Dick's Sporting Goods Reports Biggest Drop in Sales Since 2008

[TheHumungus]

Glad to see my boycott is having an effect.....

Winter, Lance Armstrong clobber Dick?s Sporting - Market Extra - MarketWatch

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[bellarum]

That dump is gonna be nothing more than the biggest shoe store on the planet. I went into a Dicks SGs ONE time and saw no reason to actually shop there. I use their newspaper ads to fire up the wood stove. Their slump had nothing to do with Armstrong and probably a lot to do with not selling any of their highest priced items. Firearms.

 

[DieselScout]

Glad to see my boycott is having an effect.....

Winter, Lance Armstrong clobber Dick?s Sporting - Market Extra - MarketWatch

Then again maybe not, at least according to this quote from the article you linked.

The company DKS -10.85% admitted it got caught by January’s bitter cold without enough winter merchandise on their racks. The reason? To avoid a repeat of the year before, when it got stuck with a lot of unsold winter wear after a mild 2011 December, it simply canceled orders.

And while sales of athletic shoe and apparel, hunting gear and guns and ammunition were strong, they couldn’t close the gap