Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc., doing business as Dick's Sporting Goods, is an American chain of sporting goods stores founded in 1948 by Richard Stack.
History[]
Richard Stack started the company as a fishing tackle store in Binghamton, New York, in 1948. He began with a $300 loan from his grandmother.[1] Edward W. Stack and his siblings purchased Dick's from their father in the early 1980s, when the company had two locations in Upstate New York.[2] Stack established a board of directors, opened additional stores, and relocated the company's headquarters to Pittsburgh in 1994.[3] He became chairman and chief executive officer following his father's retirement in 1984, and led the company during its initial public offering in 2002.[4]
Dick's launched the women's athleisure, fitness, and lifestyle store Chelsea Collective in 2015, opening two stores in Pittsburgh and Tysons, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C. metro area.[5] The company launched Dick's Team Sports HQ in early 2016, offering youth sports teams websites, uniforms, and sponsorship options.[6] Dick's opened its first Field & Stream store in Cranberry Township in 2013.[7]
After the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February 2018, Dick's stopped selling assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and increased the minimum age for purchasing guns to 21.[8] Dick's-branded stores had suspended assault-style weapon sales following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, but the guns were still available for purchase at Field & Stream locations.[9]
Dick's opened its first "House of Sport" concept stores in Victor, New York, and Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2021.[10] Dick's also launched Public Lands in 2021.[11] In 2022, Dick's Sporting Goods launched DSG Ventures, an investment fund worth $50 million.[12]
Channel[]
The DICK'S Sporting Goods channel was created on August 2, 2006. Their first video was uploaded on May 7, 2010. Their first video is titled "Always Baseball Season."
References[]
- ↑ https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2002/01/14/story5.html
- ↑ http://www.bellevuereporter.com/business/dicks-sporting-goods-to-open-at-crossroads-bellevue/
- ↑ http://www.sbnonline.com/article/ed-stack-stays-close-to-his-business-to-make-dick-x2019-s-sporting-goods-better-how-to-communicate-your-vision-throughout-the-organization/?all=1
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180617042635/http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-dicks-sporting-goods-earnings-20180530-story.html
- ↑ https://triblive.com/business/headlines/8774383-74/dick-stores-chelsea
- ↑ http://sdbj.com/news/2016/aug/21/dicks-sporting-goods-acquires-san-diego-based-affi/
- ↑ https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/the-next-move/2013/08/dks-field-stream-store-best-ever.html
- ↑ https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/dicks-sporting-goods-ceo-company-longer-sell-assault/story?id=53403284
- ↑ https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/dick-s-sporting-goods-will-stop-selling-assault-style-rifles-n851881
- ↑ https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/dicks-sporting-goods-house-of-sport-opens-in-rochester-area/71-4b237531-f520-4775-a082-fa89522a0c3f
- ↑ https://fortune.com/2021/06/04/dicks-sporting-goods-set-to-launch-its-new-outdoors-focused-public-lands-chain/
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/image/894948098/?terms=DSG%20Ventures&match=1
