Posted on 04/16/2016 8:16:14 PM PDT by chrisinoc
No doubt about it. You can't buy everything online, but each online order is one less trip to the mall or big box store. That means that all those impulse buys that happen when you wander into other stores "since I'm here anyway" go away. Out of sight, out of mind.
The Dick's in my neck of the woods (NE USA) still sells guns of all types, and they hire really knowledgeable gun people to work the gun counters.
So I'm guessing what you've noticed is a regional decision, and not a corporate decision.
To bad, bought one of my first set of skis from them and a lot of cold weather clothing.
The post was clear.
You are out of line...it’s almost “like” you work for Dick’s.
Do you?
I won’t shop at Dick’s stores.
I don’t “like” their corporate politics.
Are you going to tell me not to use the word “like”?
“I hate to say, but some malls draw a less than respectable clientele,”
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Malls on bus routes from the cities are dreadful.
Don’t go near them Saturday night. I did once,walked in,saw the roaming kids,and walked out-—never to return.
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Bought my first pair of Rossignol skis at the La Canada store back in the early seventies, sorry to hear they are going out of business
Online sales are booming while brick and mortar is getting slammed. I work for a company that helps companies keep their web sites and mobile apps running at peak performance. This shift to e-commerce retail is really helping us.
Better selection, better prices, fantastic return policy, delivered to your door in 24-48 hours. Shipping costs less than gas to the mall and back.
I bought my first pair of shoes online a few months back. I bought Timberland’s traditional shoe that I couldn’t find locally. If you know your size, you’ll do fine. Amazon even tells you if the manufacturer’s shoe sizes run on the large or small side. I’ll probably be getting more shoes online.
Dick’s Sporting Goods is becoming the category killer in sporting goods.
They’ve usurped all of the former mall leaders in footwear because malls, on a whole, are on a tremendous downward spiral that we all know about.
They are big box big. The stand alone location near me is attached to nothing, is multi-floor, complete with escalator (How many stores even need one of those anymore let alone a sporting goods store.) and every category covered in depth.
They can crush hockey stores, diving shops, any sneaker outlet, biking stores or any half dozen or more stand alone category stores. They are the end all, be all of sporting goods.
There really has been no true national player in the category outside sneaker stores in traditional anchor/tenant malls.
They are redefining the category and growing. For every regional sporting good death and obituary look and see how many Dick’s Sporting Goods have come into their key markets in the past 10 years.
They’re doing to the category what Wal Mart did to main streets in small town America. No one else matters but them.
They were on the Corner of Foothill and Angeles Crest Hwy.
They used to get Business from everyone going up to the Angeles National Forest.
They were always known for having very knowledgeable Staff, especially catering to Skiing Enthusiasts.
I lived close by in La Crescenta and remember going in there way back when. Where has the time gone?
In high school, I worked at the gas station across the street from the original store. This was before Mr. Olberz bought the gas station on the East side of Angeles Crest, which became the ski rental store.
The Olberz’s, when they were first starting out, actually lived in the original store for a while. He was a tough old guy, but truly earned everything he ever had. Showed up in the US from Austria with lint in his pockets and built a good business from the ground up, with hard work and quality products. They were never the cheapest, but they always carried the best quality, and if you needed work done on your skis, it would be done right the first time.
Man, that was a long time ago!
I’m another one that doesn’t shop at Dick’s. I prefer Academy by far. I’ll even go to outrageously priced Gander Mountain, Cabela’s, or Bass Pro before I’ll go to Dick’s.
since when is “like” not a word to be used?
Thank you for the clarification. The one near me does not sell guns.
Some folks just don’t like “like.” Like liking “like” is bad!
Are you a “Valley girl?”
When one of our big malls here in north Jersey was reduced to renting to a tattoo parlor (they also had vacant space), the writing was on the wall. Over the years I’d watched more and more of the kiosks move towards food of one type or other (though they have a full food court), and more and more foreigners walking around (without bags - they seem to be visiting it as a museum to the now-dead American Dream). Cellphone stores abound as well.
They don’t have a problem with “youths”, as far as I can determine (I haven’t been there in over a year); they are just in an area of tech-savvy people who save significantly by shopping online or don’t shop at all because of the horrible economy. I watched a Third World “replacement American” from Asia trying shoes on with bare feet in a big retailer there (he was wearing sandals); that about summed up what is happening here in north Jersey.
I didn’t know that. Kinda embarrassed that I don’t. Thanks for letting me know. I don’t get to much into boycott’s but second amendment is one area that I do.
IIRC, Dicks pulled all AR-15's after Sandy Hook.
in other news, I grew up where the original Dicks started. Two rinky dink stores barely surviving for years. And there were other local SG stores around too. They were nice little stores. Closets really. Nothing at all like you see now.
I never did any research, but the way they took off tells me that the locals sold to someone or some group with a lot of $$$ to make them grow like mad.
but yeah, I quit them when the AR decision came out.
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