Posts Tagged ‘Sport Stores’
Meet Mount Everest Ski & Snowboard
March 22nd, 2011 by Cale LokenWe connected directly with Mount Everest, a specialty ski & snowboard shop located at 318 3rd Ave in Westwood, NJ. They had nothing but extreme things to say about their shop. Are you an accessory man that still can’t get the airdog title down? They might have some gear that you still need!
At Mt. Everest, they have eliminated the need to find another store that sells quality ski & snowboard product at a great value. Over the last decade they have provided 1000’s of customers with the expert service they deserve.
With the staff members loving the snow, they take a great deal of interest in everyone that walks through our doors.
The store shines when Woodcliff & Lake Tappan start to freeze…As a matter of fact, that is a great indicator to take your gear out of the closet, blow the dust off and get a fresh coat of wax that shines down the bottom of your skis & snowboard.
Missing or need to replace some gear? At Mt. Everest, they dress our customers with everything needed to smash through the abdominal snowmen on any mountain. For apparel, they carry snowboard jackets, snowboard pants, ski jackets, ski pants, gloves, mittens, hats, beanies, goggles, socks, baselayers, hoodies, helmets & everything in between! Bundle up with top brands from North Face, Columbia, Ride, Burton, Bonfire, Anon, Oakley, Spyder and more!
Once warm, you still may need a mode of transportation down the mountain. They carry snowboards, snowboard bindings, snowboard boots, downhill skis, down ski bindings, ski poles, & parts for all the above. For the gnarly riders, they carry great brands from K2, Fischer, Salomon, Roxy, Nordica, Ride, Vans, Flow & just about every other brand you can think up.
Did the feather dust damage your snowboard or skis? Don’t worry as they have a full repair shop that can assist you. Their services include ski waxing, snowboard waxing, snowboard repair, ski repair, and ski & snowboard rentals as well as demos.
Before you hit the slopes at Mountain Creek in Vernon or Campgaw Mountain in Mahwah, swing in, get your gear & get tuned up! They are located near Washington Township, NJ – 07676; Hillsdale, NJ – 07642; Emerson, NJ – 07630.
The 4 Types of Sporting Good Stores
August 2nd, 2010 by Cale Loken
There are thousands of sporting goods stores across the country. A majority of the stores carry several different categories or specialize in one or two categories. Here are different types of sporting good stores:
- Large Sporting Good Stores – Dicks Sporting Goods, Sports Authority, Modell’s, Academy Sports & Outdoors, Hibbets and Bass Pro Shops are a few of the large sporting good stores. These stores typically offer multiple categories and they usually carry a large amount of product within each category. Many of these stores are household names depending on where you live and they provide a one stop shop for all sporting goods needs. These stores advertise in the media a fair amount and you will often find weekly sales advertisements in the Sunday newspaper.
- Single Department Sporting Good Stores – These stores specialize in a certain department with deeper product options; for example outdoors and golf. A few of these stores include Gander Mountain, REI, Eastern Mountain Sports and Golf Galaxy. These stores typically offer great discounts being that they only buy within large departments and vendors. The services are superior to the larger sporting good stores because of the focus on one large department. These types of stores tend to hire experts in specific areas so the customer service is much better with the increased employee knowledge.
- Specialty Sporting Good Stores – These include retailers that specialize in one category such as bikes, fitness, archery, paintball, running, lacrosse, hockey and soccer. These retailers carry deeper product lines and a larger variety of brands because of the one sport or category focus.
- Mom and Pop Sporting Good Stores – These stores are typically smaller and usually carry a variety of different sporting good categories. Mom and pop stores are smaller versions of large sporting goods stores and have their advantages much like the specialty sporting goods stores.
All four of the different types of stores have their own niche and because of that they survive in this competitive space. The larger retailers may offer better prices, however, the specialty stores have their own advantages which I have written about here.