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Bass Pro Shops
Bass Pro Shops was founded in 1972 by Johnny Morris, who began selling fishing tackle out of a corner of his father's Springfield, Missouri liquor store before growing the business into a massive outdoor recreation retail empire built around hunting, fishing, and camping equipment. The company became particularly known for its enormous flagship "megastore" locations, which function as much as tourist destinations as retail stores, often featuring massive indoor aquariums, taxidermy displays, and even indoor shooting ranges within a single store location. Bass Pro Shops acquired longtime rival Cabela's in 2017 for approximately $4 billion, combining two of the largest hunting and fishing-focused retail chains in the country under one corporate parent while continuing to operate Cabela's stores under their original branding. Bass Pro Shops's combination of its founder's origins selling tackle from a corner of a liquor store and its landmark acquisition of rival Cabela's has made it one of the most dominant outdoor and hunting-focused retail chains in the country.
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Dick's Sporting Goods
Dick's Sporting Goods was founded in 1948 in Binghamton, New York by Richard "Dick" Stack, who reportedly started the business at age 18 with a small bait-and-tackle shop after his grandfather gave him $300 to start a business of his own. The company grew into the largest sporting goods retailer in the United States by revenue, expanding from its original fishing and hunting equipment focus into a full-line sporting goods chain covering team sports, fitness, footwear, and outdoor recreation equipment. Dick's drew significant national attention in 2018 when it voluntarily stopped selling assault-style rifles and raised the minimum age for gun purchases at its stores to 21 following the Parkland, Florida school shooting, a policy decision that drew both praise and criticism from different segments of its customer base. Dick's Sporting Goods's combination of its founder's origin story starting the business as a teenager and its high-profile 2018 firearms policy decision has made it one of the most closely watched sporting goods chains in the country.
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