July 15, 2011… Academy Sports + Outdoors has selected FineLine Technologies as a preferred supplier of merchandise tags and labels for products sold through its stores. Texas-based Academy is one of the nation’s largest sporting goods and outdoor retailers.
Academy cited the following reasons for selecting FineLine in its communication to its suppliers:
- Two day turnaround on most orders
- Print facilities in the US and Asia
- Excellent customer service
- Great pricing
Academy’s vendors will be able to orders tags and labels through FastTrak, FineLine’s proprietary online ordering system which accelerates the ordering and production process, reduces the cost of ordering and reduces costly errors. Mark Stroop, FineLine’s National Accounts Manager, stated that “FineLine is proud to be nominated as a preferred supplier for Academy Sports + Outdoors and its vendor community. We look forward to working with both Academy and its suppliers to bring them our industry leading speed, service and innovation. We know that Academy vendors will be pleased with the quality and service experience they receive when doing business with FineLine.”
About Academy: Academy Sports + Outdoors ( www.academy.com ) is a premier sports, outdoor and lifestyle retailer with a broad based assortment of high quality hunting, fishing and camping equipment and gear along with sports and leisure products, footwear, apparel and much more. The Texas-based company operates over 125 stores throughout the southeastern United States.