Dick's Sales Slide Due to Gun Policy

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Dick's Sporting Goods admits suffering gun policy backlash as sales slide

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[eklarsen]

good, f em

 

[PDXbiker]

Obviously hasn't changed their minds

Dick's Sporting Goods considering ridding hunting supplies from more of 732 stores as sales decline | Daily Mail Online

 

[MilitantBEEMER]

This article fills my 2A Heart with JOY!!

 

[Mister Bisley]

We can play death by a thousand cuts as well.

 

[Flymph]

Obviously hasn't changed their minds

Dick's Sporting Goods considering ridding hunting supplies from more of 732 stores as sales decline | Daily Mail Online

They don't deserve to be a competetor in the market place!

 

[No_Regerts]

I don't like Dicks.

 

[mortar maggot]

Sales should be down a lot more.

But it is a start, hopefully they go bankrupt soon.

 

[Crohnos01]

That's the best news of the day!

Lol... They suck.... Dicks that is... Wait.... that didn't come out quite right...

Or maybe it did...

 

[PDXbiker]

To me "ridding hunting supplies" would also mean associated outdoor apparel and footwear. Why even bother with Dicks. I'll spend my cash elsewhere.

 

[CoastRange57]

Non story, but a calculated one by Dicks. This decision will be made by accountants since I would imagine that gun sales / hunting items are a very slim slice of Dicks overall sales. Management / Marketing has probably decided to exit the gun segment and figured out a way to do it so that they accomplish a couple objectives.

But making a gradual exit they can spin it that the sales are down. What better way to get media exposure than say gun sales are down ??
So they exit a market that is politically charged and that they cannot really compete in anyway given the number of gun retailers. Gives them plenty of time to find additions to the marketing mix to take the place of guns and hunting items anyway. In urban areas and their primary markets it is a declining segment, so eject now and back fill with something else. Classic retail strategy.

 

[Dungannon]

Classic retail strategy.

After clearing out the guns and hunting gear they'll have more room for yoga pants and metrosexual handbags. Makes sense to cater to the people that love them most.

P.S. the note at the bottom of the article about removing the words 'assault rifle' are a welcome change. Wish more of the media would get that straight.

 

[3MTA3]

Just helps to give that much more of the market for regional chains like Sportsmans. Dicks is basically for gym clothes for the kiddos as well as soccer mom stuff. They might want to do a merger with a craft store chain like Michaels.

 

[Member 5605]

Just helps to give that much more of the market for regional chains like Sportsmans. Dicks is basically for gym clothes for the kiddos as well as soccer mom stuff. They might want to do a merger with a craft store chain like Michaels.

Don't knock Michales like that and suggest that vileness.

 

[orygun]

I'd say their prices are as responsible as their gun policy is for their lack of sales.

 

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[RaceFan]

I used to buy ammo at Dick's. Made a game of their reward points and $10 vouchers. After their policy decisions, and more importantly, funding anti-gun initiatives, I have not stepped foot in their store and am willing to pay a few pennies more elsewhere. F'em. They can go the way of Kmart and Sears for all I care.

 

[Ruger Rich]

I don't like Dicks.

I like mine

 

[No_Regerts]

I like mine

I don't like plural dicks.

 

[Ruger Rich]

I don't like plural dicks.

Hmmmm, maybe thinking, aw crap, better not say it