Native FGL Sports EDI inside AIMS360 for SportChek and the other FGL banners, formerly the Forzani Group: purchase orders in, GS1-128 cartons, the ship notice and invoice from one shipment, priced and billed in Canadian dollars.
The Forzani Group was the Calgary-based sporting goods retailer behind SportChek. Canadian Tire Corporation bought it in 2011, and the business now runs as FGL Sports. If you sell to SportChek or another FGL banner, AIMS360 runs the EDI inside your ERP: orders in, cartons labeled, ship notice and invoice out, in Canadian dollars, on the same stock record as your US accounts.
Yes. FGL Sports, the company that used to be the Forzani Group, is a live AIMS360 EDI trading partner. Its purchase orders arrive as the 850 and become sales orders against your styles, colors and sizes. AIMS360 prints GS1-128 carton labels, sends the 856 ship notice built from the packed shipment, and bills the 810 invoice from the same record, in Canadian dollars when the account is set up that way.
Our EDI team builds the map from the vendor guide FGL Sports issues to your brand and connects through whatever network FGL uses today. Mark's, the workwear and casual banner, belongs to Canadian Tire but is not part of FGL Sports, so it is a separate Mark's setup. For FGL's 2026 banners, stores and sales, see FGL Sports in 2026.
Old names still show up in vendor files and search results. Here is how they map to the company you ship to now.
| Name you will see | What it is today |
|---|---|
| The Forzani Group Ltd. | The Calgary sporting goods retailer that traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange as FGL. Canadian Tire Corporation completed its acquisition on August 25, 2011. |
| FGL Sports Ltd. | The name the business runs under inside Canadian Tire Corporation, and the name to use with your buyer and on your EDI setup. |
| SportChek | FGL's national big-box banner, offering active wear and gear from leading brands. Often written Sport Chek. Founded in 1976. |
| Sports Experts, Atmosphere, Hockey Experts, Pro Hockey Life | Specialty banners Canadian Tire Corporation lists alongside SportChek. Hockey Experts is part of the Le Trio Hockey franchise group. FGL Sports bought Pro Hockey Life in 2013. Store counts and 2026 sales are on our FGL Sports overview. |
| Mark's | A separate Canadian Tire banner for casual and industrial wear. Not part of FGL Sports. See Mark's EDI. |
| Canadian Tire Corporation | The parent company. Its banners also include Canadian Tire, Party City and PartSource. |
Ownership and banner names are from Canadian Tire Corporation releases, the latest dated February 2026. Banner lists change, so ask your buyer which banners and ship-to points your orders cover.
Built from the same records that run your inventory, warehouse and invoicing.
| Document | Direction | How AIMS360 handles it |
|---|---|---|
| EDI 850 purchase order | FGL Sports to you | Imported as a sales order, matched to your catalog by UPC, with the ship-to location and the ship and cancel dates on the order. |
| EDI 855 PO acknowledgment | You to FGL Sports | If your vendor guide asks for it, confirms the order line by line from the live sales order. |
| EDI 860 PO change | FGL Sports to you | If changes come by EDI, AIMS360 applies them to the open order and lists anything it cannot apply on a validation report. |
| EDI 856 ship notice (ASN) | You to FGL Sports | Built from the scanned cartons at shipment close, with the SSCC from each GS1-128 label. |
| EDI 810 invoice | You to FGL Sports | Generated from the same shipment, in the currency of the customer account. |
| GS1-128 carton label | On every carton | Printed as cartons are packed and approved against the layout in the vendor guide before go-live. |
| EDI 997 acknowledgment | Both ways | Sent for each document you receive and tracked for each one you send. |
| EDI 846 and 870 | You to FGL Sports | Inventory and order status, for programs that ship to consumers. Only if your agreement includes one. |
This is the standard retailer set AIMS360 runs. The vendor guide FGL Sports gives your brand sets the exact list, the version and the label layout, and our EDI team builds to that guide, not to a table on a website.
What changes when the retailer is in Canada and your warehouse may not be.
With multi-currency on, the FGL Sports customer carries Canadian dollars. Orders, invoices and payments hold the currency and the exchange rate of the day, and the customer's receivables show both currencies.
Wholesale prices in Canadian dollars are set per style and color, one at a time, in batch or by import. The 850 line takes that price, not a conversion of your US price.
If the rate moves between invoice and payment, the realized gains and losses report shows it. Open invoices can be valued before payment on the unrealized report.
Canadian consumer product labeling is English and French, and Quebec adds its own French rules. Settle hang tags and labels before EDI testing, because no document fixes a label that does not comply.
Duties, taxes and customs clearance are worth settling with a customs broker and your accountant before the first shipment. AIMS360 carries the operational side: which warehouse ships, what is on each carton, and an invoice that matches what crossed the border. If a Canadian 3PL holds your stock, it is a real location in AIMS360, so the ASN comes from wherever the cartons left.
Why this page carries an old network name, and what replaces it.
The old name on this page, Forzani Group (Nubridges), comes from the years when Forzani's vendors reached it through nuBridges, an Atlanta company that ran an EDI value-added network. Liaison Technologies bought nuBridges in 2011, the same year Canadian Tire bought Forzani. Do not assume either name is still in the path.
What matters is the network FGL Sports names in your onboarding today. Where a retailer mandates a specific network or provider, AIMS360 trades through it, including SPS Commerce where a retailer runs its program there. You do not buy a second mapping product on top. The maps, the documents and the support stay in AIMS360.
Our EDI team runs this with you. Your part is the vendor number, the guide and the Canadian pricing.
Your FGL Sports buyer issues the vendor number. Ask for the current vendor guide and EDI onboarding contact at the same time and send both to our EDI team.
If you invoice FGL in Canadian dollars, activate the currency, open the customer in CAD and load Canadian prices on your styles before the first order.
Add the vendor number, ship via and payment terms, pick the trading partner on the EDI tab, switch on the documents your guide lists and set the FOB terms.
Import the location list FGL provides so each ship-to code matches the 850 and prints correctly on the GS1-128 label.
Print a sample label for approval, then run a test 850 through the ship notice and invoice until every document passes on the network FGL names.
We watch the first order through to the invoice and update the map when FGL revises its guide.
No. The EDI is part of the ERP that already runs your inventory.
The FGL Sports documents come from the same records that run your inventory, warehouse and invoicing. The ASN is built from the shipment your team closed, so the cartons on the document and the cartons on the truck are the same data.
A translator beside your ERP has to be told what shipped. Someone exports the shipment, the provider builds the ASN, and the invoice is keyed or uploaded again. Every handoff is a place for the FGL Sports paperwork and the freight to drift apart.
EDI is an add-on on any AIMS360 plan, Bronze through Gold, with unlimited transactions and a trading partner line for each retailer. There are no per-document, VAN or kilocharacter fees, so a big order month does not raise the EDI bill.
Our EDI team builds the map, runs the testing and watches the connection in production. When a document rejects, the people who answer can see the retailer spec, the document and the order behind it.
Canadian Tire Corporation bought it. The deal was announced in May 2011 and completed on August 25, 2011. The business now runs as FGL Sports Ltd., a Canadian Tire company, and SportChek is its best-known banner.
Canadian Tire Corporation. Its banner list also includes Canadian Tire, Mark's, Sports Experts, Atmosphere, Hockey Experts, Pro Hockey Life, Party City and PartSource, according to its February 2026 results release.
Yes. FGL Sports is a live AIMS360 EDI trading partner. Purchase orders import as sales orders, and AIMS360 sends the ship notice and invoice from the shipment your team packed, with GS1-128 labels on the cartons.
No. Mark's is a separate Canadian Tire banner for casual and industrial wear. If you sell to Mark's as well as SportChek, it is its own trading partner setup in AIMS360, built from the guide Mark's issues, on the same stock record.
An Atlanta company that ran an EDI value-added network. Forzani's vendors once traded through it, which is why this page was first listed as Forzani Group (Nubridges). Liaison Technologies bought nuBridges in 2011.
Do not assume so. Use the network FGL Sports names in your onboarding today. Where a retailer mandates a network or provider, AIMS360 trades through it, and the maps and support stay in AIMS360.
Yes. Turn on multi-currency, open the FGL customer in Canadian dollars and set Canadian prices on your styles. The order and invoice carry the currency and the day's exchange rate, and gains and losses are reported when the rate moves.
Canadian consumer product labeling is English and French, and Quebec adds its own French rules. That is a product and packaging question to settle before EDI testing. Check your FGL vendor guide for its ticketing rules.
SportChek is the national banner. Canadian Tire Corporation also lists Sports Experts, Atmosphere, Hockey Experts and Pro Hockey Life, which FGL Sports bought in 2013. Ask your buyer which banners and ship-to points your orders cover.
Yes. FGL is its own trading partner with its own currency and setup, and it draws on the same inventory as your US retailers, your web store and your reps.
A first EDI retailer goes live inside the AIMS360 implementation, which runs 3 to 16 weeks. A retailer added later usually takes 2 to 4 weeks, depending mostly on the retailer's testing calendar.
See an FGL Sports order land in Canadian dollars, ship with GS1-128 labels and invoice from the same shipment, on a demo built around your styles.
