President's Message: Promise Kept

Keeping a promise can be hard work.

You all know what I mean because at some point in your life you’ve not been able to do so. Whether it was a little promise, or a big one, we’ve all been there. Luckily, most people are exceptionally forgiving and when we fail, if we are sincere in our apology, we are forgiven. Life moves on.

Big ones or little ones, hard ones or easy ones; promises can be tough to keep. But when you do keep a promise, especially a rather big one, it feels especially good.

So this past week, the team at NASGW was enjoying a bit of euphoria. We told you about 7 years ago that we were going to do “big things.” We kept the promise. Last week we officially launched a new aspect to our data initiative, a retail data analytics tool in its final and ready-for-primetime form, SCOPE CLX.

FEATURED ARTICLES

SCOPE CLX Launches With 500+ Stores Contributing Data

The National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NASGW) announces the full launch of SCOPE CLX, a platform that analyzes retail sales to empower shooting sports businesses. SCOPE CLX is a weekly sample of more than 500 stores reporting anonymously through leading point-of-sale software partners, including Coreware, Celerant, AIM and Orchid POS.

“Our industry has been craving deeper insight into consumer buying behavior and competitor performance,” says Easton Kuboushek, NASGW Director of Data Programs. “SCOPE CLX is a great complement to NASGW existing programs that offer shooting sports businesses a macro and micro look at product performance.

9mm Micro-Compact Sales on the Rise

Cellphones, mp3 players – the original trend was to make them as small as possible. Compact, easy to transport and slip in a pocket. Nowadays, it seems as though manufacturers and the market are heading in another direction, newer phones hardly fitting in a jeans pocket with larger screens not unlike a small tablet. Storage and capacity are still top of mind, but remote cloud service storage options reduce the necessity of internal storage.

Handguns have also gone through a similar evolution in recent years with the rise of concealed carry. Consumers are looking for easily concealable guns and manufacturers have responded with smaller guns and more rounds packed into a tinier frame. With releases like the new SIG SAUER Macro, a larger but still concealable pistol, are handguns following the trend of electronics? The data says no.

Update Your Exhibitor Profile for the Expo Website & App

New for 2022, the all new Expo App features a simplified interface, much improved interactive map and interactive Exhibitor profiles, managed directly by the the Exhibitors. Exhibitors are able to manage their business description, add photos & videos, as well as products & services. Exhibitors sign up for access this portal by designating a Marketing Contact through the NASGW Expo website. These updates can be made now and are also reflected in the exhibitor floorplan map on the Expo website. This will be a great way for attendees to identify exhibitors to visit. The app is now available for download on both IOS and Android.

Download the Q2 SCOPE Report

NASGW Recently released the 2nd Quarter SCOPE Report compiling distributor sales and inventory data from January 1st, 2022 through June 30th, 2022. This report is available to SCOPE users by logging into your SCOPE account. Non-users can purchase the report on the SCOPE website. 

“The data in our SCOPE platform is becoming more and more valuable to businesses and organizations across our industry," said Kenyon Gleason, NASGW President. "Our Q2 report is a good high level snapshot of existing trends with some deeper analysis by Tom Hopper, NASGW's Senior Data Analyst.”

Additional Hotel Block Available in Kansas City

Our headquarter hotel, Marriott Downtown KC is sold out, and we have now added an additional, small block of rooms at the Hotel Phillips. The Hotel Phillips is a part of the Curio Collection by Hilton. The hotel was recently renovated and is conveniently located about a ½ block down from the Marriott.

We recommend booking rooms as soon as possible.

Major News With the Full Release of SCOPE CLX

Exciting events last week with the full release of SCOPE CLX. SCOPE continues to expand and improve the way the shooting sports industry uses data. Log in today to see how your business is performing in the new normal. 

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UPCOMING EVENTS

October 26-28, 2022

NASGW Expo

Kansas City, MO

January 17-20, 2023

SHOT Show

Las Vegas, NV

March 27-28, 2023

Shooting Sports Showcase

Talladega, AL

April 14-16, 2023

NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits

Indianapolis, IN