Charlotte Running Co. Named the 2021 Best Store in America at The Running Event

There were plenty of big winners at the The Running Event’s Best Running Stores in America Dinner in Austin, Texas last night, where several awards were handed out to top specialty run retailers throughout the country. However, the biggest winner was Charlotte Running Co. The retailer, with four locations in North Carolina and one in South Carolina, took home the coveted Store of the Year honor for 2021. When accepting the award, storeowner Scott Dvorak thanked last year’s winner, 1st Place Sports, for showing him how stores in the specialty run channel should operate four decades prior. “I was first introduced to what a running store should be nearly 40 years ago, when his young runner bought my first pair of [Nike] Waffle Racers at 1st Place Sports in Jacksonville, Fla. They were the recipients of this award last year. Thank you Jane and Doug Alred for being an example for all of us,” Dvorak said. Charlotte Running Co. edged out three other stores to win the award: Fleet Feet Montclair, Run Hub Northwest and Johns Run/Walk Shop. Other awards that were handed out include the Run Happy Award presented by Brooks, given to the store employee who brings a glass half full approach

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