SAM Coverage
Departments: Rental & Retail
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Vail Goes to All Wind Power
SAM Magazine–Vail, CO, August 1, 2006–Vail Resorts Inc. announced that the company will offset 100 percent of its energy use by purchasing nearly 152,000…
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New Owner Aims to Preserve Homewood
SAM Magazine-Homewood, Calif., June 14, 2006-JMA Ventures, the company that built Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, has purchased Homewood Mountain Resort. The resort occupies…
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Apparel and Accessories Paced Strong Retail Season
SAM Magazine-McLean, Va., May 16, 2006-Overall sales for the winter sport market (including specialty and chain stores) rose 4 percent, to $2.3 billion for…
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Warm Weather Trims Retail Sales Gain for 2005-06
SAM Magazine-McLean, Va.. Apr. 19, 2006-Retail winter sports sales remained sluggish in February, but overall sales for specialty and chain stores nonetheless totalled $2.2…
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Despite Warm January, Retail Sales Rock On
SAM Magazine-McClean, Va., Mar. 14, 2006-Overall sales for the winter sport market were up 9 percent to $1.8 billion for the August 2005 through…
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Holiday Retail Sales Foretell Banner Season
SAM Magazine-McLean, Va., Feb. 28, 2006-Overall sales for the winter sport market (including specialty and chain stores) rose 13 percent, to $1.5 billion, for…
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Peek ‘n Peak To Get New Owners
SAM Magazine–Findley Lake, N.Y., January 25, 2006–According to published reports, after being on the market for a year, Peek’n Peak Resort has announced the…
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Retail Sales Showed Broad Strength In Fall
SAM Magazine-McLean, Va., Jan. 12, 2006-If early retail sales are a barometer for resort visits, this could be a banner year. Overall sales for…
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Ginn Company Buys Burke
SAM Magazine–December 1, 2005, East Burke, VT–According to the Caledonian-Record, the long-speculated-upon sale of Burke Mountain in Vermont to the Ginn Company was completed…
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SIA Retail Audit Shows Dollar Sales Rise, Units Drop
SAM Magazine–McLean, Va., May 18, 2005–Retail sales at winter sports specialty and chain stores rose 1.9 percent, to $2.25 billion for the August 2004…

