Midwest retailer, MC Sports recently named Pelican International as its 2013 Vendor of the Year.
MC Sports, which operates over 74 stores in seven Midwest states, honors one hard goods vendor and one soft goods vendor annually with the title of Vendor of the Year. This year, Pelican International, a leading manufacturer in the paddlesports industry, earned the coveted award in the hardgoods division. The selection criteria included annual sales and margin performance, inventory turns and return on investment.
“This company works tirelessly to provide MC Sports the differentiation needed to grow our business and maintain our margins, affording us the ability to offer our customers authentic equipment at a great value,” said Dan Winchester, executive vice president and chief operations officer, MC Sports. “This company routinely responds to our needs on short notice. They help us deliver on “wow”.”
Pelican International Director of U.S. Sales Kelley Woolsey said the award validated the company's efforts to serve its dealers and called out the company's Midwest Regional Sales Manager Dave Sheehy and his regional representative, Brian Bane, for doing an outstanding job.
