Sports Experts Inc. is a major Canadian sports-retailer franchise primarily located in Quebec, Canada.
[2] On February 5, 1985, Sports Experts, which at the time had 108 locations across Quebec and The Maritimes, merged with Toronto-based Collegiate Arlington Sports, a sporting-goods chain of 44 stores in Quebec, Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.
[3] The merger went in effect in April 1985 and the combined company took on the name Sports Experts Inc.[3] The Arlington locations initially continued under their namesake but had all been converted to the Sports Experts banner by 1986.
[4] In 1994, Provigo sold Sports Experts to the Forzani Group.
[1] The Forzani Group has since been acquired by Canadian Tire in 2011.