Snow sales reach $3.3 billion for season

In the South, snow sports participants who were headed for more mountainous terrain continued their equipment buying spree increasing sales up 16%, but warmer weather in the southern U.S. did not drive apparel and accessories sales. Southern apparel sales were relatively flat with a 2% gain in dollars sold and accessories are up just 1% over last season. The Midwestern region's sales continued to grow this season; up 13% in equipment, 4% in apparel and up 13% in accessories dollars sold.

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The market data presented in this report comes from the SIA RetailTRAK™ produced for SIA by the Leisure Trends Group. RetailTRAK™ data is gathered directly from a representative panel of more than 1,500 snow sports retailers who provide sales data directly to the Leisure Trends Group from their Point of Sale systems.

The RetailTRAK™ panel and the method for extrapolating the results out to the entire industry is based on a triennial census of snow sports retailers designed to accurately define the size and structure of the snow sports retail marketplace. SIA maintains these data for members down to the product level. For more information about SIA's RetailTRAK™ information please contact Kelly Davis, SIA's Director of Research at KDavis@snowsports.org.

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