Pro Hockey Life

Investment date : March 2007

Canada’s leading hockey retail specialist, operating a chain of 20+ specialty hockey megastores in Québec, Ontario, Alberta and Nova Scotia.

Investment rationale

  • Competition limited to small specialty retailers with limited selection and inventory and larger general concept retailers with limited expertise and narrow offerings
  • Favorable industry dynamic within the hockey market
  • Compelling store economics driven by strong relationships with key industry leading suppliers
  • Opportunity to capture first mover advantage by penetrating new markets with superstore concept through aggressive roll-out strategy
  • Recognized leader in hockey retail in Quebec offering the largest selection of equipment and accessories through a superstore concept

Value creation opportunities

  • Recruited President from McKinsey & Company, where he led large cross-functional teams that implemented strategic and operational improvement mandates for several Fortune 500 companies, focusing on the retail sector
  • Recruited COO from Canada’s largest sporting goods retailer, where he managed growth from 35 to 100 locations, including
  • P&L accountability
  • Created a growth plan that involved the opening of 20 new stores across Canada over 5-year period under “superstore” platform
  • Increased scale via highly targeted acquisition (“Entrepôt du Hockey”)

Successful exit
Sold to FGL Sports, a subsidiary of Canadian Tire Company, in 2013

Website : http://www.triohockey.ca/en/

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