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Brine is an American sporting goods company that manufactures lacrosse, soccer, volleyball, and field hockey equipment. It markets its products under its own brand as well as In The Crease for goals and goal accessories. The company was founded by W.H. Brine in 1922 as the W.H. Brine Company.
G.I. Joe's began in 1952 when Edward Orkney purchased army surplus sleeping bags and then set up a tent in Portland, Oregon, to sell them to the public. [3] Orkney sold out of the sleeping bags and then started selling other army surplus merchandise in a store that then doubled in size by 1956, [3] making it Portland's largest retailer of sporting goods and outdoor gear.
The brands listed are those specific to the outdoor sporting goods industry. Parent companies may own other brands that are not listed because those other brands are not marketed as outdoor sporting goods. Companies and brands that are not subsidiaries of another company are not listed here.
Sport Chalet was a sporting goods chain with 47 stores in Southern & Northern California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. [1] Most stores were over 35,000 square feet (3,300 square meters) in size, with many including dive pools and offering SCUBA classes. Sport Chalet stores usually featured large apparel and footwear departments complemented by an ...
G.I. Joe's – Oregon and Washington; rebranded as Joe's in 2007, went bankrupt and closed in 2009; seven locations taken over by Dick's Sporting Goods; Golfsmith – went bankrupt in 2016 and acquired by Dick's Sporting Goods; 36-38 locations rebranded as Golf Galaxy; Herman's World of Sporting Goods – went bankrupt in 1993 and closed in 1996
The company that would become a sporting goods reseller and chain was started in December 1961 in Chappell, Nebraska. [1] [2] [3] Richard (Dick) N. Cabela purchased $45 worth of fishing flies at a furniture expo in Chicago which he then advertised for sale in a local newspaper advertisement. [4]
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Cascade Designs is an American company specializing in outdoor recreation products. It is located in Seattle, Washington , and Reno, Nevada , and was founded in 1972 by two former Boeing engineers, who were avid backpackers .