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Al's Sporting Goods to Open Third Location in Idaho Falls
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Al’s Sporting Goods, the Logan-based company, has set their sights on a new location in Idaho Falls.
The family-owned retailer has been operating in Logan for nearly a century.
Al's purchased the former 30,000 square foot Toys-R-Us building at 2395 East 17 Street in Idaho Falls and anticipate opening sometime in September 2020. Al's opened its second location in Orem, Utah, at University Place about three years ago.
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The Guns & Gear Store of Waite Park, Minnesota, Celebrates 10 Year Anniverary
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On December 3, 2019, our Member,
The Guns And Gear Store
, located in Waite Park, Minnesota, celebrated their 10 year business anniversary! The Guns And Gear Store has been a Member of NBS since 2013 and we are excited to celebrate this accomplishment and we look forward to celebrating many more milestones for years to come!
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FBI Posts Black Friday Gun Check Numbers: Second Largest Day in Program History
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he FBI fielded more than 200,000 background checks on Black Friday gun purchases, continuing a steady surge this year following a series of mass shootings that have renewed calls for more restrictive gun laws. In all, the bureau posted 202,465 checks Friday, an 11% increase from last year and falling just short of the single-day record: 203,086 in 2017.
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Adobe Data Shows Record Cyber Monday with $9.2 Billion in Online Sales
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Adobe released its 2019 online shopping data for Cyber Monday and sales hit $9.2B billion by the end of the day to remain the largest online shopping day in the U.S, growing 16.9% year-over-year (YoY). This year, $11 million spent every minute during peak shopping hour; smartphones contribute a record $3 billion in a single day. |
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PSR Co-Founders Launch New Summer Trade Show Called The Big Gear Show
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Darren Bush and Sutton Bacon, co-founders of Paddlesports Retailer (PSR), announced they have launched a new hardgoods-only outdoor gear trade show to be held July 21-25, 2020, in Salt Lake City, UT. The Big Gear Show will take place at the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center and it replaces PSR. |
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Taurus Opens New Facility in Georgia
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On December 5, 2019, Taurus USA opened their new facility in Bainbridge, Georgia. The opening ceremony for the new $22.5 million plant took place that day. The new facility has the capacity to produce between 6,000 and 8,000 guns per week and will create 300 new jobs to the Bainbridge area. |
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Pure Fishing Appoints Dave Bulthuis President of North America
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Pure Fishing named Dave Bulthuis the new president of North America. Bulthuis is the former vice president of sales for Costa Sunglasses, where he served in a number of capacities since 2003. |
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Marker Dalbello Volkl Appoints New President
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Marker Dalbello Völkl announced the promotion of Greg Grip to president of its U.S. subsidiary, following the recent retirement of long-time president Mike Noonan. |
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Pelican International Appoints New CEO
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Pelican International Inc., the maker of kayaks, stand up paddleboards, canoes, pedal boats, and fishing boats based in Quebec, said Danick Lavoie has accepted the position of CEO. |
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Black Friday Brick-and-Mortar Sales Up 4.2%
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Black Friday sales in 2019 at physical stores increased 4.2 percent compared to fiscal 2018, according to SpendTrend data by First Data Insights, now Fiserv, Inc. Adobe Analytics stated that Black Friday online U.S. sales reached $7.4 billion, the second largest online shopping day ever, behind 2018 Cyber Monday's $7.9 billion. |
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Retailers With "Buy Online, Pick Up in Store" Fulfillment Option Won Cyber Week 2019
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Retailers that offered consumers the choice to buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) were the stars of the show. According to
Adobe’s real-time “2019 Holiday Online Shopping Trends” report
, BOPIS usage for the five-day period grew 47.8% year over year (YoY). |
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It's Not Just Black Friday & Cyber Monday: Green Monday Has Sales Too
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What is Green Monday? The shopping day falls on the second Monday of December is similar to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, as retailers once again attempt to lure shoppers with a fresh batch of holiday deals. The term was coined by eBay in 2007, representing one of the company's biggest sales days of the year. |
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Big SNOW at American Dream in New Jersey Hosts Grand Opening
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Big SNOW at American Dream, the steel neck craning out of the new Meadowlands mega-mall and entertainment complex in East Rutherford, opened December 5. Billed as North America’s first indoor, real-snow ski and snowboard center, the slope opened to hundreds of skiers and snowboarders, joined by Olympic champions Kelly Clark, Red Gerard and Lindsey Vonn, a new New Jersey resident. |
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Rossignol Launches "White Friday" in Support of Protect Our Winters
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Rossignol is accelerating its commitment to initiatives addressing climate change, including its longtime partnership with Protect Our Winters (POW). In addition to stepping up its overall global commitment which will help fuel POW’s new European chapters, Rossignol is launching its “White Friday” promotion during the first week of the holiday buying season. |
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NSSF Releases Firearms Production Figures
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NSSF recently released the latest Firearms Production Report to members. The report compiles the most up to date information based on data sourced from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF’s) Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Reports (AFMER). |
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Fall 2019 Edition Available Now!
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Click the magazine cover to view the digital version of the Fall 2019 edition of the quarterly NBS Outdoor Magazine. For more information on how you can be a part of the NBS Outdoor Magazine, please contact Steve Baker with Required Team Gear via email at
steveb@requiredteamgear.com
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Things Worth Knowing About Coffee
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Do you know the origins of the coffee bean and how the coffee craze started? Legend has it that Ethiopian shepherds first noticed the efforts of caffeine when they saw their goats appearing to become frisky and "dance after eating coffee berries. Interesting, right? |
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Amazon Plans to Open Cashierless Supermarkets in 2020
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Amazon.com Inc. is preparing to open Amazon Go supermarkets and pop-up stores, an expansion of the company’s cashierless ambitions that includes the possibility of licensing the technology to other retailers. The new store formats and licensing initiative could launch as soon as the first quarter of 2020, according to a person familiar with the project. |
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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 at 817-605-2212 or by email at
jcerza@nbs.com
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-WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW?-
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If your company has news or information to share with NBS, contact Catherine Rash via email at
crash@nbs.com
or via phone at 817-605-2223.
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