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Academy Sport and Outdoors is a chain store specializing in sports goods, firearms and outdoor equipments and furniture. These stores are a one-stop solution for all your sporting and camping needs. You name a sport and Academy Sport and Outdoors, are sure to have the equipment for it. Originally starting in 1938 as a tire company, the founder Max Gochman moved on to selling military surplus supplies and then to sporting goods.

Academy Sport and Outdoors has the largest amount of chain shops in the sporting goods sector and are more concentrated in the southeastern region of the United States. Academy Sport and Outdoors shops usually have six departments including team sports, camping, footwear, hunting and fishing, apparel and a department selling fishing and hunting licenses and cash registers.

The business policy of Academy Sport and Outdoors is to provide quality service and goods at a discount rate. The staff is well trained in-house when they are hired and continue to receive training as they progress in their career. Training specific to a department is also imparted through special training modules. By this the customer is ensured of receiving the best service in the industry. With around 114 stores in the United States, Academy Sport and Outdoors, is also known for its policy of providing discounts on volume sale. There are frequent sales and a customer is ensured of getting the most competitive price for an item.

All the Academy Sport and Outdoors stores maintain a uniform appearance and even their floor plans are almost the same. Painted white on the outside with the typical red and blue posters, these stores are huge with approximately hundred thousand square foot area. As you walk in to the store you will find the registers in the front and as you proceed inside the camping equipments are right at the back. The left side is reserved for footwear and items of team sports, and the right side has all the fishing and hunting equipments and the middle area has the apparel department. The stores have a well laid out plan and the white interiors give the impression of vastness and space. Academy Sport and Outdoors has an online presence as well and you can shop for all the items from the comfort of your home.

Whatever brand of sports gear you are looking for, you have a very good chance of finding it in Academy Sport and Outdoors store, and are the ideal place for shopping for all your camping needs.