Originally Posted by
CB HI
A 6 year old thread by a banned poster, brought back in 2007 and now again in 2009.
WHY?
Why not?
Originally Posted by
manual_overide
this thread has more lives than a cat
There's your answer!
Originally Posted by
gpsblake
Scheel's isn't that big. Only 22 stores.
Only 23 now, 2 years later.
From RGJ.com Jun 15 2009
"Among the displays are water falls, fountains, mist pools and 6-foot long outdoor fire places. Those elements , plus the 65-foot Ferris wheel in the massive Scheels sports store, are among the reasons the Legends’ open meeting areas could become locations for community tours, convention parties and summer concerts."
But apparently that last is a doozy.
And they're not all bad.
From INFORUM.com Jun 13 2009
"Three Fargo-based businesses – Border States Electric, Tharaldson Lodging and Scheels All Sports – have been named among the 100 largest majority employee-owned companies in the country.
Tharaldson Lodging ranked 26th with 4,600 employees, Scheels All Sports was 37th with 3,000 employees, and Border States Electric was 80th with 1,300 employees"
Originally Posted by
Maelstrom
I have seen it happen before. Trek wants to make money and see this as a chance to increase sales in the area. And I hate to say it but it does usually work. Ironhorse sells exclusively through Sportcheck in Canada. This sucks because sportcheck limits the sales of the bike to areas based on quotas. BC is not included in the high end mtb sales section. This highly limits my choice when I wanted to buy an ironhorse. But overall I bet this move increased sales of general bikes sold. I just think they could sell more diversifying their product to other areas, which sportcheck won't do.
The one thing that was lost was the lbs feel and the knowledgable staff. The staff at sportcheck are trained in the most rudementary way and only enough to impress people. Not really knowing anything.
I think you are being generous, I did some bike building there last year, the only training I witnessed was when I gave pointers to the the other knumbnuts they had building.