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Home > Company Index > Specialty Retail > Sporting Goods Retailing > Big 5 Corp.

Big 5 Corp.
 PROFILE
Big 5 has outgrown its name. The company, which started out with five army surplus shops in 1955, now operates about 250 sporting goods stores in California, Washington, Oregon, and six other western states. It sells brand-name equipment and clothing for everything from working out indoors to camping in the great outdoors. Unlike other sporting goods retailers, Big 5 has stuck with a neighborhood-store format rather than open large superstores. It has been adding about 15 stores per year. Managers and employees, led by co-founder Robert Miller and his son, Steven Miller, own a majority of Big 5. Buyout firm Leonard Green & Partners (which controls competitor Gart Sports) owns a 36% stake in Big 5.

 COMPETITION
Gart Sports Company (GRTS)
The Sports Authority, Inc. (TSA)
Venator Group, Inc. (Z)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 571.50
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 11.1%
Employees: 5,885
Revenue per employee: $97,111.30

 KEY PEOPLE
• Steven G. Miller
    CEO
• Charles P. Kirk
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
2525 E. El Segundo Blvd.
El Segundo, CA 90245
US
Phone: 310-536-0611
Fax: 310-297-7585
Online: Web Site

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