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Background Checks for Firearm Sales Hit All-Time High
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Historic numbers of background checks to purchase or possess a firearm were done in June, a trend in a year marked by uncertainty. FBI numbers released on July 1 show that 3.9 million background checks were conducted last month, the most since the system was created in November 1998 to ensure felons and other prohibited people could not buy or possess a firearm. Each week in June is now in the top 10 weeks for background checks. |
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Walmart's Amazon Prime Competitor, Walmart+, Will Launch in July
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Amazon may have a 15-year head start, but Walmart is close to finally unveiling its own membership program that it hopes will eventually become an alternative to Amazon Prime. Walmart plans to launch a new subscription service later this month called Walmart+ that will cost $98 a year. |
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Amazon Establishes Counterfeit Crimes Unit
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Amazon announced it has established a new Counterfeit Crimes Unit, dedicated to bringing counterfeiters that violate the law and Amazon’s policies by listing counterfeit products in its store to justice. |
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GSM Outdoors Acquires Skull Hooker
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GSM Outdoors has acquired the mounting system brand Skull Hooker. Since 2009, Skull Hooker has designed mounting systems to help hunters showcase game animals. Recently, the company expanded its product from only wall-mount solutions to adding table and floor displays for both European and skull capped trophies. |
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Exxel Outdoors Names Vice President of Key Accounts
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Ken Ross has joined Exxel Outdoors as Vice President of Key Accounts, announced Harry Kazazian, Chairman and CEO of the company. In his new role, Ross will strengthen partnerships with Exxel’s key outdoor retailers and develop new business. |
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Tactical Solutions Hires New National Sales Manager
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Tactical Solutions has hired a new national sales manager. Cody Bennion comes to Tactical Solutions with 19 years of sales experience from a variety of industries. |
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Vista Outdoor Renews Sponsorship of NSSF's Project ChildSafe
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Vista Outdoor has renewed its premiere sponsorship of NSSF’s Project ChildSafe program for 2020. The continued sponsorship enhances previous partnerships between the two organizations and advances their shared goal of promoting safe firearm handling and responsible storage. |
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Trump Administration Releases Names of PPP Borrowers, Says Program Supported 51M Jobs
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The Trump administration disclosed the names of more than 658,000 small businesses that received taxpayer-funded loans through the $670 billion Paycheck Protection Program since its launch at the beginning of April. The disclosures included the names of 658,277 borrowers that received forgivable loans worth more than $150,000. |
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NSSF Member Webinar: Using Social Media Effectively in Times of Crisis
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On Monday, July 13, at 11:00am EST, join NSSF
and Michelle Scheuermann from Bullet Proof Communications for a 60 minute webinar. NSSF Members will learn how to use social media to remain sensitive to the needs of your stakeholders and also create clarity in your messaging, creating engaged customers during times of crisis and beyond. |
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Firearm Online Sales Views for June 2020
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The June 2020 Online Sales View (OSV) from NSSF
and Marketplace Insight is now available to NSSF Members. This month's OSV uses data from GunBroker.com to provide information on the top selling handguns, rifles and shotguns for June 2020. |
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Colorado Supreme Court Upholds 2013 Magazine Ban
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In 2013, Colorado enacted House Bill 13-1224, which made it a crime, with some exceptions, to sell, transfer, or possess any “large-capacity magazine”after July 1, 2013. Several gun rights organizations challenged the ban as an infringement on the right to bear arms protected by the Colorado Constitution. |
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QDMA & NDA to Become a Unified Deer Organization
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Seizing an opportunity to work more effectively for deer during a challenging period in wildlife conservation, the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) and the National Deer Alliance (NDA) today reveal a joint venture that unifies their two organizations into what will soon become a new super-group in deer conservation. |
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Sport Fish Restoration Program Reauthorization on the Move in Congress
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Last week, the Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2020 was introduced in the U.S. Senate by leadership of the Senate Commerce Committee. This bill would reauthorize the SFRBTF through 2024 and make important administrative improvements to improve the efficiency of the program. |
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NFHS Network Launches High School Support Program
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The NFHS Network, the provider of streaming live and on-demand high school sports, announced the launch of its High School Support Program to support high schools managing the fallout from COVID-19. The NFHS Network has allocated more than $200 million in capital for the project. |
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SFIA: Fitness Category Strong in the U.S.
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The
SFIA
2020 Single Sport Reports for all fitness activities are now available. The 24 individual fitness activity reports provide detailed analysis, showing year-over-year trends, and breakdown of participation by a multitude of demographic variables. |
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Simple Design is Dead - Welcome to Apple's Era of Customization
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Apple is inching away from the very design thesis upon which Steve Jobs founded the company: that technology should be reduced to its most essential components in order to reach the largest number of users. But Apple has found, as it has scaled to nearly every corner of the earth, that one size doesn’t fit all. |
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After a Long Week, Jay Cutler Finally Found His Chicken's Attacker
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We have watched several times in the past as people have had to go to battle to protect their
backyard chickens
from predators, and former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler’s recent woodland war has been quite entertaining lately. |
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Summer 2020 Edition Now Available
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The Summer 2020 edition of the quarterly NBS Outdoor Magazine is now available!
Click here
or click the magazine cover to view the digital version. For information on how you can become part of the NBS Outdoor Magazine, contact Steve Baker with Required Team Gear via email at
steveb@requiredteamgear.com
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Do You Know Any Independent Retailers That Would Be a Good Fit For NBS?
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In case you are not aware, NBS provides a stipend to those who refer and actively assist in our recruiting effort. For more information, or to discuss possible leads, please contact Julie Cerza in the NBS Office via phone at 817-605-2212 or via email at
jcerza@nbs.com
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-HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE?-
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If your company has anything to share with NBS, please contact Catherine Rash via email at
crash@nbs.com
or via phone at 817-605-2223.
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