Posted on 03/02/2016 9:04:20 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Wow, and we’re not even in “Recover Summer VIII” yet.
I’ve always seen it as an overpriced worthless store. A little of a lot, not enough of anything. I see Dick’s much the same way.
Haven’t been in one since they stopped selling guns.
Oh Well.
Buh Bye.
A lot of times these sport team endorsements, etc, are for the ego of the company owner, who gets tickets, gets to sit in a luxury box, etc. Often they don’t give a good financial return to the company, though.
I seldom go into “sports” stores anyway because they usually are overpriced, and I don’t buy that much sport stuff.
Academy is my only exception. Their gun shop is usually well-stocked, and prices are decent.
I liked it when it was Gart Brothers.
Yep, when Academy opened here Sports Authority folded within a month or two......and should have. Academy is twice the store IMO.
Sports Authority is like the Target sports section, but it takes up an entire store.
It’s just pitiful.
Academy Sports is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better.
It seems that many major retailers have reported big problems recently.
Yet Obama crows about an unemployment rate under 5% and says the economy is humming along.
And total retail sales are in the tank from what we hear.
Yet Obama says all is well.
Does that mean the Bronco’s Sports Authority Stadium will henceforth be called “Bankruptcy Stadium”?
It’s difficult to blame this one on the economy, IMHO.
I think it’s more a business trend toward internet shopping and difficulty paying the big overhead on these specialty stores.
Zero to $50,000 in assets and $1 million to $10 million in liabilities? (from the petition) Doesn’t sound like there is much to reorganize. They actually show a lot more than that in unsecured debt.
“I’ve always seen it as an overpriced worthless store. A little of a lot, not enough of anything. I see Dick’s much the same way.”
I once embarrassed my myself and my husband in Dicks when I found something I had been looking for and I said out loud, “I just love Dicks.”
Dicks has some decent ammo specials. They can keep the rest of their stuff.
Perhaps, but I don't think there will ever be a substitute for trying on clothes/gear before buying it. We are still an instant gratification society, and the mail-order catalog giants of the past still didn't crush the need for brick-and-mortar stores. In fact, Montgomery Ward, which started exclusively as mail order, went to retail stores anyway.
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