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Cabela's World's Foremost Outfitter located in Glendale, Arizona. This huge retail s tore is located near the new Cardinals Stadium. In addition to offering quality outdoor merchandise, the 160,000 sq. ft. showroom is an educational and entertainment attraction, featuring a décor of museum-quality animal displays, huge aquariums and trophy animals interacting in realistic re-creations of their natural habitats.
A little history: Few, if any, businesses today survive the kitchen-table dreams of their founders, especially in the outdoor industry where businesses come and go with the changing seasons. Yet, the leader in the outdoor equipment business has done just that - survived, grown and prospered from simple beginnings to become the largest mail-order, retail and Internet outdoor outfitter in the world.
Cabela's, the World's Foremost Outfitter of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, was born somewhat inadvertently in 1961 when Dick Cabela came up with a plan to sell fishing flies he purchased while at a furniture show in Chicago. Upon returning home to Chappell, Nebraska, Dick ran a classified ad in the Casper, Wyoming, newspaper reading: "12 hand-tied flies for $1." It generated one response.
Undaunted, Dick formulated a new plan, rewriting the ad to read "FREE Introductory offer! 5 hand tied Flies…25 cents plus postage and handling" and placing it in national outdoor magazines. It didn't take long for the orders to begin arriving from sportsmen and women around the country.
In typical direct-mail style, each order was mailed out with a mimeographed catalog of outdoor items Dick and his wife, Mary, added to their product line. In the beginning, Dick and Mary ran the business from the kitchen table of their home in Chappell.
By 1964, continued success and growth demanded a bigger and better location. The operation was moved from their kitchen table to the basement of Dick and Jim's father's furniture store and then on to various buildings in Chappell. In 1969, Cabela's was operating in a 50,000 square-foot vacant John Deere building in neighboring downtown Sidney, Nebraska.
Nearly 30 years later, in January 1998, employees moved out of the original Sidney headquarters building into a new 120,000-square-foot world headquarters. The two-story building, which is large enough to fit a football field on each floor, houses offices for nearly 500 employees. But even that facility was quickly outgrown. To accommodate the increased growth in all areas of the company, construction of a new, state-of-the-art addition more than doubling the size of the world-headquarters building was completed in the summer of 2002.
The foundation of the company is its world-famous catalog business. The company produces more than 76 different catalogs per year, including specialty books focusing on such outdoor pursuits as archery, fly-fishing and boating, as well as massive 500+-page Spring and Fall Master catalogs. Internationally known as a source of affordable, high-quality outdoor equipment, Cabela's catalogs are shipped to all 50 states and 120 countries. More than 120 million catalogs are mailed each year with demand continuing to grow.
After years of offering the best equipment and clothing to their customers, Cabela's expanded their horizons by researching and recommending the best outdoor outfitters. In 1985, Cabela's Outdoor Adventures was born and has grown steadily since to become the World's Foremost Hunting and Fishing Consulting Agency. Voted Best Hunting Outfitter in the Robb Report's Best of the Best in 1999, Outdoor Adventures works hard to help customers book world-wide hunting and fishing trips of a lifetime.
With its Internet department growing by leaps and bounds, Cabela's has seen sudden growth in a new frontier. Besides the thriving e-commerce side of www.cabelas.com, which went live in 1998, the web site features a continuously updated content site, community pages, company information and catalog requests. Visitors to the site can also sign up for The Cabela's Connection e-mail newsletter, informing them of new products, special offers and general outdoor news.
Cabela's Outfitter Journal magazine and television show further enhance the company's brand image and provide the public with two entertaining and educational ways to experience what Cabela's is about. Both media outlets provide sportsmen and women the opportunity to learn what the outdoors has to offer through top-quality production and informative features from the nation's most knowledgeable outdoor journalists and personalities.
Another chapter in the company's history began June 25, 2004, when Cabela's "CAB" made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
Cabela's offers many great products and services which include hunting gear and supplies, archery gear and supplies, shooting equipment and gear, optics, electronics, men's hunting clothing, men's casual clothing, women's clothing, kids' clothing, men/women and kids footwear, fishing gear and equipment, fly-fishing supplies, boating equipment and supplies, camping gear and supplies, automotive and ATV parts and accessories, great food and food processing, home and pet supplies, gifts and hobbies, the bargain cave where you can find almost anything up to 75% off and gift cards & certificates.
For hunting and shooting you can such things as hand guns, rifles, shotguns, antique weapons, firearms components, gun storage, reloading equipment, airguns and slingshots, paintball and blow gun supplies, shooting and hunting clothing, many name brand ammunition, black powder, decoys, game calls, knives and tools, lights, survival and navigation, wildlife management, dog training, books, DVD's and many more hunting accessories.
For your archery needs find things such as bows, cases and holders, quivers, bow tuning, arrows and shafts, releases and release aids, targets, scents and scent eliminators, tree stands and blinds, sights and broadheads & points among much more.
Electronics that you can find include GPS handhelds, GPS accessories, cameras, home electronics, auto and ATV electronics as well as boating electronics and much more.
Also find a ton of great items for things like fly-fishing, fishing, footwear, boating, camping, automotive and ATV, mens casual clothing, men and women & kids hunting clothing, women clothing, kids clothing, pet accessories and much more!
Cabela's offers many buyer guides, field test reports, comparison charts, field clip product videos and gear lists to name a few. You can read many articles in their outdoor library field guides. Take away some great wild game recipes and ideas on how to cook wild game.
Also take advantage of the Cabela's club program which lets you us your Cabela's credit card to earn points towards free Cabela's gear and more.
Store and area extras include a restaurant, banquet/meeting facilities, indoor archery range, live Bait, boat shop, semi parking, RV parking, indoor dog kennels, airport/FBO information and nearby lodging.
Cabela's World's Foremost Outfitter
9380 West Glendale Avenue
Glendale, Arizona 85305
Telephone: 623-872-6700 / 1-800-237-4444
Cabela's Worlds Foremost Outfitter Website
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