SAM Coverage
Departments: Rental & Retail
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What’s Hot in the Rental Shop
A survey of rental shops across the country indicates that demand for snowboards continue to rise, but that shaped skis, snowblades and helmets are…
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Hiking Centers For Profit
Killington and Merrell Footwear join forces in opening a fully equipped, for-profit hiking center with an educational outdoor program. Boot rental is available, and…
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Fun And Familiarization
How to strike a balance between offering local ski shop employees fun on your slopes and familiarizing them with your operation.
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More Rental Super-Sidecuts Available
Though availability is no longer a problem as most ski factories now build shaped skis for rental use, the bad news is that few…
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Property Management Productivity
A new property management reservation software package, First Resort, allows Whistler Chalets in British Columbia to manage two lodges and a wide range of…
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Renting Super Sidecuts
Now that consumers seem to have enthusiastically accepted the concept of super sidecuts, rental managers need to train staff in this area, specifically regarding…
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What’s New?
Huskie utility vehicles (Haul Master), Electronic Inspection System rental shop software (Asset Management Technologies), Regupol floor tiles (Atlantic Rubber) and RediStart Micro starter switches…
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Going Short On Cross Country
A look at the latest trend in cross country ski technology: the “short ski.” With a standardized short ski that comes in only one…
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Making Money In The Board Business
A guide to the retail and rental snowboard operations that have proven to be profitable. Written by SAM’s snowboard consulting professional. Includes tables of…
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1995-96 Rental Equipment Preview
A preview of the many new entries into the snowboarding rental market. Includes color photos and news of new lines and manufacturers’ intentions for…