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Dick’s Sporting Goods has announced plans to remove the hunting departments from “approximately” 440 additional locations, following a similar — albeit much smaller — effort last year. In a press release issued Tuesday along with the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report, Dick’s confirmed that it would be removing the hunting departments sometime “in fiscal 2020,” though there was...

Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack said his company destroyed $5 million worth of assault rifles as part of its tough stance on guns. In his new book and in an interview with “CBS News Sunday,” Stack shared how the company turned the guns into scrap metal. “I said, ‘You know what? If we really think these...

Last February, when Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack announced he was restricting gun sales at the country’s largest sports retailer, he knew it’d be costly. At the time, Dick’s was a major seller of firearms. Guns also drove the sale of soft goods—boots, hats, jackets. Plus, Stack suspected the position could drive off some...

Shares of Dick’s Sporting Goods shares sank more than 10% on a decline in same-store-sales in Q4 2018 and disappointing guidance for 2019. Dick’s is losing two major categories in 2019: hunting and Reebok. Removing hunting items from 125 stores Last year, Dick’s removed hunting items from 10 stores where it underperformed. After the removal,...

Sales at Dick’s Sporting Goods dropped in the past three months amid backlash against tighter gun-sale restrictions following a mass killing early this year at a Florida high school. Dick’s raised the minimum age to purchase a gun to 21 and stopped selling assault rifles last February after the Valentine’s Day shooting that left 17 students and staff...

Dick’s Sporting Goods has stated that the recent change to its gun sales policy and lower demand for Under Armour products contributed to weak results in the company’s second fiscal quarter. “We delivered double digit growth in ecommerce, private brands, and athletic apparel excluding Under Armour, however, as expected, sales were impacted by the strategic...

Hogue Inc. has announced that it will no longer partner with Dick’s Sporting Goods and their subsidiary Field & Stream as an authorized dealer of Hogue Inc. products. This decision comes after Dick’s Sporting Goods made the decision to halt sales of and destroy their inventory of modern sporting rifles. They no longer offer standard...

Springfield Armory is severing ties with Dick’s Sporting Goods and its subsidiary, Field & Stream, in response to their hiring a group for anti-Second Amendment lobbying. Dick’s Sporting Goods recently decided to remove and destroy all modern sporting rifles (MSR) from their inventory. They have also denied Second Amendment rights to Americans under the age...