Posted on 03/12/2019 12:12:12 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
The chief executive officer of Dick’s Sporting Goods said Tuesday the retailer will stop selling firearms at 125 of its stores, The Wall Street Journal reported.
In a conference call, Dick’s CEO Ed Stack said the retailer will remove guns and some hunting gear after testing the idea in 10 stores last year, the newspaper reported.
The move continues a rollback that Dick’s began last year, when the company announced it would stop selling assault-style guns and would not sell weapons or ammunition to anyone under the age of 21. That announcement, made in the wake of a mass shooting that killed 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school in February 2018, resulted in a sales slump of 3.9 percent for the three-month period that ended Nov. 3, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The space the weapons occupied will be used to sell licensed sports gear and outdoor recreation equipment, Stack said during the conference call.
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I have stopped buying from all of Dick’s stores.
I hope they go out of business.
Dick’s = Sports Authority....
Dick can go screw himself.
I would NEVER EVER spend a dime there
Target. DEAD! Gillette. DEAD! Dicks. Dead! (no pun intended on that last one)
We with Sicilian blood hold long grudges.
Though I notice southerners and mid westerners do too :)
The snowflakes all purpose sports center. Hope they are also going to discontinue selling anything with sharp points.
lol.
All we can do is not buy from them and tell others not to buy from them.
FOR GOOD. Not for a year or even two.
Because Target’s stock shot back up last year and I’m betting the part time protesters starting buying there again.
Me too.
A long time ago.
Do you know why you can still buy guns at Cabela’s?
Because they’re not dicks....
Good. Now the good stores can sell more guns.
Lol
I am sending back my Dick’s credit card in tiny pieces. I never use it anyway but will get satisfaction doing it anyway.
Dead Store Walking...
Target. DEAD! Gillette. DEAD! Dicks. Dead!
Neidermeyer….
Dick’s = Sports Authority....
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Exactly. T-shirts, sweat suits then bankruptcy.
Took 7 years for Venezuela to go from a wealthy country to broke and dark.
Figure will take less time for Dick’s to do the same.
Hope they can curry some favor with the bankruptcy judge with this BOLD act!
What an appropriately named retail establishment.
Can’t survive selling sneakers, they’re toast. Maybe Cabela’s can get a good lease on their storefronts.
Really looking forward to ignoring their “Going Out Of Business Forever” sale.
ROFLMAO!! I was hoping someone would catch that :)
Otter: ... I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.
Bluto: And we’re just the guys to do it.
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