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Sports & Outdoor Wholesale Digitalisation.

Your ISPO orders run on paper forms. Your showroom appointments are logged in notebooks. Your tech-spec updates go out as PDF attachments that nobody can search. Every handwritten order is a dealer signal permanently lost. Every PDF spec sheet is a comparison that never compounds. FIRE digitalises your entire outdoor distribution — from Gore-Tex membrane data to ski boot flex matrices to trail running size-run grids.

What You Replace

The Manual Processes That Cost Outdoor Brands Intelligence Every Season

Paper Pre-Orders at ISPO

Handwritten order forms for 400 styles across four categories. Size grids, colour matrices, frame sizes — all on paper. Every form needs re-entry. Every form generates zero interaction data.

PDF Tech Spec Sheets

60-page lookbooks with specs buried on page 47. No filtering. No comparison. The dealer cannot ask “show me all 3-layer, PFC-free, bluesign jackets under 300g” and get an answer.

Excel Size Grids

Softgoods in one spreadsheet, footwear in another, hardgoods in a third. Version conflicts. No connection to stock or pricing. No AI pre-fill. No learning between seasons.

Email-Based NOS Restock

“I need Trail Pro GTX sizes 41–44, 4 pairs each.” Which colour? Regular or wide? The email generates questions, not orders — and zero behavioural data.

Disconnected Trade Fair Data

ISPO generates the richest dealer interactions of the year. On paper, that data evaporates by the flight home. Next ISPO, every dealer conversation starts from scratch.

Zero Dealer Intelligence

You know what was ordered. You do not know what was browsed, which tech specs were compared, which certifications were filtered, or which activities gained interest. Without interaction data, AI is impossible.

The Roadmap

From Kickoff to Live in 20–40 Days

Four phases. Parallel workstreams. Your team sells digitally by next ISPO.

Week 1–2
Connect
ERP integration via FIRE Connect. Product data, tech specs, size grids, imagery, and certifications imported.
ERP · PIM · Tech specs · Certifications
Week 2–3
Configure
Dealer tiers, activity assortments, pre-order windows, NOS rules, pricing programmes, and branding.
Tiers · Activities · Pre-order · NOS
Week 3–4
Train & Test
Sales team trained on Sales App and Sales Table. Pilot dealers onboarded to the portal. QA on all channels.
Rep training · Dealer pilot · QA
Week 4–6
Go Live
Full launch: Portal, Sales App, Sales Table. First ISPO with digital pre-ordering. Data capture begins.
Launch · First pre-orders · Data compounds
The Compound Effect

What Four Seasons of Digital Data Look Like

Each season adds depth. Each ISPO adds signal. The intelligence gap widens.

Season 1
Baseline
Portal + Sales App live. First ISPO digital. Dealer profiles created. Tech spec browsing begins.
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Season 2
Patterns Emerge
Dealer tech preferences clear. Activity interest mapped. Certification requirements per tier visible. AI pre-fills begin.
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Season 3
Prediction
Co-Pilot suggests assortments per dealer type. Churn signals detectable. Content ROI measurable. Tech feature demand forecastable.
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Season 4+
Intelligence Moat
Full demand forecasting. Automated NOS triggers. Assortment optimisation outperforms human judgment. A competitor starting now needs 4 seasons to catch up.
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Who Benefits

What Digitalisation Means for Each Stakeholder

Sales Management

Real-time pipeline across ISPO, portal, and field visits. Pre-order velocity per dealer tier. Category performance per activity. No quarterly spreadsheet assembly.

Sales Reps

Walk into every ISPO appointment with dealer history: which activities they focus on, which tech features they value, which certifications they require. Co-Pilot suggests the right assortment.

Marketing

Which athlete stories drive pre-orders? Which tech deep-dives convert? Content engagement from the Showroom tied to sales outcomes. Creative investment measured by ROI.

Product Development

Which tech features drive orders? Which certifications are dealbreakers? Which activities are gaining interest? Dealer interaction data informs the next collection — not post-season surveys.

IT

One platform instead of five tools. Managed private cloud. ERP integration handled. Transparent monitoring. No middleware spaghetti between ordering, PIM, and analytics.

Leadership

Strategic overview across channels, markets, and dealer segments. Data asset growth visualised. The compounding intelligence advantage quantified. One source of truth.

The Bigger Picture

Digitalisation Is Not an IT Project. It Is the Start of Your Data Strategy.

Most outdoor brands think of digitalisation as a one-time project: launch a portal, train the reps, go digital at ISPO. But the brands that gain the real advantage treat it differently. They treat digitalisation as the beginning of a data strategy — not the end of an IT project.

After one season, you have baseline data. After two, patterns emerge: which tech features resonate with which dealer types, which activities are growing, which certifications matter most. After four, AI predicts demand, recommends assortments, and detects churn before the season ends. The brands that started digitalising in 2022 now have four seasons of compounding tech-spec intelligence. A competitor starting today needs four seasons to match — and by then, the leaders are eight seasons ahead.

The question is not whether to digitalise. It is how many more ISPOs of dealer intelligence you are willing to lose before you start.

Replace Paper. Capture Tech Data. Compound Intelligence.

From kickoff to live in 20–40 days. Every season after that gets smarter.

Start Your Digitalisation

Own Your Data. Learn From It. Use It With AI.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Typically 20–40 days. ERP integration, tech specs, size grids, dealer tiers, and activity assortments configured in parallel.
No. FIRE sits on top of your ERP. FIRE Connect integrates with SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, and all major systems via delta imports.
Yes. Most brands start with B2B Portal and Sales App, then add Showroom, Remote, and Analytics. Each product works standalone but compounds when connected.
Typically 20 to 40 days from kickoff to live operation, including ERP integration.
No. The B2B Portal runs in any browser. No app, no download, no account setup.
Yes. FIRE integrates with all major ERP systems including SAP and Microsoft Dynamics.
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What Happens Next

1
Discovery Call
Your products, channels, and systems.
2
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Platform configured for your industry.
3
Go Live
Connected to your ERP in 20–40 days.
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