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Great American Outdoors to acquire Sportsman’s Warehouse

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December 22, 2020, 08:42 AM
Tn226
Great American Outdoors to acquire Sportsman’s Warehouse
Not sure this will turn out so well for their “loyal customers”

https://www.globenewswire.com/...rsmen-and-women.html
December 22, 2020, 08:57 AM
ugeesta
Well that stinks. Now with that the sportsman’s Warehouse locations will be closed or filled up with BPS and/or Cabelas stuff.

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December 22, 2020, 08:59 AM
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Crap.


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December 22, 2020, 09:05 AM
Dreamerx4
Don't mind me, I confused Sportsmans Warehouse with Sportsmans Outdoor Superstore....

Did not mean to speak poorly about Sportsmans Warehouse.

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December 22, 2020, 09:36 AM
Tn226
quote:
Originally posted by ugeesta:
Well that stinks. Now with the sportsman’s Warehouse locations will be sure down or filled up with BPS and/or Cabelas stuff.


In our area, we’ll probably be stuck with Bass Pro in the end. A beautiful Cabelas was opened about a year before the Bass Pro fiasco. It was across the road and closed. SW is a few miles from Basspro.
December 22, 2020, 10:29 AM
corsair
Sportsman's Warehouse = The Sports Authority of the hook n'bullet world.

Only Big 5 goes lower, and nobody beats Big 5 when it comes to pricing and variety. Big Grin
December 22, 2020, 10:49 AM
tatortodd
When I moved to Anchorage, AK, the only big box outdoor sports store was SMW. They actually had a good inventory of hiking, camping, fishing, and hunting goods. Regular shooting sports not associated with hunting was OK, but I was able to stack 5.56 deep when it was cheap. Decent prices too. Having inventory is important in Alaska because goods arrive by ship from Seattle so if a store is out it's a minimum 3 weeks to be resupplied.

There was another in Wasyphilis and another in Sterling so if you were doing something outdoors related up North or down South you could likely find what you forgot or broke at a decent price.

Right before I moved away, Bass Pro Shops built a store on the north side of Anchorage and Cabela's built a store on the south side of Anchorage. Bass Pro Shops selling boats was nice for consumers. This was all before their merger, and I'm sure it hurt SMW.

As of today, the 3 SMW locations are open and so is BPS and Cabela's. The south Anchorage SMW and Cabela's are 1.6 miles apart so I'm betting one of them closes. Less competition won't be good for residents or tourists.



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