Just another reason for me to hate Dicks

Damn, too bad, I rarely buy anything other than swivels there, but once in a while there are decent lure deals in the Bargain Bin.

To me the only redeeming feature of Dicks is that they are located next to some of "The Admiral's" favorite stores so I often pop in there while she does her perusing next door. AAMOF my last gun purchase, a .410/22 combo for varmint control, was made at Dick's a couple of years ago. I hope that Maine stores will still stock firearms. Seems that ME Walmarts continue to have a decent arsenal. Was this decision nationwide or regional??

Is the Kittery Trading Post still there and doing well ? I thought I was in heaven and coming from Lawnguyland ! Bought a bunch of surfcasting stuff, surf bag, hat, lures. (this was before I was really big into deer hunting and had all the kayak stuff I needed (or so I thought.)

Is the Kittery Trading Post still there and doing well ? I thought I was in heaven and coming from Lawnguyland ! Bought a bunch of surfcasting stuff, surf bag, hat, lures. (this was before I was really big into deer hunting and had all the kayak stuff I needed (or so I thought.)

Oh yeah, KTP still there and they stock multiples of everything from pop guns to elephant guns, including ammo. It's a 2 hr "jaunt" from my home so I don't get there very often, but if I ever had to make a significant firearm purchase, that would be where I would go.

As for fishing gear, they also carry it all from bluegills to bluefin tuna, but the 4 hr round trip usually sends me to the internet...

Is Edleman's still in business? That was my Lawnguyland Go To in the 70s. Still have their "Fly Smasher" dart gun...

I hear you on the travel time. 45 minutes is about my limit. Edelmans is LONG GONE. I think they were there in '86 when I sold our first boat and started freshwater fishing, but definitely gone when I started fishing salt again in 94 or 95. Regarding KTP, I couldn't believe their kayak and canoe floor, lol !

"Just another reason for me to hate Dicks"

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I knew I smelt Bloomberg...

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Posted 7:23 AM

Updated at 7:57 AM

Dick’s Sporting Goods to remove even more guns from shelves

BY EBEN NOVY-WILLIAMS BLOOMBERG NEWS


Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc., which began scaling back gun sales in the wake of last year’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, is removing even more weapons from its shelves.
The retailer will drop hunting gear starting around August from about 125 stores where it is underperforming, Dick’s Chief Executive Officer Ed Stack announced Tuesday. The change, which affects about 17 percent of the Dick’s chain, follows a trial run last year when Dick’s removed hunting products from 10 of its stores.

The announcement, coupled with continuing declines in same-store sales, jarred investors. Dick’s shares fell as much as 11 percent, the most since August 2017, to $34.45 in New York trading. The stock was up 25 percent this year through Monday

Stack said fourth-quarter sales rose at the 10 stores that pulled hunting, and the locations delivered better margins and foot traffic than when they had guns. For the 125 additional stores, hunting floor space “will be replaced by merchandise categories that can drive growth, each based on the needs of that particular market,” Stack said on the company’s earnings call.

The new approach follows a tightening of gun policies that Stack self-imposed in February 2018. After the deadly shooting in Parkland, Stack said that he’d stop selling assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines. He also raised the minimum age for purchasing a gun to 21.

The decision drew anger from many who felt the it contradicted the Second Amendment. The National Rifle Association criticized Stack’s “strange business model,” and the National Shooting Sports Foundation expelled Dick’s from its membership. Dick’s was once a major vendor of firearms in the U.S., and though the industry was struggling before the decision, Stack has made it clear that the blowback hurt sales.

Still, Stack said, if this 125-store move goes well, the company could decide to remove hunting gear from more stores next year.

The company’s 2018 revenue was down almost 2 percent to $8.4 billion, a dip that Stack has attributed to slower firearm sales, a change in Under Armour’s distribution strategy and a weak performance in electronics sales. Stack has expressed optimism about Under Armour going forward, and Dick’s has now fully exited the electronics business.

Last month, Stack was one of four CEOs to sign a letter supporting a universal gun control bill that recently passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, and he recently joined the business council of Everytown, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control. (Everytown was founded by Michael Bloomberg, owner of Bloomberg News’ parent company.)

"Just another reason for me to hate Dicks"

I had so many reply's, to this post, but decided to keep it clean 🤣

and thank you for that. I was surprised it took 5 posts after the double entendre !

Bought my shotgun there. Was a pretty good experience. Guess I’m going to have to go elsewhere for future purchases.

support your local gun shop. Before I knew better I bought a .22 from Sports Authority (the future for dicks, lol) and an inexpensive Remington shotty import from the appropriately named dicks.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot? funny link name, but its a legit article about revenue losses