Cabela's is opening a store in Maryville

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Permalink Reply by Jake Anderson on June 7, 2011 at 5:38pm

Agree with Berto. 

Permalink Reply by Robert Beeler on June 7, 2011 at 6:20pm

Yea I hear you about the Bass section. The camping and hunting is awesome. They have tons of salt water fishing too. I think we need a Pro Bass shop. We should all   email bass pro shop tell them and let them now how you really feel. I think it is crap to have tons of sporting good stores in Seattle that don't carry fishing gear. I went to Sports Authorty last Xmas and the don't carry hunting and fishing gear any longer. How do you call your self a sport store.

Permalink Reply by Tag Watson on June 7, 2011 at 8:23pm

I have had the opportunity to work very closely with Cabela's and Bass Pro Shops for the past 15 months as they are two of my largest retail accounts in the country.  Cabela's uses a tremendous amount of catalog and internet sales data, as well as in-store retail sales data to create essentially a geographic scatter plot.  Notice that Cabela's always asks for your phone number or a zip code when you make a purchase in the store.  This is for data collection purposes.  Based on the tens of thousands of purchase area/zip codes plotted in a given region, they are able to pinpoint the best possible new store locations based on quantified demand.  There are other variables factored in of course, but this sales data is key.  Larrick, since Cabela's stores are destination locations, having them in or near a metropolitan area is not part of the criteria.  The data has shown that the average Cabela's retail customer travels approximately 200 miles and spends 4 hours in the store.  

 

Since Bass Pro Shops uses a similar model, the probability of them opening a store in the Northwest anytime in the near future is very slim.  I am going on the assumption that we have very little catalog and internet order activity from BPS compared to other parts of the country that have a much more robust population of bass anglers.  How many of you order from Bass Pro Shops vs. shopping locally or ordering from Tackle Warehouse?

 

It costs millions of dollars for these Mass Merchants to open a new store location.  With profitability and strong return on investment being such a huge priority for these retailers, especially for a publicly traded company like Cabela's, these new store location decisions are not made lightly or without a huge amount of hard data to justify breaking ground.  The Lacey Cabela's store has been incredibly successful.  While the Marysville location may cannibalize a percentage of Lacey's business, Cabela's wouldn't open this new location if they weren't 100% confident their business will grow significantly in the Northwest.

 

The great thing about stores like Limit Out Performance Marine, Three Rivers and Auburn Sports and Marine, is they carry specialized tackle for our local fisheries that the Mass Merchants like Cabela's don't offer.  

Permalink Reply by Larrick on June 8, 2011 at 12:20am

Tag as always a really good response. I can say I internet order from BPS all the time. As a matter of fact I am waiting on some orders they got wrong to be delivered any day now. I have never been a big Cabelas fan however it is nice to have another option for tackle in the area. I would rather shop locally but I have found at least in my area that many fishing stores have extremely limited bass fishing supplies vs. salmon/steelhead gear. Or staff either know nothing about bass fishing or look down upon you cuz you target bass and not their beloved salmon/steelhead. Again in my area of the state. I will admit I was assuming and frankly talking out of my hind parts when I made the comment about store locations near big cities. Tag I might have to disagree with you on one thing. I don't know how much of a healthy bass fishing popultion Alberta Canada has. I doubt there are any bass in Alberta compared to trout and pikes etc. but they have a location there. I would reasonably assume they have a store there because of Banff. As well as the bass fishing mecca of Nevada (specifically Vegas). I think the powers that be over at BPS just assume bass fishermen are an extreme minority in the PNW when that is not true. Like Robert said getting ahold of BPS and letting them know we would love to have a store somewhere in Washington is a great start.

Permalink Reply by Tag Watson on June 8, 2011 at 6:21am

Good post, Larrick.  Thank you for the thoughts.

 

Keep in mind, Las Vegas is a half hour from Lake Mead, home of the U.S. Open, dozens of large bass tournaments hosted annually including the major West Coast circuit championships, not to mention the popular striped bass fishing.  40 million people visit Las Vegas each year as well.

 

The Canadian Bass Pro Shops stores are a slightly different model, which I can touch base on later in detail, but I have to head into work early this morning. 

 

There is no harm in contacting Bass Pro and letting them know you would like a store in Washington.  However, unless there are thousands of anglers, hunters and campers just like you in Washington State that currently support their business via catalog and/or internet in a big way, coupled with strong results in their demographic studies and research, I don't believe it is realistic for Bass Pro to bring a store to Washington State anytime soon.  I could be wrong, but that is what my gut tells me at this time.   

Permalink Reply by anthony white on June 8, 2011 at 8:16am

Cabelas is just an over priced walmart that has a bad fishing section.IMO

Permalink Reply by Josh Potter on June 8, 2011 at 10:11am

T-bone,

  

          What could I show about the inside of a rod locker? What it feels like to have your fat ass stuffed inside of one. If you prefer the livewell I could make that happen as well.

T-bone said:

Potter, what could you show me about the inside of a rod locker? May I suggest becoming more familiar with your livewell...

Permalink Reply by Brian Walters on June 8, 2011 at 11:28am

According to city of Sultan and Snohomish county Bass Pro has plans to build in a large site just outside of Sultan.. they got all the approvals.. Guess there thinking on that location is to attract east side and west side.. But Traffic will be horrible.. guess we will see if it happens

 

Permalink Reply by Tag Watson on June 8, 2011 at 1:19pm

I heard someone say that at some point.  I have been through Sultan.  I'll believe it when I see it!   

Brian Walters said:

According to city of Sultan and Snohomish county Bass Pro has plans to build in a large site just outside of Sultan.. they got all the approvals.. Guess there thinking on that location is to attract east side and west side.. But Traffic will be horrible.. guess we will see if it happens

 

Permalink Reply by eric mccarthy on June 13, 2011 at 12:25am

Dude im stoked about Cabelas coming to Marysville that rocks. I live in Marysville and If I need something quick I dont have many options. They might not have the best bass selection but trust me better than anything in Marysville, Everett ,Arlington,Lake Stevens, and... i could keep going I would have to drive to Three Rivers to get a look at some good gear.

Permalink Reply by Daniel Bavery on June 14, 2011 at 9:12am

Agree, this area sucks for bass stuff unless you wanna drive to 3Riv

eric mccarthy said:

Dude im stoked about Cabelas coming to Marysville that rocks. I live in Marysville and If I need something quick I dont have many options. They might not have the best bass selection but trust me better than anything in Marysville, Everett ,Arlington,Lake Stevens, and... i could keep going I would have to drive to Three Rivers to get a look at some good gear.

Permalink Reply by Keith Brooks on June 14, 2011 at 9:01pm

Cabelas is trying to gain market share in bass fishing... They have stepped up with both FLW and TBF. True they have a way to go but at least they are showing a willingness to invest in bass fishing and in the NW...

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