WFGL Sports Ltd. is a Canadian sporting goods retailer based in Calgary, Alberta. It operates under these corporate banners: Sport Chek, Atmosphere, Sport Mart, National Sports, Pro Hockey Life, Athletes World, Sports Experts, Intersport, Tech Shop, RnR, Hockey Experts, Nevada Bob's Golf, The Fitness Source, Pegasus, S3, and Econosports.
WMEC Canada, operating as MEC, is a chain of Canadian retail stores that sell outdoor recreation gear and clothing created when MEC Canada purchased the assets of Mountain Equipment Co-Op, a Canadian co-operative retailer. The company was founded around October 2020 when the American private equity firm Kingswood Capital Management purchased the assets of Mountain Equipment Co-Op.
WMountain Equipment Co-op is a Canadian co-op that started the MEC outdoor gear retail brand. The MEC brand name, assets and store leases were purchased by the American private investment firm Kingswood Capital Management's subsidiary MEC Canada in October 2020.
WPlay It Again Sports is a chain of sporting goods stores selling new and gently used sporting goods franchised by Winmark Corporation. Minneapolis native Martha Morris started the store in 1983, soon growing to several stores. Morris sold the chain to Winmark in 1988 and franchising began, growing to over 400 stores across the United States and 43 stores in Canada. All stores are independently owned and operated.
WSport Chek is the largest Canadian retailer of sporting clothing and sports equipment, with 191 stores throughout Canada as of 2020. It is the only national big box sporting goods retailer in Canada, although it is absent in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, while Quebec and Yukon are served by its sister brand Sports Experts instead. Its parent company, FGL Sports, also owns over a dozen sporting brands.
WSporting Life is a sporting goods retailer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
WSports Experts Inc. is a major Canadian sports-retailer franchise primarily located in Quebec. It is part of FGL Sports, itself part of the Canadian Tire group.