Re: Sportsman's Warehouse to close 23 stores

Hope we are one of the lucky few that get to keep the store. No Sportsman's or Joe's would be a big pill to swallow in the Portland market.

 

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I know a guy that worked there and they laid off all the part time guy's and cut the full time to 4 day's. These times we are in stink.

 

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:bigshock: No Joes and now no SW?!!?!? .....Oh this BITES!
Hunt'nFish

 

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i sure hope the 82nd ave store dont close

 

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I don't know what i'd do if the Bend store closed... there wouldn't be no use to go on living... if Joe's and Sportsman closed in Bend that would be horrible. They are both in the Same Shopping Centerassout:

 

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Here is a link to the newest, updated, news station article I could find:
http://www.localnews8.com/global/story.asp?s=9975592

The Pocatello store is just one of 23 stores nationwide that will be closing. A majority of the stores closing are located in the east. There are a total of 67 Sportman's in the country.

He jokingly said, "we didn't get our share of the stimulus."

 

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They want us to get out there and "spend, spend, spend." "Spend what , I says. "The Wall Street scum buckets took my retiremnt, my daughter's college savings, and the x got the other half....". Spend what?

 

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I bet the Vancouver store will go before the PDX store... Never figured out why they opened one in that location in the first place....

 

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I bet the Vancouver store will go before the PDX store... Never figured out why they opened one in that location in the first place....

Well, considering there are 3 stores within 50 miles of each other, if you count Salem, I would think the Portland store being in the middle would be most likely. I have no idea which one has the most traffic and business. I can't see all 3 making it through this unscathed.:shrug:

 

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Think of it as a business opportunity for yourself. Talk with your local banker and open up a sporting goods store if Joes or SW elects to move out of the market place.. there will be a need. After all isn't making money easy.

 

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Think of it as a business opportunity for yourself. Talk with your local banker and open up a sporting goods store if Joes or SW elects to move out of the market place.. there will be a need. After all isn't making money easy.

I'm calling it "Joe Sportsman's Warehouse"

 

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here in central oregon S/W pretty much killed all other sporting goods stores. if they leave, we will have to beg nosler to stock all reloading supplys.

 

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How about Sportsman Joe's Warehouse?

 

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i am in the Salem S/W a lot, talking with them they are one of the stores that is probably going to the Canadian company and will stay open. from what they told me Vancouver, and medford are the two in this area that will be closing.

 

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Oh man...oh man....Let's pray that those closures really do end up in the East as they stated in the article. I mean I hate for any of them to close, but please...please...please not the Salem store! I can barely fathom a world with no G.I. Joes and no Sportman's....help me. ray:

 

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If it was me I'd drop the Vancouver store. It probably dont get many people from the north, they have Bob's in Longview. Its pretty easy to drive to Oregon to Fishermans, or Sprotsmans on Johnson creek and you dont have to pay tax. I only go to the Vancouver store to window shop or for small stuff. Any trip I plan on spending more than maybe $100 I drive south to avoid the tax.

 

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If it was me I'd drop the Vancouver store. It probably dont get many people from the north, they have Bob's in Longview. quote]

:yeahthat:YA THAT!:yeahthat: Bob's was an excellent find last weekend!

BU

 

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The one in my town is closing, not surprised they haven't done a good job since it opened keeping it stocked. Too bad for the employees. We've also lost our mom/pop stores due to family changes and the opening of the warehouse, so we'll be down to Walmart and Kmart for fishing gear. I can't see Kmart lasting much longer, not that they have much in the way of gear anyway. Guess I'll send more of my money out of state. Oh well I've got a gift cert and a hankering for that Ruger, better make up my mind quickly.

 

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I hope they keep the Vancouver store. I don't care about paying tax. I gladly trade tax costs for sitting in traffic. Everyone keeps mentioning Fishermans, everything I have ever bought there has cost more then Joes or SW.

 

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I hope they keep the Vancouver store. I don't care about paying tax. I gladly trade tax costs for sitting in traffic. Everyone keeps mentioning Fishermans, everything I have ever bought there has cost more then Joes or SW.

+1

 

News
March 10, 2009

Stuart Utgaard, the Chairman and CEO of Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings, today announced that the company is taking two major actions to improve liquidity.
1. 23 stores are being liquidated to reduce bank debt.
• Aurora, CO
• **** Rapids, MN
• DePere, WI
• Henderson, NV
• Lafayette, IN
• Las Cruces, NM
• Las Vegas, NV
• Legacy, TX
• Memphis, TN
• Nampa, ID
• New Berlin, WI
• Oklahoma City, OK
• Pittsburgh, PA
• Pocatello, ID
• Roanoke, VA
• Rogers, AR
• Round Rock, TX
• St. Cloud, MN
• Sioux Falls, SD
• Southaven, MS
• Visalia, CA
• Wichita, KS
• Woodbury, MN
2. 15 stores are being sold to UFA Co-op.
• Bend, OR
• Bozeman, MT
• Burlington, WA
• Coeur d’Alene, ID
• Fargo, ND
• Federal Way, WA
• Helena, MT
• Kennewick, WA
• Lacey, WA
• Missoula, MT
• Portland, OR
• Salem, OR
• Silverdale, WA
• Spokane, WA
• Vancouver, WA
It is hoped that these actions will enable the firm to go forward as a viable entity with approximately 2,300 employees. Sportsman's Warehouse is a leading outdoor retailer of sporting goods headquartered in Midvale, Utah.

 

glad to see the Bend store made the list:applause:

What about the Medford Store???

 

My guess is that the stores that do not appear on this list are going to be kept and continue to do business under Stu's ownership.

 

Thank the Maker that Salem made the list too....yahoo! :applause: Hopefully the UFA keeps it intact for the most part and just changes the name.

By the way, WildernessHunter, thanks for the update.

 

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Store closing or sold list. Like like the oregon stores and Vancouver store are being sold
http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.com/company.cfm

 

Will be interesting to see if the new ownership is an improvement or not.

I wonder if they have the same Walmart type stocking setup where they cary the same stuff in all stores regardless of its relevance to the local area?

 

UFA seems to be a farm store?? Is anyone familiar with them?

Myles

 

Looks like Sportsman's will be more of a regoinal enterpise like Les Schwab. There is a fairly tight holding of stores in the northwest. Making distribution of product more cost effective. Makes me think that the northwest is the best part of their operation...which is good for us! There are 30 stores not on either list...not closing or being sold. Those might be the best of the lot.

Goes to show that Cabella's was smart to limit their density of stores. Remember that the expansion effort of Tom Peterson's was the nail in his coffin. Get too greedy during peak economic times and you are not able to survive a slowdown. Sporting goods are a luxury item too...not a necessity...at least to some

 

So these stores that are being bought up, are they essentially going to stay the same inside with the same products being sold?