Fellowship of the Minds – by Dr. Eowyn
We could have told you so.
Mairead Mcardle reports for National Review, March 22, 2018, that Dick’s Sporting Goods has suffered a surprisingly steep downturn in sales since promising to stop selling certain guns:
- Stock tumbled to the lowest in four months after the sports store banned assault-style weapons from its Field & Stream stores and raised the minimum age for a customer to buy a firearm from 18 to 21.
- The company’s shares fell 7.3% after going up 13% this year. Sales failed to hit the projected $2.74 billion, tapering off at $2.66 billion for this quarter.
However, the store has also suffered problems with overstocking and high discounts, as well as increased competition from places like Nike and Amazon.
After the Parkland school shooting last month that killed 17, Dick’s executives were aghast to learn that the young gunman had bought one of his many guns from them, though not the one he used in the shooting. As a sign of solidarity with the student protesters calling for gun control laws, Dick’s announced it would no longer sell assault-style firearms and high-capacity magazines.
Dick’s instituted a similar ban after the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting but rescinded it a few months later by introducing assault weapons to its Field & Stream stores. This time, however, the ban is permanent.
The company virtue-signaled in a statement: “Thoughts and prayers are not enough. We support and respect the Second Amendment, and we recognize and appreciate that the vast majority of gun owners in this country are responsible, law-abiding citizens. But we have to help solve the problem that’s in front of us.”
CEO Edward Stack said the decision to stop selling assault-style firearms and high-capacity magazines is “not going to be positive from a traffic standpoint and a sales standpoint. There’s going to be some pushback and we expected that. There are going to be the people who don’t shop us anymore for anything.”
Dick’s still plans to open 19 new stores this year and hopes it will boost their brand.
~Eowyn
Bye-bye, Dick’s. You’re getting what you deserve for trying to screw the American people.
You cast a real vote that actually matters with every dollar you spend. It doesn’t matter who gets elected, and you’re already aware of that. What does matter is who has the money, so spend your dollars with Patriots, because as long as money rules this nation (which is a sad fact in itself), keep crushing the people who are doing all they can to crush you.
You are right on dude! About choosing to buy from friends not enemies.
hope the next story is after they open their “new” stores , that Dicks ends up going the way of Sears and Toy R us ..CYa ..
y’all didnt pay attention to your true American customers , so it should cost you
I wouldn’t take a free ham sandwich from this store chain
Perhaps dick can find a new job. Maybe head of the communist party?
“We support and respect the Second Amendment, and we recognize and appreciate that the vast majority of gun owners in this country are responsible, law-abiding citizens. But we have to help solve the problem that’s in front of us.”
Best way to solve the problem is to GO OUT OF BUSINESS, COMMIE TRAITORS!!!!!
But Stormy Daniels likes Dicks
Not all news is bad
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