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My dad loves Cabela's and every time I went there with him it just looked incredibly tacky. I didn't get why it had the giant tacky mountain thing going on in the middle with all the stuffed animals, it even has a loving large circular room with the singular purpose of looking at stuffed animals. I don't even remember him ever buying anything there. It was like going to an incredibly lovely zoo full of dead things.
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JB50 posted:Behold the MANS super mega store: Oh you don't stock the map for the wilderness that is right next to town? No, that's cool, it would probably just get in the way of more guns. So what maps do you have? Oh, that's it? Well what about hiking boots? Oh, well I guess guns and fishing poles are cool... gently caress Cabela's. Edit: The big aquarium is cool though, I like that.
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KiteAuraan posted:Oh you don't stock the map for the wilderness that is right next to town? No, that's cool, it would probably just get in the way of more guns. So what maps do you have? Oh, that's it? Well what about hiking boots? Oh, well I guess guns and fishing poles are cool... Maps??? What is this the 80's? They appear to have tons of boots though. JB50 has a new favorite as of 09:13 on May 5, 2016 |
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May 5, 2016 09:11
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JB50 posted:Maps??? What is this the 80's? Good luck navigating some of the back country trails I hit with a GPS. And it's not their boot selection, it's their insane prices for any sort of quality brand.
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KiteAuraan posted:Good luck navigating some of the back country trails I hit with a GPS. And it's not their boot selection, it's their insane prices for any sort of quality brand. "I hiked that trail before it was cool."
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May 5, 2016 16:19
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Cabela's/Bass Pro have their markets pretty well dialed in. They serve a very different segment than REI does.
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May 5, 2016 17:20
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canyoneer posted:Cabela's/Bass Pro have their markets pretty well dialed in. They serve a very different segment than REI does. rednecks vs millenials?
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May 5, 2016 17:22
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Darth123123 posted:rednecks vs millenials? Gen Xers just buy it off Amazon
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May 5, 2016 18:09
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Booblord Zagats posted:Gen Xers just buy it off Amazon REI is a COOP man.
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May 5, 2016 18:12
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capitalism is circling the drain
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Farm to table is the next ConAgra
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JediTalentAgent posted:I just don't know if the sporting goods superstore is a good model in the US unless they sell a ton of guns. That was one of the things that started the demise for Sports Authority. I worked there in the late 90's, and at the time we sold lots of firearms, handguns and rifles, at the store I worked at in the Phoenix area. Outdoors was the biggest money maker in the store. None of the local gun dealers could compete with us on pricing, and if they tired, we'd match the price and take another 10% off. A new management group took over and pulled handguns, because guns are bad, mmmkay, and the store's revenue went down nearly 20% the next year. I cant imagine what its been like since they got rid of all firearms and accessories. poo poo talk guns all you want, but do you think Bass Pro, Cabela's, and Scheel's have expanded so rapidly because of their elaborate displays and fudge rooms? It's the guns and ammo that not only are keeping the lights on but fuling the profits.
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May 6, 2016 17:32
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What is this thread even about anymore jeses
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May 6, 2016 17:36
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canyoneer posted:Cabela's/Bass Pro have their markets pretty well dialed in. They serve a very different segment than REI does. REI targets the mom wandering in yoga pants demographic.
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May 6, 2016 17:40
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etalian posted:REI targets the mom wandering in yoga pants demographic. Also hipsters who think they need $300 worth of equipment to walk 4 miles in the woods.
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May 6, 2016 17:42
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red19fire posted:Also hipsters who think they need $300 worth of equipment to walk 4 miles in the woods. I would gladly spend $300 not to look like a newborn fawn whenever I walked on terrain that would be classified as anything other than city.
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May 6, 2016 18:17
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etalian posted:REI targets the mom wandering in yoga pants demographic. Don't forget the recently promoted hipster that figures it's time to get a bicycle. So they get a $2,500 carbon fiber, $700 Yakima roof rack system for their Volvo, $1,500 in Fred accessories for the bike (meanwhile figuring they only need one waterbottle/cage), $1k for tops / shorts they aren't bothering to try on until they're home, $1,000 for helmet/shoes/gloves, all top end because reasons. Slap that poo poo on the credit card! REI.
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May 6, 2016 18:21
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5er posted:Don't forget the recently promoted hipster that figures it's time to get a bicycle. So they get a $2,500 carbon fiber, $700 Yakima roof rack system for their Volvo, $1,500 in Fred accessories for the bike (meanwhile figuring they only need one waterbottle/cage), $1k for tops / shorts they aren't bothering to try on until they're home, $1,000 for helmet/shoes/gloves, all top end because reasons. Slap that poo poo on the credit card! REI. But they're a coop 
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May 6, 2016 18:24
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monster on a stick posted:But they're a coop That's like an estrus pheromone to a hipster 'socially conscious' conspicuous consumer.
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May 6, 2016 18:27
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Disclosure, REI is my client so I can tell you the words hipster and millennial isn't even vaguely on their minds which is refreshing as hell in advertising.
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May 6, 2016 18:29
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Barudak posted:Disclosure, REI is my client so I can tell you the words hipster and millennial isn't even vaguely on their minds which is refreshing as hell in advertising. For every hipster millennial dollar REI takes in Im sure the 50+ liberal college professor demographic spends $10+.
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May 6, 2016 18:36
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red19fire posted:Also hipsters who think they need $300 worth of equipment to walk 4 miles in the woods. It's really important to young urban professionals to be able to identify each other by the brightly colored expedition gear they just bought so that they don't accidentally have a conversation with a non yuppie
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May 6, 2016 18:36
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5er posted:That's like an estrus pheromone to a hipster 'socially conscious' conspicuous consumer. It depends. Winco is employee-owned, which is usually hipster bait, but their stores focus on inexpensive groceries instead of free range organic kale and mangosteen pizza on a gluten-free flax seed crust. So hipsters stay far away.
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May 6, 2016 18:42
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Barudak posted:Disclosure, REI is my client so I can tell you the words hipster and millennial isn't even vaguely on their minds which is refreshing as hell in advertising. Fair. We need an updated term for the solipsistic contemporary yuppie. Hipsters are more of an awkward fashion slave thing, and millenial's just too broad.
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May 6, 2016 18:43
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REI has legitimately good stuff. That's where I get my clothes for field work.
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May 6, 2016 18:47
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REI and Cabala's appeal to the 50K/yr- millionaire demo more than anything
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5er posted:Don't forget the recently promoted hipster that figures it's time to get a bicycle. So they get a $2,500 carbon fiber, $700 Yakima roof rack system for their Volvo, $1,500 in Fred accessories for the bike (meanwhile figuring they only need one waterbottle/cage), $1k for tops / shorts they aren't bothering to try on until they're home, $1,000 for helmet/shoes/gloves, all top end because reasons. Slap that poo poo on the credit card! REI. Forgot $300 camel pack
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May 6, 2016 19:09
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red19fire posted:Also hipsters who think they need $300 worth of equipment to walk 4 miles in the woods. $300? Pfffft. That's what each piece of gear alone costs.
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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blowfish posted:$300? Pfffft. That's what each piece of gear alone costs. Don't forget that they come out with a new version of everything every year and you need to buy the entire 7 piece kit, so that you match all the other people who also bought it all, so that you can look down on anyone with last year's cram-jacket© or three year old TurboScrums™® on their FnorkPakk©®
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naem posted:Don't forget that they come out with a new version of everything every year and you need to buy the entire 7 piece kit, so that you match all the other people who also bought it all, so that you can look down on anyone with last year's cram-jacket© or three year old TurboScrums™® on their FnorkPakk©® The North Face (of a 200m high hill with a 10° slope at its steepest point)
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monster on a stick posted:It depends. Winco is employee-owned, which is usually hipster bait, but their stores focus on inexpensive groceries instead of free range organic kale and mangosteen pizza on a gluten-free flax seed crust. So hipsters stay far away. I feel sorry for everyone who doesn't have a WinCo. Things are so cheap & good there.
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Barudak posted:Disclosure, REI is my client so I can tell you the words hipster and millennial isn't even vaguely on their minds which is refreshing as hell in advertising. I live near one and every time they have those sales for members that get 400 people waiting in line before opening, it's almost always people aged 30 and under. Even if they pretend to ignore the millenials, those are the ones who are backing them and working for them in the stores.
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canyoneer posted:Cabela's/Bass Pro have their markets pretty well dialed in. They serve a very different segment than REI does. a really liberal girl from high school is a frontliner there for a few years now, and is happy she got black friday off or something
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REI takes over former Borders bookstore locations. Serving the Community.
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Haier posted:I live near one and every time they have those sales for members that get 400 people waiting in line before opening, it's almost always people aged 30 and under. Even if they pretend to ignore the millenials, those are the ones who are backing them and working for them in the stores. It's not a matter of ignoring them, it's just that's not how they think about it. They focus on the activities they are supporting, which combined with their advertising media of choice, typically skews younger since that's who is typically most active outside. That said their typical consumer is definitely well north of 30. They're genuinely pretty good about not trying to put their consumers in specific boxes and make conscious efforts to avoid over-catering to men despite what generic data would say.
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Old people want to dress and act like young people still so the ads feature hip young people with DuPontNordel™© advanced action liposomes on their TurboNugsz™® brand crompets
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May 6, 2016 20:08
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Wow, REI sounds like poo poo
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Capntastic posted:Wow, REI sounds like overpriced poo poo ftfy
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naem posted:Old people want to dress and act like young people still so the ads feature hip young people with DuPontNordel™© advanced action liposomes on their TurboNugsz™® brand crompets Advertising is aspirational, not inspirational. That's what he's not telling you.
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