Do you live in Utah and have kids who would love to be in a store photo shoot? Then mark your calendars and make plans to attend the Riverdale Lifetime Store Grand Re-Opening because we'll be celebrating all this week in a big way! The Riverdale Lifetime Store closed on Christmas Eve for an extensive expansion and complete store remodel. When we say remodel, we mean it! The store acquired an additional 1,700 square-feet of indoor showroom area and expanded its outdoor display space by 3,500 square-feet. Plus, we tore down every single wall, changed the floor, and added an additional POS terminal. And, now we are ready for you to come see it! The ribbon cutting ceremony and store opening will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, March 20 at 9 a.m. with the official Grand Re-Opening Celebration event and activities being held tomor
My first Lifetime365 blog, how exciting! As some of you may know, Lifetime Products recently acquired Emotion Kayaks………and me! After a 2,089 mile journey, I’m here to join the Lifetime Team and bring you the scoop on all the new kayaks, features and everything else water sports! I look forward to sharing my kayak knowledge and experience with all of you in hopes that you get as excited about kayaking as I do! Let's start it off with a bang, shall we? This season will be huge for Lifetime’s water sports division. With the acquisition of Emotion Kayaks, our kayak production will have more than tripled!!! That is a lot of kayaks folks! Emotion Kayaks alone brings 22 new models that include a kid specific sit-on-top kayak, eight sit-inside models, eight sit-on-top models, one paddleboard and four angler ka
After several months of construction, we are excited to announce our Lifetime Store in St. George, Utah is officially open for business! This morning we held the official ribbon cutting ceremony and we’ll be celebrating with our Grand Opening event this entire week. If you’re in the St. George area, be sure to stop by our Grand Opening because we have a lot going on that you won’t want to miss… radio remote broadcasts, contests, prizes, face painting, balloon artist, refreshments, and lots of fun products to see! Plus, we’ll also be giving away a Lifetime kayak,
I am very excited to talk about our latest product.... the Lifetime Driveway 3 Sport Set. It combines the fun of Pickleball, QuickStart Tennis, Badminton, and more - all into one convenient product. Put it this way - if you're starting your Christmas lists already, get this on your list because it has family fun written all over it! The cool thing about this product is the portability... no cement required, no ground stakes to secure, and no support strings to get tangled in when playing. The 1.75-gallon portable bases fill with sand or water for stability during play, yet can easily be moved and transported - making the system ideal to use in a home driveway and backyard, or pack up and take to a beach, pool, or park.
Lights, camera, action! It has been another exciting week here at Lifetime. On Monday, Lifetime was featured in a Made in Utah segment on Studio 5, KSL's local lifestyle show. The hour-long show featured a pre-recorded segment (starring yours truly) that was filmed in the Lifetime Store, as well as three live segments with host Darin Adams in our factory. Studio 5 is doing a week-long series to show products and companies that are made in Utah. We were honored they decided to start with Lifetime! Filming the pre-taped piece was SO much fun. Studio 5 Producer, Stephanie, was a blast and great to work with. She was very creative and full of energy. Who knew sipping lemonade on a
This giveaway has ended. This week, we asked fans on our Facebook page what product they would like us to giveaway for our final monthly giveaway of 2011. It turns out, when you make so many great products, you get many great answers! The majority of you wanted us to giveaway a shed. But, picnic tables, swingsets, raised garden beds, and tables and chairs were also voted as favorites. Oh, decisions, decisions. Sigh. Know what? Since it's the Christmas season and many of you have products from Lifetime on your list that you want to give (either to someone else or just yourself), I think it would be much more fun to give away gift certificates to the Lif
Things are starting to look a little different along the Wasatch Front in Utah, and I'm not just talking about the fresh layers of snow on the mountains. We are excited to tell you that Backyards Inc., the Lifetime factory retail store, is changing its name to "Lifetime Store". Start watching for the name change to take place over the course of the next four months with updates to all outdoor signage to be completed by February 2011. For those of you who don't live in Utah, you'll see a change, too. Our online store will soon share the Lifetime Store name to give customers a simpler shopping experience. So why did we make this change? Most im
This past weekend Lifetime's official outlet store, Backyards Inc, was at the Spring Home and Garden Show in the South Towne Expo Center of Utah. Traditionally, this is one of it's biggest shows of the year, and this year was no exception. The Backyards booth was packed as usual. The final tally of guests at the show was estimated at 35,000-50,000 people! Backyards debuted several new Lifetime products at this show, that they have never got to show o...
Come support our local military this Memorial Day at the 3rd annual "Salute Our Troops" event at the Lifetime Store! The event will be held at our Riverdale, Utah store location ONLY! Special Memorial Day activities and promotions will be held all day, so bring the whole family! There will be product giveaways, contests, prizes, and more! Frankie from 97.1 ZHT will be broadcasting live from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the store, along with fun activities and contests throughout the whole day. The great thing about this event is that 5% of
It is quite common in the wild world of outdoor sports, for companies to sponsor up-and-coming paddlers. Lifetime has just taken on the sponsorship challenge. As you may have read in my earlier blog about our Lifetime Hooligan Youth Stand-up Paddleboard, we found a Utah local who is sure to make a splash in the paddleboard world. We would like to introduce you to our super kid, Mac!! He is only 10 years old but is quickly becoming a master of Stand-up Paddleboarding! Mac’s dad, Gary, is a long-time surfer and ha
You've probably already gotten this question... but how was your Memorial Day weekend? Ours was great! As you probably read in our recent post, once again Lifetime partnered with the Utah Military Families Foundation (UMFF) to celebrate Memorial Day with our annual "Salute Our Troops" event. We put on a big sale at our Lifetime Store in Riverdale, complete with a free-throw contest, free ice cream, and kids activities-- with the goal to donate 5% of all proceeds to the UMFF. It was a blast! We're excited to announce that we even surpassed last year's donation for this great