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Scheel's All Sports

Scheel's All Sports is an employee owned chain of sporting goods stores headquartered in Fargo, ND. The chain currently sports 27 locations.

Frederick A Scheel, a German immigrant, founded the Scheels hardware store in 1902 with $300 earned from harvesting potatoes.

The store added a shelf of sporting goods stores in 1954. The chain began expanding in Northern states.

Corporate Time Line

The chain has remained in the hands of the founder's family and business associates since its founding in 1902. This section lists corporate events drawn from Funding Universe and Wikipedia.1,2

The Wikipedia controversy section warns that the company's CEO made donations to the NRA and—even worse—Donald Trump. The fact that and alleged-encyclopedia outs business people for political beliefs seems more controversial than the political beliefs themselves.

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References:

  1. Funding Universe - Scheel's (Drawn 11/25/2020)
  2. Wikipedia - Scheels (Drawn 11/25/2020)

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