Online Showcase Offers Options for Every Shopper’s Budget
(TORONTO) – Golf Town – Canada’s largest golf retailer with unequaled selection and competitive prices at 46 locations coast to coast – announces the launch of its online Gift Guide with recommendations for everyone on your holiday shopping list at www.golftown.com/giftguide.
Highlighting the retailer’s wide array of golf equipment, apparel and accessories, the comprehensive gift guide is designed to make the season’s shopping experience as convenient as possible. In addition to showcasing items at several price points, the online portal is broken into categories including For Him, For Her, For the Enthusiast, For the Junior Golfer and Gift Packs, making it easy to locate the perfect gift for every golfer on your list.
Catering to the sports aficionado, the Fan Zone section directs shoppers to hockey and football-themed products, including the NHL Hockey Stick Putter ($139.99), NHL Headcover 3-pack ($49.99) and CFL Golf Umbrellas ($29.99), all available with a variety of team logos.
For the shopper on a budget, the gift guide includes links to Stocking Stuffers and gifts under $100, $50 and $25, such as the Nike Coolmax V-Neck Sweater ($99.99), Monopoly Golf Signature Holes Edition ($49.95), Callaway Kick-Back Putting Cup ($19.99), and Toronto Maple Leafs Team Tees ($5) featuring the jersey and goalie mask.
“Our vast selection makes Golf Town a destination for holiday shopping and great place to begin and end the search for items for loved ones of all ages,” says Stephen Bebis, President and CEO. “The easy-to-use online guide offers a range of options to suit everyone’s needs, reaffirming our commitment to providing customers with the very best in service.”
Additional recommendations include the OptiShot Infrared Golf Simulator ($399.99), Sunice Trista Jacket ($94.99), Founders Club Travel Cover ($88.88), Goliath Junior Mojo Driver ($39.99), Sports Ball headcovers ($29.99) and more.
Orders placed online by Dec. 15 will arrive in time for Christmas delivery, pending product availability.
Golf Town offers an unbeatable selection of clubs, bags, balls, apparel, footwear, accessories, gifts, logo merchandise, promotional services and more. This includes the world’s leading golf brands, such as Adams, Ashworth, Bridgestone, Callaway Golf, Cleveland Golf, Cobra, Dunning, ECCO, FootJoy, Founders Club, Gordon Cooper, Greg Norman, Honma, Hugo Boss, LaCoste, Liz Claiborne, LIJA, Mizuno, Never Compromise, Nike Golf, Odyssey, Ogio, Paradise, Ping, Srixon, Sun Mountain, TaylorMade adidas Golf, Titleist and Wilson.
For more information, please visit: http://www.golftown.com.
About Golf Town
Canada’s largest golf retailer, Golf Town was founded in 1999 and has grown from one location in Scarborough, ON, to 46 superstores coast to coast. At an average size of nearly 18,000 square feet, these retail centres feature all the major name-brand products at the best price, ensuring customers find what they want, when they want it.
A centre of the Canadian golf community for individuals and organizations, Golf Town locations serve as sanctuaries where players of all ages and abilities try, buy, learn about and improve their games. The largest employer of CPGA professionals, Golf Town offers on-site lessons tailored to an individual’s needs through its In-Store Academy.
The retailer has also established Canada’s leading customer advantage initiative via its Leaderboard Membership Privileges Program. Benefits of this free membership include the chance to win a $500 gift card in a national monthly drawing; timely e-newsletters; members-only special offers on equipment, accessories, golf lessons, in-store events; and more.
Golf Town was acquired by OMERS Private Equity, the entity responsible for private equity investments of the OMERS pension fund, in September 2007. For more information: www.omerscapital.com.
Already a leader in logo products for golf events and other programs, Golf Town purchased Accolade Reaction Promotion Group, Inc., in May 2008 and has created a one-stop-shop for the promotional needs of businesses, meeting planners, sales and marketing executives, and human resource professionals. Named a 2008 Top 40 Distributor by the Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI), ARPG is the first Canadian corporate merchandise services firm to achieve ASI Top 40 Status. For more information: www.arpg.ca.
Contact:
Kevin Satz
Buffalo Communications
703.891.3394
ksatz@buffalocommunications.com
