In its quarterly stock earnings report, Dick's Sporting Goods said it will close hunting and gun departments in 440 stores nationwide.
Dick's Sporting Goods will remove hunting departments from 440 more stores nationwide, continuing a program that began last year when the category was eliminated from 125 stores.
Company Chief Executive Ed Stack has been a staunch advocate of stricter gun control measures since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 dead. Immediately after the shooting in February 2018, Stack halted the sale of assault-style rifles at his stores nationwide and raised the minimum age for gun purchases to 21.
Despite the boycott calls, Dick's reported its best quarter in years last November, and said Tuesday that same-store sales, a measure of retailer health, rose a healthy 3.7%. Stack has long said gun and hunting departments are low-margin businesses. In stores where the category was removed, the space was filled with higher-margin apparel departments.
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