Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting Blog
(CBS News) – The jury is still out as to whether Dick’s Sporting Goods will extend a controversial move to clear hunting supplies from its stores, including shotguns, ammunition, cross bows and rifle scopes.
The retailer, which stopped selling assault rifles earlier in the year, in late August said it would also rid 10 Dick’s stores of “virtually all” hunting items. The stores involved were those where hunting sales had fared the most poorly.
“We’ll have to wait and see how the 10-store test does,” CEO Edward Stack said during an earnings call Wednesday.
That said, Stack noted, Dick’s is “looking at a number of stores where the hunt category significantly underperforms.” Additional moves will involve deciding what’s “a smart thing to do from a business standpoint,” he added.
The company currently operates…
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