Press Releases
Press Release: Austin Canoe and Kayak Houston Store Experiences Fire – Open for Business
Austin, Texas (March 26, 2012) – Austin Canoe and Kayak’s (ACK) Houston store located at 5822 Bissonnet in Houston, Texas recently experienced a fire resulting in extensive damage to the rear portion of the building and product inventory. Despite the fire damage, two thirds of the building is still in operable condition and all damaged [...]
Press Release: Outdoor Retailer Operators Launch Online Extension and Store-Within-A-Store – Rack Boys
Austin, Texas (February 20th, 2012) – Austin Canoe and Kayak’s (ACK) parent company, MSP Holdings, LLC, today announced the launch of www.RackBoys.com in conjunction with the unveiling of the Rack Boys store-within-a-store concept in Austin, Houston and San Marcos, Texas. Rack Boys offers a complete line of vehicle rack and sport travel outfitting solutions from [...]
Austin Canoe and Kayak Receives SNEWS/Backpacker “Best Online Retailer” Award
Austin, Texas (January 23, 2012) – Austin Canoe and Kayak (ACK), announces the acceptance of the SNEWS/Backpacker “Best Online Retailer” award. The award recognizes retailers who embody the spirit of entrepreneurship and who serve as visionaries for the outdoor market and leaders of the communities they serve. “We are honored to have won this award, [...]
Press Release: Austin Canoe and Kayak Announces Video Contest Winner
Austin, Texas (January 19th, 2012) – Austin Canoe and Kayak (ACK), today announced the official winner of the “Why I Deserve to Win a Kayak” video contest. The contest was designed to engage participants in convincing the viewing audience, by means of a short 3-minute video, why they deserve to win a kayak by Native [...]
Press Release: Austin Canoe and Kayak, Launches Mobile App for Android
Android phone users now have access to over 15,000 kayak and canoe launch points. Austin, Texas (October 18th, 2011) – Austin Canoe and Kayak (ACK), today announced the launch of the ACK Kayak Launch Points App for Android, which is available for free in the Android Market. The app, designed to provide paddlers with access [...]
Press Release: Austin Canoe and Kayak Receives Two Awards
Austin, Texas (October 6th, 2011) – Austin Canoe and Kayak (ACK), a national paddlesports and outdoor retailer, is honored to have accepted the 2011 Bizrate® Circle of Excellence award for the third year in a row along with the 2011 Kayak Angler’s Choice award for Outfitter/Retailer/Kayak Fishing Supplier of the Year. The Bizrate Circle of [...]
Press Release: Austin Canoe and Kayak Kicks Off Video Contest For a Chance to Win a Kayak
Austin, Texas (September 28th, 2011) – Austin Canoe and Kayak (ACK), today announced the launch of the “Why I Deserve to Win a Kayak” video contest. The contest is designed to engage participants into convincing the viewing audience, by means of a short 3-minute video, why they deserve to win a kayak by Native Watercraft [...]
Press Release: Austin Canoe and Kayak Expansion Continues With In-Store Consumer Driven Kiosks
Austin, Texas (September 20th, 2011) – Austin Canoe and Kayak (ACK), today announced the implementation of @ack.com, an in-store consumer oriented kiosk. The kiosk expands all ACK stores with access to a larger assortment of products, which can be shipped to the customer’s door the next day. It provides users, including store employees, access to [...]
Press Release: Austin Canoe and Kayak Wins “Retailer of the Year” Award Presented by Canoe and Kayak Magazine
Austin, Texas (August 8th, 2011) – Austin Canoe and Kayak (ACK) is thrilled to have accepted the 25th Annual “Industry Award” for “Retailer of the Year” presented by Canoe & Kayak Magazine for the 3rd year in a row. The award honors paddlesport retailers that have been recognized by industry manufacturers for exemplified excellence in [...]
Press Release: Outdoor Retailer, Austin Canoe and Kayak, Launches Free Version of the Mobile App for iPhone/iPod Touch ACK Kayak Launch Points
Austin, Texas (July 7, 2011) – Austin Canoe and Kayak, an award-winning paddlesports and outdoor retailer, announces the launch of the free version of the ACK Kayak Launch Points App for iPhone and iPod Touch for immediate download from the iTunes App Store. The free version of the Launch Points App, which offers all of [...]
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