- Cabela's
Infobox_Company | company_name = Cabela's | company_| company_type = Public (nyse|CAB)
foundation =Chappell, Nebraska , U.S. (1961)
founder = Dick Cabela
Jim Cabela
location_city =Sidney, Nebraska
locations = 26 stores (2007)
key_people = Dick Cabela (Co-founder, Chairman)
Jim Cabela (Co-founder, Vice Chairman)
Dennis Highby (CEO)
industry =Retail | products = Hunting, fishing, and outdoor merchandise
revenue = increase US$2.06 billion (2006)
operating_income = increase US$143.7 million (2006)
net_income = increase US$85.8 million (2006)
num_employees = 11,700 (2007)
company_slogan = "World's Foremost Outfitter" | homepage = [http://www.cabelas.com www.Cabelas.com] |Cabela's (nyse|CAB) is a
Sidney, Nebraska -based direct marketer and specialty retailer ofhunting ,fishing ,camping and related outdoor recreation merchandise. It also has "Trophy Properties LLC (a real estate market), "Outdoor Adventures (hunting and fishing trips), and the "Gun Library" (where people can buy and sell new and used firearms). Itsdirect marketing operation is one of the largest in theUnited States . The company went public in 2004, with that fiscal year's revenue reaching $1.56 billion, a 50% growth since 2001.Cabela's
mail-order catalog s are shipped to all 50states and 120countries . More than 120 million catalogs were mailed in its first year as a public company.Retail stores
Cabela's has a distinctive look to their
retail operations, a look which turns them intotourist attractions as well asretail stores . The stores are more like cavernousshowroom s, bringing the outdoors inside. They feature museum-quality displays of taxidermiedwildlife , largeaquarium s, indoor mountains, andarchery ranges. The success of the format is illustrated by the company'sKansas City, Kansas store at over convert|180000|sqft|m2|-3, attracted more than four million customer visits in one year. Currently, the largest Cabela's retail facility is inHamburg, Pennsylvania , with more than convert|250000|sqft|m2|-3 of floor space.In 2007, Cabela's purchased family owned S.I.R. Warehouse Sports Store in
Winnipeg, Manitoba . The Winnipeg location serves as the Canadian headquarters. [citeweb|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2007/08/16/cabelas-sir.html |title = U.S. firm buys longtime Winnipeg outfitter Canada |author = CBC |accessdate=2007-08-16] The company has also announced that its largest store will be constructed inCanada . This location will be a part of the convert|14000000|sqft|m2|sing=on [http://www.lacmirabel.com/ Lac Mirabel project] , which will include convert|2200000|sqft|m2 of retail space, and could open as early as 2008 [Cabela's Montreal store Press Release [http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/community/aboutus/retail-detail.jsp?detailedInformationURL=/cabelas/en/content/community/aboutus/retail/retail_stores/montreal/montreal_press.html] .]The convert|75000|sqft|m2|-2|sing=on store just off
Interstate 80 on the southern edge of Sidney illustrates some of the elements. The grounds include a 3 1/2 acre pond and two bronze double-life-size bullelk on one side of the building. Inside, moss rock pillars hold trophy elks of huge proportions. A convert|27|ft|m|0|sing=on-tall replica of a mountain is framed in a convert|48|ft|m|0|sing=on mural of blue sky. The mountain is covered with 40 lifelike game trophies and features awaterfall that splits at the base into twopond s. Suspended in the air between the entryway and the mountain is a flock of taxidermicCanada geese .Other attractions in their retail
showroom s include a restaurant, a gun library, where one can see the epitome of the gunmaker's art, and a travel service, where customers can plan trips to anywhere in the world.Television
Cabela's has produced several television series, they are called Cabela's Outfitter Journal, and Cabela's Memories in the Field. They broadcast on
WildTV andThe Outdoor Channel and available for download at [http://www.mobovivo.com MoboVivo] .Games
Cabela's have produced several video games for many video game platforms, including Cabela's Big Game Hunts, Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 1 & 2,
Cabela's African Safari ,Cabela's Outdoor Adventures and more. All these games feature life-like hunting experiences and features.: "See ."References
External links
* [http://www.cabelas.com/ Cabela's]
** [http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/content/community/aboutus/media/pages/cabtv_home.jsp?cm_ven=cabtv&cm_ite=tvhome Cabela TV Home]
** [http://www.mobovivo.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MoboVivoStore.woa/wa/programs/wildtv MoboVivo Cabela Programs]
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