Outdoor gear stores that have closed.

[Nighthiker]

High Adventure. I have a Optimus 8H stove that was $ 12.95. M 1956 Surplus gear Load Bearing Equipment from Laradas. All canvas but I switch to a nylon one for the alleged wet weather. Yellow Front, WW II canteens, mess kits and a lot of Levi pants. Popular, every thing else including White Sierra Jackets and Columbia clothing which the dtore in Scottsdale had my size in stock.

[SpiderLegs]

@chumley
The unannounced visits by ATF to "audit" your logbooks are extra special.

I don't know how it is anymore, but apparently it used to be quite easy to get a wholesale gun license back in the 90's. Used to manage a well known bike shop in Tucson and one day two guys come in from the ATF for a surprise audit. They cornered me and peppered me with questions and I kept telling them to look around, we are a bike shop. Finally figured out there must be a connection due to the large gun safe in the owner's office, he had a side hustle selling guns out the back door. Sent them back to chat with the owner and when they left they were laughing like old friends.

[SpiderLegs]

@xsproutx

My first experience with clothing margins and purchases was when I managed a bike shop in college. We were the first in Tucson to attempt to stock more than two items of women's clothing, bike shops tended to be male focused. After I rang up a clothing purchase of 3-4 pairs of shorts, matching jerseys and socks to go along with it to a female customer and at 50% margins I became a believer. Male customers might come in for one piece of clothing and only because the item they are replacing is literally falling apart.