Basic question--When has a corporate merger with the following consolidation for efficiently and maximizing profits ever benefitted the consumer?
IMO: The day Cabela's started its decline was the day it went public; that's the day that the private equity vultures started circling overhead. Once the dust settled Bass Pro, Cabela's, Sportsman's warehouse, Gander Mountain & if I heard right Macks Prairie wings are all under the same corporate umbrella and are basically one in same selling cheapened goods made to a price point in some far-off distant land. It's up to us as individual consumers to decide if we want to shop at them or not.
We have two Cabela's, two Bass-pro's & four sportsman's warehouses within 60 miles of my house and I haven't set foot in any of them in close to four years now. That's my story on this, take it for what it's worth to you.
Gander Mountain is not, nor was it ever, under the Bass Pro/Cabela's corporate umbrella.
Sportsman's Warehouse is not part of Bass Pro/Cabela's either - the proposed merger in 2021 fell apart.
Mack's Prairie Wings is in a
partnership with Bass Pro/Cabela's. It is still a private, independently operated business entity.
