Bruce Cavan) - 05/01/2006 21:55:45 MDT
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| Unforgettable customers -- from worst to best |
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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. |
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Customer rebuts story in S...
(SNEWS® Editors) - 12/18/2006 19:17:15 MST
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| SNEWS® Retail Merchandising Training 101 |
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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... |
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General feedback-
(Joe Butler) - 03/27/2007 07:12:05 MDT
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| Fitness Consolidation |
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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? |
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Makes you think
(Mike Cochrane) - 10/03/2005 20:21:45 MDT
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| Makes you think, 1 Posts, 10/03/2005 20:21:45 MDT by Mike Cochrane |
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| Outdoor |
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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... |
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| Paddlesports |
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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... |
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TAPS, PPA or something els...
(Michael Hodgson) - 12/18/2006 16:50:45 MST
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| TAPS, PPA or something else entirely?, 1 Posts, 12/18/2006 16:50:45 MST by Michael Hodgson |
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| Johnson needs to leave former employees alone, 1 Posts, 07/09/2005 16:16:59 MDT by SNEWS Source |
| Confluence -- it's never a dull moment, 15 Posts, 06/21/2005 13:19:14 MDT by rcw |
| Watercraft weighing down Johnson, 6 Posts, 01/29/2004 23:34:55 MST by Anonymous |
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| Outdoor Industry Association |
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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. |
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Public humiliation at Rend...
(Eric Hansen) - 11/02/2005 09:41:54 MST
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| SNEWS Feedback |
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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. |
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Article: Stolen Identity
(Lindy Spiezer) - 02/23/2006 08:59:19 MST
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| Nautilus acquires Pearl Izumi article misses the mark, 1 Posts, 06/21/2005 13:46:32 MDT by gerald vincent |
| How fit is the Fitness Industry?, 2 Posts, 02/19/2004 13:16:28 MST by Anonymous |
| Lexan and Nalgene Safety, 2 Posts, 11/20/2003 13:50:47 MST by Michael Hodgson |
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| Law Review |
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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. |
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Knockoffs
(Michael Jewell) - 08/17/2007 23:56:58 MDT
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| Katrina Relief Forum |
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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. |
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Duffle Bags Arrived
(Anonymous) - 09/13/2005 09:52:40 MDT
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