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Its Hills-based action sports retailer, is website, summitsports.com , has all the celebrating a large investment that will necessary information with advice from allow the company to grow significantly. action sports fans and videos to help a Investment firm Digital Fuel Capital is buyer make an educated choice. putting up the money. "We're focused on the affluent "This will probably customer who's looking to stay double our rate of growth," healthy and in shape. The type says Steve Kopitz, founder of family who owns a boat or of Summit Sports. Kopitz takes skiing trips," Kopitz says. In says his company will use other words, someone kind of like this money to acquire other himself. online action sports retailers. Kopitz was a financial planner Summit owns four for American Express but wanted Steve Kop itz brick-and-mortar stores to do something he loved. "I am a in Michigan. There are passionate skier and snowboarder three locations under the Summit and love sports and the outdoors:' He name in Keego Harbor, East Lansing also wanted to own his own business. and Brighton. Summit also owns Don Summit was the perfect fit. Thomas Sportshaus in Birmingham, He became heavily invested in online which was voted Detroit's Best Ski Shop retail in the late '90s, during the dot- by Hour magazine. com boom. Online retail was exploding However, the company's main focus everywhere. Many didn't know what that is e-commerce. It's the direction Kopitz meant for brick-and-mortar businesses. knew the industry was headed years "It started out as a defense strategy," he ago. Summit Sports has been in business says of his company's early dealings with for 25 years, and online for 17. "That's selling items online. "It's now become why Digital Fuel was interested in us," our primary focus:' Three-quarters of his he says. company's sales are online. Digital Fuel Capital is a Boston-based Ski equipment has always played a investment firm focused on e-commerce major role in his business. However, and digital marketing. It has backed a Kopitz says, Michigan isn't necessarily number of leading e-commerce compa- the best place to sell ski equipment Not nies as platforms for other acquisitions. many people are buying it in stores. "Our mission is to invest in excep- The winters and the state's economy are tional e-commerce companies and to inconsistent. This has made the Internet empower them with access to world- the perfect place to sell ski gear. The class resources to improve and grow:' company can now sell it all over the says Carson Biederman, president of world. Digital Fuel Capital. "Summit is a great Kopitz is a married father of two. fit for us with its unique content, inno- He and his wife, Kathy, live in West vative online tools and deep product Bloomfield. He has a son, Brad, who expertise:' works as the COO for an online photo Kopitz is focused on acquiring more book company called Artifact Uprising. companies that fit his business model His daughter, Jess, works as Summit's — online action sports retailers. This public relations coordinator. His family investment will allow the company to is involved in the Jewish Federation of do that. Metropolitan Detroit. "We were looking for a partner to Kopitz is always looking to expand bring expertise and give us capital to his company. Right now, Summit Sports grow:' says Kopitz. The process of find- employs 130 people. That won't change ing the right partner took about a year, in the short term, even with this invest- he says. ment. However, as his company grows, With Digital Fuel's help, Summit so will his work force. 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