Competition in Sporting Goods Retail
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70-year-old sporting goods chain quietly closing stores
Yahoo Finance· 2026-01-07 19:03
You could argue that the sporting goods industry has been struggling since 2016, when Sports Authority went out of business. At the time, analysts noted that the space has always been competitive. "The pressure in the sporting goods business is no different than it always has been," Joseph Feldman, an analyst at Telsey Advisory Group, who added that competition from online retailers is particularly intense, told CBS News. In the years since then, major regional players, including Modell's, Bob's Stores ...