As some call for a boycott of Walmart, Dick's Sporting Goods — which stopped selling guns and ammunition in 135 stores — has seen a 3.2 percent rise in profits this year.
, Stack said that Dick's, whose sales rose 3.2 percent during the second quarter of 2019, is not chalking up the increase in earnings to removing guns from some locations. According to Stack, gun sales are low earner for the company.
"What I promised the families in Parkland when I left is that we would keep this conversation going. And that's what I've done," Stack told theCustomers enter a Walmart store on September 03, 2019 in San Leandro, California. Walmart, America's largest retailer, announced that it will reduce the sales of gun ammunition that can be used in handguns and assault-style rifles, including .223 caliber and 5.56 caliber bullets.
However, the company said on Tuesday it would stop selling ammunition for handguns and"short barrel rifles" and stop selling handguns in Alaska, the only state where Walmart still sells them. The retailer is also asking that customers, excluding law enforcement officials, refrain from open carry of firearms inside stores located in states with open carry laws.
When questioned about the retailer's ban on some ammunition sales, 21 percent said they were"much more likely" to shop with Walmart. Twenty percent said they were"less likely" and 14 percent"much less likely," while 51 percent said they would visit Walmart"about the same" as they do currently.
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