Leading Golf and Sportswear Brand Named Top Exhibitor at PGA Merchandise Show
(Vancouver, BC, Canada) – Popular golf and sportswear designer Linda Hipp announces that her company, LIJA, received "Best of Show" honors from Golfing Magazine at the 2007 PGA Merchandise Show.
LIJA stood out among more than 1,250 vendors as one of the top exhibitors in the soft goods category with apparel that fuses sport, leisure and fashion. The company debuted its extensive Fall 2007 collections, rich in jewel-tone colors across technical and traditional fabrics.
"A significant amount of time and effort goes into making each PGA Show better than the last," says Hipp. "The market responded tremendously well to our Fall collections and we’re very excited by this honor."
"Golfing Magazine is pleased to announce its ‘Best of Show’ recognition," says Tom Landers, publisher of Golfing Magazine. "This year’s PGA Merchandise Show featured many excellent and innovative products, both in hard goods and soft goods."
LIJA is a staple in finer golf and non-golf retailers across North America, including world-renowned resorts like Pebble Beach, Doral, Kiawah Island and Kapalua. The company’s Spring 2007 collection – showcasing innovative textures, superior styling, unique prints and functional fabrics – is in stores now.
For more information, call 888.263.1191 or visit www.lijastyle.com .
About LIJA
LIJA has received significant recognition within and outside the golf industry, achieving organic annual sales growth of at least 50 percent each of the past seven years. Enjoying a rapidly expanding sales force and account base in North America, LIJA recently began selling into the UK, Australian and Japanese markets.
Recent recognition for the company includes:
2006 PROFIT W100 Ranking of Canada’s Top Women Entrepreneurs (No. 5)
2006 Business in Vancouver "BC’s 50 Fastest-Growing Companies" (No. 20)
2006 PROFIT 100 Rankings of Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies (No. 69)
2005 Canadian Golf Company of the Year – Score Golf magazine
2005 PROFIT W100 Ranking of Canada’s Top Women Entrepreneurs (No. 3)
2005 PROFIT 100 Rankings of Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies (No. 56)
2004 Polartec APEX Award (for innovative use of technical fabrics)
North America’s "Top-5 Up-and-Coming Women’s Golf Apparel" – GolfWorld Business
Individually, Hipp has been honored as a grant recipient of the Matinee Fashion Foundation Award, which annually recognizes and funds select Canadian designers, and voted a "40 Under 40" winner by Business in Vancouver.
Hipp, 40, previously worked as a business development executive for Vancouver’s Canucks (NHL) and Grizzlies (NBA). An avid and highly-skilled golfer, Hipp struggled to find on-course apparel that meshed with her off-course fashion sensibility. Recognizing a market opportunity – and the chance to combine her passions for fashion, golf and business – Hyp Golf was launched in July 1997. The company re-branded as LIJA in late 2004. Chiefly influenced by both European trends and West Coast style, Hipp has garnered a widespread reputation as one of North America’s hottest sportswear designers.
About Golfing Magazine
Golfing Magazine, formerly Pub Links Golfer Magazine, is this country’s largest national golf magazine targeting regional markets.
Golfing Magazine reaches dedicated golfers in the prime media markets of:
â?¢ Metro NY – Long Island
â?¢ Boston – MA / CT / RI
â?¢ Philadelphia / Eastern PA & New Jersey
â?¢ Chicago
â?¢ San Francisco – Northern California
In addition, Golfing Magazine’s distribution channels reach golfers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Missouri, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and New Jersey.
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Contact:
Andrea Latta
Buffalo Communications
703.891.3322
alatta@billycaspergolf.com
