Sporting Goods

OpticsPlanet Corporate Office

Optics Planet was founded in 2000 by Mark Levitin and Pavel Shvartsman. The company operates a direct-to-consumer e-commerce store for optics, bootstrapping the company with their own private funding.

The company offers shooting, camping, hunting, military, law enforcement, and laboratory gear and eyewear.

The company has obtained notoriety through the sales of various specialty kits, such as the Z.E.R.O. Zombie Kit, the Santa Stakeout Kit, and the Invisible Man Kit. These kits combine many of the items OpticsPlanet sells into a single package, and carry a price tag upwards of $24,000.

In 2014, OpticsPlanet launched Wetley GGRX, the first company to offer prescription lens inserts for Google’s Google Glass devices.

In 2017, the company offered an app to make buying quick and easy.

In early 2020, the company experienced significant delays in shipping some items, causing them to post an apology to their customers.

OpticsPlanet maintains a corporate office in Northbrook, Ilinois.

Irby Street Sporting Goods

Founded in 1973, Irby Street Sporting Goods has been through three owners and two building changes, but it remains one of the largest and best place to buy sporting goods equipment in the Pee Dee area.

The company has a very large assortment of products, including more than 1,000 fishing rods and reels in stock, fishing boats, archery bows, camping equipment, rifles, even a complete archery range.

The store has moved locations from the old 1,200-square-foot building to its current 7,000-square-foot store, and it added a six-lane, 25-yard indoor archery range with a full bow shop.

Current owner and CEO Todd Stewart says he loves seeing long-time customers bring in their kids and continue the tradition of hunting or archery.

Irby Street Sporting Goods maintains a corporate office in Florence, South Carolina.

Tennis Warehouse Corporate Office

Tennis Warehouse was founded in 1992 by Drew Munster. His first location was in San Luis Obispo, using an old 500 square foot warehouse as his store and supply warehouse.

The company launched its e-commerce site in 1996. Tennis Warehouse does more than just sell tennis shoes, clothing, and tennis rackets, employees test all the equipment so they can give reviews and are better equipped to serve their customers and answer questions.

In 2005, Tennis Warehouse was listed as Online Retailer of the Year by RSI.

In 2013, the website Under30CEO listed Drew Munster as one of the top 5 entrepreneurs who started their businesses without outside funding.

Some of the women players at the 2021 French Open sported clothing sold by Tennis Warehouse.

Tennis Warehouse has two locations, the original store in San Luis Obispo, California, and the second in Alpharetta, Georgia.

The company maintains its corporate office in San Luis Obispo, California.

Field and Stream Shops Corporate Office

In 2013, Dick’s Sporting Goods opened up its first Field and Stream shop in Pennsylvania, at the site of a former Dick’s location. The company planned to open approximately 35 retail locations by the end of 2017.

Field and Stream feature camping, hiking, hunting, and fishing gear. In 2018, the company sold 8 stores, located in 3 states, to Sportsmans Warehouse for $28 million.

Also in 2018, after the Parkland, Florida, shooting, Dick’s stopped the sale of all assault-type weapons at all locations, including Field and Stream stores.

Field and Stream stores are well-known for their displays depicting wild animals.

In early 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, most Dick’s Sporting Goods and Field and Stream stores were flooded with customers looking to stock up on everything from ammunition to camping stoves.

On March 19th, 2020, the company closed all locations, including Field and Stream stores, for two week period to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. While a nearly nation-wide closure and quarantine period has been called for until at least April 20th, at the time of this writing, the company only has plans to close for two weeks.

Headquarters for Field and Stream are located in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.

Orvis Corporate Office

Charles Orvis opened a tackle shop in Manchester, Vermont, in 1856. His fly fishing reel has been described as the first fully modern fly reel. His family took over the business, including his daughter Mary, who published a reference book regarding fishing flies and their history.

in 1965, the company was sold to the Perkins family, who still own the company. Orvis has become the world’s largest manufacturer of high-quality fishing rods and reels. Between 1982 and 2000, the company acquired six other firms.

Today, the company has 88 retail stores, 11 outlet locations, and an e-commerce site. In addition to fishing equipment, the company also sells a full line of sporting goods and other items, including dog beds, clothing for both men and women, home items such as bedding, doormats, and outdoor furniture, luggage, and personalized gift items.

In October 2019, Orvis released a dog bed that was made from 250 recycled plastic bottles.

Company headquarters for Orvis are located in Sunderland, Vermont.