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The #1 sports retail publication.

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Formula4Media's flagship publication designed to be the industry's main source for ideas, insights and perspectives for the sports retail marketplace.    Sports Insight delivers with an expert editorial staff that truly understands the needs of today's retailers of active lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories and equipment. 

Brought to you by the most experienced team in sports retail publishing.


Mark Sullivan, Editor-in Chief
  Mark has over 20 years experience reporting on the sports retail market.  He served as VP-Group Editor/Publisher of Sportstyle, Golf Pro and Footwear News, and as Group Publisher of the SGB Sports Group, where he cofounded Outdoor Business, Hunting Business, and Health & Fitness Business and Footwear Business.


Mike Jacobsen, Editor
  Mike has been covering the sporting goods industry since 1991 and has more than 25 years of trade magazine editorial and publishing experience.



Emily Walzer, Editor
  Emily has been reporting on the performance textile business for over 20 years, and has written extensively on emerging fabric trends within the industy and covered new fiber technologies relating to all segments of the active arena.  She has been an editor at several trade and consumer publications, and most recently served as the fiber/fabric edtior of Sporting Goods Business..


Cara Griffin, Editor-At-Large  
 Cara has been writing about sports and the sports buisness for over 12 years, most recently as the managing editor of Sporting Goods Business.  She has been the sports reporter at several consumer publications, including Gannett Newspapers, and the Southampton Press.


Jeff Gruenhut, Publisher
  Jeff has spent his entire career in sports business media. He served as an account   Exeutive at Sports Trend Magazine and then led the sales team for several years. Thereafter, Jeff served as Publisher of Sporting Goods Dealer.


Jeff Nott. 
Jeff has over 20 years experience in the sports retail market.   He founded Footwear Plus Magazine, served as Group Publisher of Sportstyle and Golf Pro, Associate Publisher of Women's Wear Daily where he created WWD Sport, served most recently as Associate Publisher of the SGB Sports Group where he co-founded Outdoor Business and Footwear Business.

Troy Leonard. Troy has over 18 years experience in the sports retail market.  He served as the publisher of Sports Trend Magazine, and as Publisher of Atlanta Sports & Fitness Magazine,  including previous sales management positions at Sporting Goods Business, Sporting Goods Dealer and Point of Purchase magazine. Leonard also has a vast amount of experience in producing events, including numerous B2B conferences as well as numerous road races and special events.


Beth Gordon. Beth has over 20 years of industry experience.  She was sales director of the National Sporting Goods Association from 1990-96 and later the national sales manager for the Outdoor Retailer shows and director of sales at WSA.


CONTACTS

Mark Sullivan, Editor-In-Chief    646.319.7878

Jeff Nott    516.305.4711

Troy Leonard    352.624.1561

Jeff Gruenhut, Publisher   404.467.9980

Beth Gordon    949-293-1378

Mike Jacobsen, Editor   201.612.6601

Emily Walzer, Editor  203.458.0034

Cara Griffin, Editor-At-Large  914.309.6100