Discover the latest sports gear and athletic apparel and footwear for your active lifestyle. Step up your game with the help of DICK’S Sporting Goods in Freehold, NJ. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Company also owns and operates Golf Galaxy, Field & Stream, True Runner and Chelsea Collective specialty stores. is a leading omnichannel sporting goods retailer offering an extensive assortment of authentic, high-quality sports equipment, apparel, footwear and accessories. Like you, we have a real passion for sports.ĭICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. He and his siblings bought the store from their father and are responsible for taking two stores and growing the chain to over 675 stores.ĭick’s family continues to offer the finest quality products at competitive prices, backed by the best service anywhere. By 1958, he expanded his product line to include much of what you’ll find at DICK’S Sporting Goods today.Įd Stack, Dick’s son, is the current CEO and Chairman of DICK’S Sporting Goods. His grandmother then went to the cookie jar where she kept her life savings and gave him $300 and told him “do it yourself.” Dick used that money and his relentless work ethic to open a bait-and-tackle shop in Binghamton. He went to his grandmother’s house where he spent a lot of time as a kid and told her what had happened.ĭick’s grandmother asked how much it would cost to build the store himself. After Dick presented his suggestions, the owner told him he was a dumb kid and had no idea what he was doing. An avid fisherman, Dick was approached by the store owner to come up with a list of products needed to get into the fishing tackle business. DICK’S Sporting Goods was founded in 1948 when an 18-year-old Dick Stack was working at an Army surplus store in Binghamton, New York.

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