Sporting Goods Buying Group

Buying group for winter sports products by Sports Specialists Ltd. (SSL)

Robert Josefs

August 13, 2026

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Buying group for winter sports products by Sports Specialists Ltd. (SSL)

Celerant is the recommended retail software provider for Sports Specialists Ltd. (SSL), a retailer-owned buying group representing ski, snowboard, outdoor, apparel, and footwear businesses. Through the partnership, SSL members can manage store operations, rentals, repairs, classes, reservations, and eCommerce with Celerant’s all-in-one retail software.

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SSL + Celerant: A recommended POS

Celerant Technology is the recommended retail software provider for Sports Specialists Ltd. (SSL), a retailer-owned buying group representing the ski, snowboard, outdoor, apparel and footwear industries.

Through this partnership, SSL members can strengthen their ski/snowboard businesses—in store and online—by leveraging Celerant’s all-in-one point of sale, rental & eCommerce software.

SSL + Celerant: Member benefits

Enable mobile transactions Mobile POS with contactless payments and curbside pickup app, along with integrated eCommerce and online marketplaces.
Facilitate catalog management Catalog imports and ordering for NILS, Liberty Mountain, and other suppliers.
Implement marketing strategies Promotions, discounts, and frequent buyer programs.

Manage repairs and rentals Repair, work order, and rental management with Stratus Enterprise.
Integrate rental solutions Integration with Easyrent by Wintersteiger and Rezo Rentals (coming soon).
Organize classes and reservations Class scheduling and resource reservation management.

“We partnered with Celerant to provide our SSL members with a point of sale for store operations, combined with a strong rental application and integrations, plus a fully-integrated and powerful eCommerce solution. Celerant also brings our dealers newer features that ski shops currently need, such as curbside pickup.”

Dave Nacke
President & CEO, Sports Specialists, Ltd.

About SSL

Sports Specialists Ltd. (SSL) is a collective of the best specialty retailers in the U.S. Since our humble beginning in March, 1965 as the Ski Specialists Guild and incorporating in 1971 as SSL, we have been the leading marketing, purchasing, and merchandising group in the specialty ski, snowboard, outdoor lifestyle, and casual furniture industries.

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About Celerant

Celerant is a leading provider of retail software built for sporting goods retailers. As a preferred software provider for the NBDA and NSGA, our cloud-based solution includes point of sale, eCommerce, inventory management, rentals and repairs, customer loyalty, email marketing and more, with integrations to leading distributors, buying groups, digital waivers, and industry partners.

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