Cabela's Company Description
Cabela's is a hunter's and fisherman's Disneyland. The seller of outdoor sporting goods operates mainly through the 140 million-plus catalogs it mails each year, but its some 30 stores in the US and Canada are big attractions, too. Located mainly in the Midwest, the stores are as big as 250,000 sq. ft. and include such features as waterfalls, mountain replicas, aquariums, and banquet and meeting facilities. Cabela's sells footwear, clothing, and gear for fishing, hunting, camping, and other outdoor activities. The company also sells magazines and merchandise online and has an outdoors show on television. Cabela's was founded in 1961 by chairman Dick Cabela and his younger brother and vice chairman, Jim Cabela.
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