Contrary to some beliefs here, Dicks actually did better at underperforming stores after removing hunting gear and guns. Here's a quote from the article, keep in mind that statements concerning business performance that might affect stock values are closely watched by the Feds. A lie could get a CEO's hinny in a bear trap.
Last year, Dick’s removed hunting items from 10 stores where it underperformed. After the removal, those stores generated positive comp sales in Q4. “Following this success,” Dick’s CEO Ed Stack said on the Q4 earnings call, “we will remove Hunt from approximately 125 additional Dick's stores in 2019 where the category underperforms.”
As much as we a gun enthusiasts would like to believe we hurt Dicks by boycotting, there doesn't seem to be any evidence to support that claim. Furthermore, in my very (scratch that, EXTREMELY) conservative County here in Texas, Sportsmans Warehouse, Gander Mountain, and Cheaper than Dirt have all come and gone in the last 10 years. Nearly all during a Democratically controlled W.H. and the big panic run on guns and ammo. So if we're buying everything in sight as soon as it hit the shelves, why are those big name stores going out of business?
The answer is, there's not enough of "US" to keep them going.
The Trump effect has caused business in both Cabalas and Bass Pro, both nearby to me, to drop considerably.
I was in B.P last week, it was deserted. My recent trip to Cabelas gun counter where I usually had to wait 20 to 30 minutes to get help, there was NOBODY at the counter and no waiting for the three sales persons on duty.
That's not a good sign! We need more young people to take up an interest in shooting sports if we want to keep all the choices we have.
Someone, anyone chime in with how we should go about doing that.