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the owner of eastern mountain sports and bob’s stores filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday with plans to shutter some stores and sell the chains .
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according to the company’s website, bob’s stores was founded by bob lapidus in 1954 and has 35 stores throughout the northeast. each store has an average of 20, 000 pairs of shoes to choose from, the site says .
— bob’s stores and eastern mountain sports could each close two new hampshire stores as part of a bankruptcy proposal that will be reviewed in court next week .
bob' s stores has been a past or current tenant within the buildings involved in these sale and lease transactions .
in australia, trade secret stores are converted into t. k. maxx stores .
tjx acquires bob’s stores, a 31 - store, value - oriented retailer of casual family apparel and footwear based in the northeast region of the u. s .
with the old macy’s next door being converted into a major shopping destination, she said it would be wise for bob’s stores to stay put and remain in operation .
that' s the public bob. there is, however, another bob. this bob is quiet - spoken, self - effacing, reflective, a complete turnaround from the manic television bob. they do dress alike though: open shirt, pullover sweater, jeans, sneakers .
the store manager at bob’s stores in bedford declined to speak to the new hampshire union leader when reached by telephone on friday. he referred all questions to the company’s media spokesman .
local shoppers say they are disappointed about the potential closure of the bob’s stores in bedford — one of the four facilities eyed to shut its doors .
after the parent company for bob' s and eastern mountain sports filed for bankruptcy, a list of stores that will be closing has been released .
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hit: the owner of eastern mountain sports, which has 13 stores in massachusetts, and bob’s stores, which has 11 bay state locations, has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, with debts over $ 500 million .
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horne, who picked up a pair of vans sneakers for her grandson, questioned why the bob’s stores in bedford would close when it was recently remodeled and is part of a vibrant plaza .
'' it' s not complicated,'' says bob. their studio is an upstairs room in the manchester bob' s store. they set up an arrangement of furniture, use one camera, some lights, and bob goes into action. that' s it. occasionally they go on location. a commercial featuring bob with carla berube, a former uconn and now new england blizzard basketball notable, was shot at east catholic high school, also in manchester .
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it' s hard for sporting goods stores when their number one brand also becomes their number one competitor .
the locations that would be shuttered include bob’s stores at 73 south river rd. in bedford and 92 cluff crossing in salem, and eastern mountain sports stores at 281 daniel webster highway in nashua and in the mall at rockingham park in salem, according to court documents filed in the u. s. bankruptcy court for the district of delaware .
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eastern outfitters llc, the parent company of eastern mountain sports and bob’s stores, is asking a bankruptcy court to allow it to close 48 of its 86 stores — including four in new hampshire — as part of a plan for u. k. retailer sports direct international plc to acquire the company .
but the waterbed craze was ebbing in the early 1990' s when bob kaufman and gene rosenberg, who had owned a chain of furniture stores and was considered an expert in special promotions, took over a building in newington where a furniture store had gone into bankruptcy. the building, an early casualty of a growing state recession, became the first bob' s discount furniture store, with mr. rosenberg owning two - thirds of the business and bob one - third under an agreement that still exists .
the pitchman has become a celebrity of sorts. wherever he goes, someone is sure to yell'' hey, that' s bob,'' or sidle up and say,'' hi bob!'' as though they have been friends for years .
, dick' s and modell' s are interested in taking over former sports authority stores, but it' s unclear if that will actually happen and also what a takeover could look like. will sports authority exist at all in a few months ?
in the years since, in equally distressing economic times, more stores have been opened and now they total a dozen in connecticut and two more in western massachusetts. last year, bob' s discount furniture was rated as the 63d largest furniture company in the nation .
they are product generalists rather than product specialists ,
jon schallert, a marketing consultant with longmont told the denver post in february, a few weeks before sports authority' s bankruptcy filing .
so many consumers these days who are into sports and outdoor activities really want specialized products. just like macy' s and other generalized stores, they' ve found themselves in trouble. in reality, it' s not underperforming stores. it' s stores that no longer meet the needs of demanding consumers .
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tjx acquires trade secret, an off - price retailer that operates 35 stores in australia .
eastern outfitters filed for bankruptcy protection in february, when it listed assets and liabilities in the range of $ 100 million to $ 500 million. private equity firm versa capital management acquired bob’s stores and eastern mountain sports through the bankruptcy last year of vestis retail group, which previously owned the chains .
'' i became the waterbed king,'' he says cheerily. he would lease space in stores to sell waterbeds with a proviso that the stores would be paid only when he had his profits. it was a no - risk deal for him and by the end of the 1980' s, he had space in 24 stores in four states .
t. k. maxx continues its expansion in europe, opening stores in austria and the netherlands .
'' i feel like a fraud sometimes,'' said the private bob kaufman. he was relaxing in one of the soft chairs in his orange store and talking about his double identity.'' i am rather introverted,'' he said.'' people who know me say its amazing when they see me on tv.'' so why does he do the television commercials that force him to change from introvert bob to extrovert bob? it' s simple; they work .
“i am here a lot. i have adult boys that need a lot of clothes, and bob’s is a great option, ” said carlene horne while exiting the shop on friday afternoon. “it is really sad. ”
t. k. maxx opens stores in germany, introducing the off - price concept to that country .
bob kaufman, who is now 45, grew up in west hartford and was graduated from the university of connecticut in l974 with a degree in marketing .
bob' s discount furniture was started modestly in 1991 with one store in newington. the'' come on down'' and'' gotcha'' commercials started in 1992, a disastrous year economically for connecticut in general .
it came to a point where sports authority stores were looking like a mess, while dick' s was investing in having their merchandise laid out in an attractive presentation ,
says davidowitz .
tjx acquires marshalls, the second largest off - price retailer in the u. s. at this time, marshalls has 496 stores and offers brand name family apparel, including a broad selection of footwear and menswear. combined, t. j. maxx and marshalls operated more than 1, 000 stores nationwide .
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by 2012, sports authority was on the road to opening 35 new stores a year, but according to market research company statista, even with all its new stores, sports authority couldn' t own the sporting goods game. as of 2015, sports authority didn' t even make the national retail federation' s top 100 retailers list .
dick' s, the country' s largest sports retailer, decided to take matters into its own hands earlier than sports authority did. in 2014, it teamed up with country singer carrie underwood to roll out an exclusive fitness collection, calia, in its stores. it also debuted a separate athleisure offshoot, chelsea collective, with two freestanding locations last year. with this new concept, dick' s was able to play both to more traditional sporting goods shoppers in its stores and a different type of shopper elsewhere .
tjx acquires sierra trading post, a u. s. off - price internet retailer .
kimco realty corporation' s properties include retail space available in neighborhood and community shopping centers .
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sports authority isn' t alone. last month, vestis retail group, the parent company of eastern mountain sports, bob' s stores, and sport chalet, filed for bankruptcy. with $ 500 million in liabilities, the company plans to close 56 stores, including all 47 sport chalet locations. six months ago, the east coast - based city sports filed for bankruptcy and closed eight of its 26 stores. although city sports is currently being revived by brent and blake sonnek - schmelz, brothers who own the soccer post retail chain, brent recently admitted to the philadelphia inquirer that the sporting goods industry
is in a state of upheaval .
at age 45, the off - camera bob is a contented man.'' i think i' m the most blessed man in this state,'' he says .
tjx acquires winners apparel of canada, a toronto - based chain of five off - price family apparel stores. over time, tjx grows this chain into canada’s largest off - price retailer of family apparel and home fashions .
bob says he is always amused at the reaction to the stores from people who have seen his antics on television. it' s a different world.'' we don' t pressure anybody,'' he said.'' we don' t have markdown sales. if you buy something today it' s the same price tomorrow. our salespeople don' t hover. some people come in for lunch. we don' t care. they' ll be back.''
grant lavigne' s transition from high school to professional baseball has been as smooth as marble .
the recession actually helped the business, bob says today.'' as we got successful, we started to get calls from owners of buildings that were vacant because other stores had gone bankrupt. they wanted to fill them up. the second store was in windsor, then middletown, then willimantic'' and so on .
now you get it. he' s the guy in the commercials, some 500 a week, over the state' s network and cable stations, passionately telling, sometimes yelling, about the bargains at bob' s discount furniture. again, and again and again, day and night, he appears, a skinny guy with a high - pitched voice extolling the virtues of living room sets or bedroom sets, usually ending with an invitation to'' come on down'' or exulting that he' s'' gotcha'' by the low prices and high quality .
the commercials that have fueled the remarkable growth are about as elemental as can be. they are written and produced by bob and two others connected to the company, stan adelstein and andy bricker .
bob has no illusions about the artistic merits of the commercials but he defends them.'' who is better to tell about products than someone who believes in them?'' he asks .
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sierra trading post opens its first two brick - and - mortar stores post - acquisition, bringing this online concept for outdoor apparel to more consumers .
today' s consumers are looking for specificity, both in terms of function and also aesthetic. the everything - to - everybody nature of huge multi - brand retailers no longer appeals; department stores across america are struggling with this new reality as well .
“we have all of these health foods in bedford and no men’s clothing stores, ” said horne, of bedford. “i have two adult sons, and i am here two or three times a month. i’ve always been pleased with the prices. ”
dick' s has taken this to heart by developing stronger partnerships with big brands and rolling out shop - in - shops like a trend - focused
nike field house
and a dedicated
under armour all - american
section in its stores. as a result, the selection at dick' s has became more enticing, and also more expensive .
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when you go into these sports stores ,
he continues ,
every single store carries the exact same thing, so there really isn' t anything interesting. there might be best - sellers, but stores can' t build a future by selling that same, classic black north face fleece. i know sporting good stores tend to stick to fits and products that are old and safe, but there is a new generation is coming .
hermina finds the whole situation sad .
it' s hard to see a staple of my youth disappear ,
she says, but she' s optimistic other sports retailers will prevail. so are industry experts .
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one, mintel senior research analyst diana smith believes
there' s definitely more of an overlap today .
there are only so many sporting stores that can survive when every company is growing and expanding, and so right now there' s a shake out, with the weaker chains failing ,
says kahn .
there was more competition than there were actual purchases .
tjx launches homegoods in the u. s. , offering an eclectic selection of home fashions from around the world .
there are an incredible number of national and regional multi - brand sports retailers in america: dick' s sporting goods, cabela' s, champs sports, bass pro shops, rei, academy sports, modell' s, and big 5 sporting goods corporation, to name a few — and these are just the ones that still exist today .
but chelsea collective is still a multi - brand store, stocking items from the likes of nike, adidas, and under armour — brands that have shifted from being primarily wholesale companies to powerful retail giants. as greg thomsen, the managing director of adidas' s outdoor division, puts it ,
it' s hard for sporting goods stores when their number one brand also becomes their number one competitor .
as a result, cities across america were able to sustain multiple sporting goods shops filled with the latest gear. there' s a laundry list of these local stores: brine sporting goods, which first opened in cambridge, massachusetts in 1867; rawlings sporting goods company (st. louis, missouri in 1887); oshman' s dry goods (richmond, texas in 1919); maurice' s sporting goods (chicago, illinois in 1923); dunham' s sports (waterford, michigan in 1937); and so on. teen retailer abercrombie & fitch even started out as an elite sporting goods retailer at the end of the 19th century. in 1892, founder david abercrombie started selling high - end camping gear in new york before expanding into women' s clothing in 1910 .
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meriden, conn. - based vestis retail group llc filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in delaware with as much as $ 500 million in debt. the company is closing a third chain, california sporting goods retailer sports chalet, which began liquidation sales at all of its western u. s. stores on saturday .
in canada), which will operate the company' s going - out - of - business sales at all of its locations .
later this month, more auctions for sports authority' s name, intellectual property, and leases will be held. according to the
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, tells investors to stay away from dick' s because even though it' s the current leader in the space ,
its position is just too risky. despite the revenue growth and expansion, this chain could soon be facing the death spiral because of online competition .
t. k. maxx continues its expansion in europe with the opening of stores in poland. t. k. maxx launches its e - commerce site, urltoken, in the u. k .
in reality ,
she continued ,
what they' re bringing to this experience is not the dick' s brand, but the knowledge that they have about women and exercise and lifestyle. the advantage is what they know about that shopper from their [ existing ] stores, and how can they translate that into an elevated experience .
retailers in general have a huge advantage over amazon in that they have physical stores and they are able to actually raise an emotional response ,
says sam cinquegrani, the founder and ceo of digital marketing firm objectwave .
these stores need to understand the opportunity and leverage that because they have way more to offer. once they think in those terms, competing with amazon becomes a different type of exercise .
to people who watch television in connecticut - - and that' s most people - - he' s like the fly that keeps buzzing around until he seems like part of everyday life and you get the impression that you' d miss him if he flew away somewhere. or maybe not .
as the chain has expanded, the stores have became fancier, and more dignified: arrangements of furniture in tasteful patterns, coffee for patrons to sip, freshly baked cookies, huge jars of candies for children .
lebenthal agrees, and posits these stores need to become destinations again .
there used to be so much excitement in going to a sporting goods store because there were no other options available, and it was the only place to see the latest merchandise being marketed ,
she says .
these stores have lost their unique appeal, but there are plenty of options to stimulate foot traffic and growth ,
smith of mintel adds .
in 1987, zayre forms a new entity called the tjx companies, inc. , with t. j. maxx, hit or miss, and chadwick’s of boston as the initial retail banners. following zayre’s reorganization in 1989, tjx becomes the successor company with ben cammarata serving as chief executive officer and president .
a chain like sport chalet can only carry so many of our items ,
adidas' s thomsen explains .
we know the walls in their stores can' t carry every piece of adidas, but a company like zappos can hold every one of our items, and so a new generation of shoppers who wants that kind of selection is just going to go straight there .
i don' t believe in sales. because it' s not right to jack up the price of something just so you can put it on sale later .
tjx sells chadwick’s of boston to more closely focus on the synergies between t. j. maxx and marshalls and the successful growth of its various off - price store brands .
a case study for this is modell' s, whose revenue has grown from $ 698 million in 2012 to $ 765 million in 2015, according to numbers compiled for racked by privco. modell' s
markets itself as the ‘hometown sporting good store,'
according to privco, and has established a reputation for building community relationships, making local shoppers more inclined to shop there. among its most successful programs is team weeks, in which local stores donate money to neighborhood teams. as smith explains, other sports retailers can get ahead by following their lead and
going the grassroots way .
outdoor activities such as hunting and skiing were — and still are — a rich part of american tradition as well. many of the sporting goods stores that sold uniforms and equipment for baseball and football also catered to outdoor interests. the great depression played a role, writes david whitten in handbook of american business history, because more than ever before, families were turning to inexpensive hobbies like hiking and fishing. by the late 1960s, whitten writes, annual sales from sporting good stores in america were as high as $ 4 billion .
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hermina isn' t the only once - devoted shopper eschewing her favorite childhood store in favor of other options, judging by sports authority' s current status. in early march, the 29 - year - old sporting goods retailer revealed it has almost $ 1. 1 billion in debt and filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. citing
the changing dynamics in the retail industry ,
ceo michael foss announced the company would close 140 locations — a third of the company' s 450 stores — as well as two distribution centers. he said the company would use its new status to
streamline and strengthen our business both operationally and financially .
during the late 1960' s as well as 1970' s the engineers at rolex were critical to the quartz movement technology. rolex collaborated with 16 manufacturers where they were eventually able to produce the beta 21 quartz movement, found in the rolex quartz date reference 5100. continuing their efforts, within five years the clean - slate 5035 / 5055 movement was produced and used in the rolex oysterquartz .
our company roots date back more than four decades. in 1976, bernard (ben) cammarata, general merchandising manager of marshalls at the time, was recruited by discount retailer, zayre corp. 1, to develop and spearhead the launch of a new off - price chain selling family apparel and home fashions. under mr. cammarata’s leadership, t. j. maxx was born, with its first stores opening in 1977. in the late 1980s, zayre was restructured and spun off three of its brands — t. j. maxx, hit or miss, and chadwick’s of boston — which served as the initial retail banners of what would become the tjx companies, inc .
they' re trying to build a women' s lifestyle brand retailer ,
retail analyst wendy liebmann told racked in february .
i think they felt, at least at this point in time, it would be better built outside the auspices of the dick' s brand, which tends to have a much more masculine and also much more mass, popular - priced, utilitarian image .
he is also amused by some of the more affluent people who come to his stores to shop but don' t tell their neighbors.'' you' d be suprised at how many times someone in avon or farmington asks if we can deliver the furniture in an unmarked truck.''
due to all this movement and being firmly and often in the red, says howard davidowitz, chairman of retail consulting firm davidowitz & associates, these companies
were never updating their stores or investing in their business because there wasn' t enough money to do what had to be done .
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in the case of sports authority, it was founded in florida in 1987, and was briefly owned by kmart in the the early' 90s before it merged in 2003 with gart sports, a denver, colorado business that was founded in 1928. gart had been through several mergers of its own, including with hagan' s sports and stevens brown in 1987, as well as with chicago - based sportmart in 1997 and houston - based oshman' s in 2001. in 2006, sports authority also bought copeland' s sports, a california business in bankruptcy — the same year it was eventually bought by private equity investment firm leonard green & partners .
the tjx companies, inc. (nyse: tjx), the leading off - price apparel and home fashions retailer in the u. s. and worldwide, is ranked 85 among fortune 500 companies and operates four major divisions: marmaxx, homegoods, tjx canada, and tjx international (comprised of europe and australia). as of february 3, 2018 (the end of the fiscal year), tjx sales were $ 35. 9 billion, and the company operated more than 4, 000 stores in nine countries, across three continents .
when he first decided to appear in the television commercials, one of the least enthusiastic people was his father, leo kaufman, who for decades had run an advertising agency in hartford with many furniture accounts.''' look at you,' he said.' and you' ve got a voice that sounds like chalk on chalk.''' today, leo likes to accompany bob when he is invited to speak on his career as an entrepreneur .
plus, as schallert mentioned, there' s the e - commerce factor to weigh. not only have brand sites from the companies like nike and adidas edged these brick - and - mortar retailers out of the market, so have sites like amazon .
' s hertzman .
there will be consolidation and store closures, but athleisure is less a fad and more a trend that will continue to be a bright spot among brands and retailers .
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the history of this country is littered with sportings goods stores because the sporting goods industry has loomed large in the united states for well over a century. while nearly every sports retailer today is part of a larger corporate entity, there was a time when the industry was composed entirely of family - run operations, mom - and - pop shops responding to american hobbies .
he acknowledges that the commercials get a mixed reaction.'' some people love them and some people hate them. one time, a guy came up to me and i thought he was going to beat me up.' i hate those ads,' he said,' but i like you.''' bob says he thinks most people approve of him because of his sincerity about the products he is selling.'' if i had to fake it, i couldn' t do it.''
through design studios branded as
labs
and collaborations with celebrities like kanye west, pharrell williams, and rihanna and designers like raf simons and stella mccartney. and they' ve done all this while cutting out middlemen like dick' s and sports authority in the process .
tjx launches t. k. maxx, introducing the off - price concept to the u. k. and then to ireland. over time, t. k. maxx becomes europe’s only major brick - and - mortar, off - price retailer of apparel and home fashions .
the lines between wholesale and retail faded from black and white to gray to nonexistent ,
greg baldwin, vice president of merchandising at sporting goods chain schuylkill valley sports, told the philadelphia inquirer .
i now compete with 90 percent of my suppliers via e - commerce, physical stores, or a combination of the two. the importance of the retailer as a pipeline to the consumer has been greatly diminished .
but there' s a stark gap between an increasing customer base and many sports retailers — a gap that only continues to widen, no matter how many times companies see new ownership or rethink their businesses. as hermina puts it ,
my needs evolved, but in many ways, sports authority hasn' t .
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previous to 1931 rolex produced watches that required manual winding. in 1931, however, a self - winding model was offered called the
bubbleback .
the watch used movement from the wearer' s arm to drive the self - winding component. the new self - winding technology not only made it more convenient but also made time keeping more reliable .
modell' s engaging their local communities gives them an advantage by targeting a large portion of their customer base ,
says evan danckwerth, an analyst with privco .
other retailers could certainly use this tactic to engage with their customer base because invoking the team aspect — or any community aspect, like schools or a religious groups — is a big advantage and
tjx has continued to grow steadily over the years, opening stores in new markets, countries, and continents, launching new chains, and acquiring other retailers, to bring its popular off - price model to an even wider network of customers who love brand name apparel and home fashions, all at amazing value. after nearly 40 years of service to the company, mr. cammarata retired from his position as chairman of the board in june 2015 and remains with tjx in an advisory role as founder and executive advisor .
americans were watching sports, as well as playing them. professional and college sports served as
two of the nation' s most powerful community - building institutions ,
mark naison, a history professor at fordham university writes in the journal history now, because they
provided many americans with more than a much - needed escape from the hardships of their daily lives .
sports authority eventually
became an expert at selling nothing ,
edward hertzman, publisher of apparel trade publication sourcing journal, says of its generic offering .
there was no desire to shop there .
expansion went from an opportunity for growth to a liability, explains barbara kahn, the director of the baker retailing center at the university of pennsylvania' s wharton school .
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from the rise of the casual camper to the boutique fitness boom, it can feel like there have never been more people in the market for sports apparel. as of 2015, sporting goods stores in the us were bringing in as much as $ 48 billion in annual revenue, according to ibisworld, up from $ 39. 8 billion in 2012. sports participation is up, too. according to euromonitor, participation in high school sports has increased from 25 percent to 35 percent over the last 35 years, with nearly double the number of female students playing sports as compared to the 1980s .
before there were big hollywood film studios, before there was television, and way before there was the internet, sports were one of the only means of recreation and entertainment. between the 1870s and the 1920s, sports became
perhaps the most pervasive popular cultural activity in american society ,
steven pope writes in his 1997 book patriotic games: sporting traditions in the american imagination. baseball was
the country' s official national pastime ,
football was
growing into a national, mass spectator sport ,
and
tennis, golf, and bicycling swept through the middle class .
this period also saw the invention of basketball and the popularization of boxing .
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he says he is not dismayed if some people reach for the clicker when he appears.'' we all watch too much television anyway,'' he says. besides, there is much worse on the tube.'' i heard a statistic the other day that a kid by 18 has seen 18, 000 murders on television.''
he also well knows that'' come on down,'' taken shamelessly from the television show'' the price is right,'' is a cliche of cliches by now.'' i hope no one wants to put it on my tombstone.''
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his first job was with radio shack in groton. he enjoyed it, he said, but something happened a few years later that was to change his life dramatically .
he was going to a meeting on his motorcycle when he noticed that the gas in one tank was almost depleted. he bent down to switch to the second tank, lost control, and crashed into a pole. his right leg was badly shattered and for a time in danger of being amputated. the leg is still partially paralyzed. he took months to recuperate and had to give up his job with radio shack .
he worked in other jobs, including a stint as a supervisor in a factory, but eventually decided to try something else. he had been sleeping on a waterbed, relatively new at the time, because it was supportive of his injured leg. so he became an entrepreneur, in waterbeds .
in a way, his good fortune extends to the accident that nearly cost him a leg.'' know where i' d be if is wasn' t for the accident?'' he said.'' i' d still be at radio shack.''
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tjx launches homesense in canada, introducing the off - price home fashions concept to that country. similar to homegoods, homesense offers customers a wide selection of off - price home fashions .
marshalls celebrates 20 years with tjx, and opens its 1, 000 th store .
1 zayre corp. was a public company that began trading on the new york stock exchange in 1962 .
a shopper at a nike underground pop - up shop. photo: rich lam / getty images
sarah hermina is, and always has been, into sports. growing up, if she wasn' t in a soccer or basketball uniform, she was showing up to school in casual athletic wear (not to be confused with now - ubiquitous athleisure) she would get from sports authority .
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sports apparel was really cool ,
the 23 - year - old columbia university graduate student recalls .
we wore sweats, track pants, you name it. we even had a phase where everyone was wearing these white spandex under armour shorts underneath our regular shorts. my dad was our soccer coach, and he had coach coupons to sports authority, so i loved shopping there. for training, both on and off the field, we subscribed to the idea of ‘look good, feel good, play good,' and we were always buying things for the new season .
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i' m a big nike person now ,
she says .
sports authority always had older styles, and its prices are more or less the same as a nike
, so i' m more likely to shop where i have more options from the brand .
sports authority is in liquidation mode as of this month. photo: kathryn scott osler / getty images
it was
pursuing a sale of some or all of the business .
on monday, the sports giant began auctioning off its assets. the winning bid belonged to a trio of liquidators (hilco global, gordon brothers, and tiger capital group; tiger capital is also
my needs evolved, but in many ways, sports authority hasn' t .
boy scouts in the window of the original abercrombie & fitch for a recruitment drive, 1923. photo: underwood archives / getty images
between the 1870s and the 1920s, sports became
perhaps the most pervasive popular cultural activity in american society .
growing by means of acquisition saddled these companies with debt, and lots of it. in addition to the $ 1 billion of debt sports authority has, vestis revealed in its own bankruptcy filing last month that it had as much as $ 35 million of debt and would be taking $ 125 million worth of bankruptcy financing from wells fargo in order to keep store doors open during the dealings .
the writing has been on the wall for these sports retailers for quite some time ,
says davidowitz. the landscape previously allowed struggling brands to stay afloat, but now, says nomura securities analyst simeon siegel ,
companies that managed to hold onto a lifeline, even after outliving their relevance, are accepting reality .
the current state of teen retailers demonstrates this as well .
customers line up for a sale at gart bros. , which later merged with sports authority, in 1970. photo: bill peters / getty images
) is getting involved, eager to capitalize on a trend that shows no signs of slowing. while a typical sports authority shopper might be different from a
brands like lululemon and athleta have completely changed your mind about what you can wear when you work out and play sports ,
echoes claudia lebenthal, 52, a self - described lifelong athlete and the writer behind the blog style of sport .
five years ago, companies like the sports authority and eastern mountain sports were in a position to capitalize on this, smith says, by either stocking up - and - coming fitness brands or creating lines of their own. instead, sports authority thought it could win the sporting goods category simply through store expansion .
sports authority eventually
became an expert at selling nothing. there was no desire to shop there .
sports authority did eventually start stocking merchandise that catered to a more casual athlete, but the damage was already done: consumers were primed to go elsewhere for design - focused activewear .
the real key to survival lies in offering shoppers something e - commerce can' t .
smith points to companies like lululemon, athleta, and nike that have started to offer free in - store classes and trainings. these experiences help create community, something most big - box retailers are sorely lacking .
is the best way for large and impersonal corporations to connect with their customers .
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rolex sa is the leading luxury watch manufacturer in the world producing over 2, 000 watches per day that generate sales of over $ 7 billion dollars each year. the swiss based company manufactures, services and distributes wristwatches under the rolex and tudor brand through authorized dealers. it was founded in 1905 by hans wilsdorf and alfred davis in london, england and was recently ranked 57 on the worlds most powerful brands. the original name of the company was wilsdorf and davis. in 1919, operations were relocated to geneva, switzerland. the brand today competes with other leading luxury watch companies like patek philippe, omega, and panerai and sponsors many major sports events in tennis, golf, yachting, and racing.
bob 's stores is a chain of 35 retail stores in the northeastern united states owned by versa capital management . founded as bob 's surplus in middletown , connecticut , by bob lapidus in 1954 , the chain expanded gradually until it was acquired by tjx in 2003 . the chain targets moderate-income customers with a selection of footwear , workwear , teamwear , and activewear . 
bob's stores is a chain of 35 retail stores in the northeastern united states owned by versa capital management. founded as bob's surplus in middletown, connecticut, by bob lapidus in 1954, the chain expanded gradually until it was acquired by tjx in 2003. the chain targets moderate-income customers with a selection of footwear, workwear, teamwear, and activewear.
bob's stores is a chain of 35 retail stores in the northeastern united states owned by versa capital management. founded as bob's surplus in middletown, connecticut, by bob lapidus in 1954, the chain expanded gradually until it was acquired by tjx in 2003. the chain targets moderate-income customers with a selection of footwear, workwear, teamwear, and activewear.