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Home > Company Index > Specialty Retail > Sporting Goods Retailing > Academy Sports & Outdoors, Ltd.

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Ltd.
 PROFILE
Academy Sports & Outdoors is near the head of the class among sporting goods retailers. The company is the third-largest full-line sporting goods chain in the US, behind The Sports Authority and Gart Sports. Academy's low-frills stores carry clothing, shoes, and equipment for almost any sport, including hunting, fishing, and boating. Academy has about 50 stores in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas; it plans to add more stores in the Southeast. Academy dates back to a San Antonio tire shop opened by Max Gochman in 1938. The business moved into military surplus items and during the 1980s began focusing on sports and outdoor merchandise. The Gochman family still owns Academy.

 COMPETITION
Gart Sports Company (GRTS)
The Sports Authority, Inc. (TSA)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: January
2001 Sales (mil.): 720.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 17.6%
Employees: 4,748
Revenue per employee: $151,642.80

 KEY PEOPLE
• David Gochman
    CEO
• Michael Ondruch
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
1800 N. Mason Rd.
Katy, TX 77449
US
Phone: 281-646-5200
Fax: 281-646-5204
Online: Web Site

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