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Please Participate in the Hockey Dealers

Cost of Doing Business Survey

Every two years, the National Sporting Goods Association surveys the sporting goods industry to generate up-to-date benchmarks that retailers and dealers can use to measure their businesses against. The survey is secure and confidential and is compiled by an independent audit firm.

The Hockey Dealers Association is adding a customized segment for hockey dealers. If you participate, you will receive a free customized report that will compare your store's numbers to the entire industry.

The audit firm does not supply NSGA with individual data, but just aggregated data to protect your privacy.

Click here to take the survey. Please call or email Dan Kasen with any questions at (847) 296-6742, ext. 108 or Dkasen@nsga.org.

The survey closes on July 30, 2012.

Todd Thismesch of Sports Page of Ames says it best:

"You have to work hard and be smart. The Cost of Doing Business Survey helps us to be smart."

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  Most Popular POS Software for Hockey Dealers

Recently we polled our entire database of hockey dealers to determine which POS software was most popular. Many of you participated, and we thank you. We also asked how happy you were with the software on a scale of 1 - 10.

We were surprised to learn that there was such a large variety of vendors providing the software. A total of 12 companies were mentioned.

As you can see from the charts below, the most popular software is Quickbooks POS, and not surprisingly, those who created a custom POS system are the most satisfied.

If you are considering changing software vendors, you may also consider Southware Team Sports...a vendor vetted by the National Sporting Goods Association that will provide preferred pricing. Click here to learn more about the platform.  

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