Saris dealer video contest offers trip to Italy • Trestle Bike announces Colorado freeride festival • Park's Atlanta tech summit sells out • NRF announces 'Best Retail Stories' video contest
MADISON, WI (BRAIN)—Saris is celebrating 25 years of making bike racks by holding a video contest open to shop employees. The top prize is a four-day trip to Italy that includes a meeting with Bones Rack designer Fabio Pedrini. Other prizes include $1,000 in Saris/CycleOps products.
The videos must be less than 2 minutes and includes specific phrases. The phrases and other rules are on the Saris website.
Trestle Bike announces Colorado freeride festival
WINTER PARK, CO (BRAIN)—Organizers of this summer's Colorado Freeride Festival say it will be the largest such festival in the U.S. The event is being held July 26-29 at the Trestle Bike Park at Winter Park Resort.
The event will showcase slopestyle, a cross-country race, and a three-day, five-stage enduro race. Returning events include the popular Intergalactic Pond Crossing Championships.
Park's Atlanta tech summit sells out
ST. PAUL, MN (BRAIN)—Park Tool's Atlanta, Georgia, tech summit has sold out, but the company says there is still room at its event in Minnesota.
On January 23-24, more than 220 mechanics will assemble in Atlanta.
The Minneapolis Tech Summit takes place on February 20th and 21st. Professional mechanics interested in attending should visit Parktool.com and click on the Tech Summit banner.
NRF announces 'Best Retail Stories' video contest
NEW YORK CITY, NY (BRAIN)—The National Retail Federation is holding a "Best Retail Stories in America" video contest. The first place winner will receive a $25,000 prize.
“We’re on a hunt to find the best retail stories in America – from marketing geniuses to customer service superstars to small business owners, who are the fabric of every local community,” said NRF president and CEO Matthew Shay.
To participate in the contest, retail employees or business owners will submit a two-minute video sharing their retail story – highlighting how their company positively impacts shoppers or the community, their role in the creation of a new innovative product or technology, or how an initiative will generate new jobs to boost the economy.
Submissions must be received by March 16. Details at www.retailmeansjobs/contest.
