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Winter is coming: retailers gear up for bumper ski season – The Australian Financial Review
After a washout ski season last year, retailers are counting on a bumper season this year as travel bans force most Australians to stay at home.
People have been inside so long and they want to go outside, he said.
When Decathlon, the worlds biggest sporting goods retailer, first came to Australian it had a small ski range covering just eight metres of shelf space, because it didnt realise how popular snow sports are in Australia.
We sold everything in 10 days, Mr Robinet said.
The vertically integrated retailer now has at least ten times more ski and snow stock, mostly private label brands such as Wedze and Quechua, as well as global brands…
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