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Academy Sports + Outdoors is a sports goods discount store chain. For 74 years it was a privately held company owned by the Gochman family, until its May 2011 sale of majority ownership to the investment firm Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts LP.[1] Academy operates 150 stores (as of Oct. 2012) across the southeastern United States. Academy Sports and Outdoors has its corporate offices and product distribution center in unincorporated western Harris County, Texas, United States, near Katy.[2]
Contents

    1 History
    2 Business
    3 References
    4 External links

History

Prior to August 2011, the company was owned by the Gochman Family and led by Chairman and CEO David Gochman. David's grandfather, Max Gochman, started Academy Sports + Outdoors over 70 years ago when he opened Academy Tire Shop in 1938 in San Antonio, Texas. After a few years, Max began selling military surplus, and the store continued to evolve into what it is now — a sports, outdoor and lifestyle retailer with an assortment of hunting, fishing and camping equipment and gear along with sports and leisure products, footwear, and apparel. Today, annual sales exceed $2.7 billion.[3]
Business
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Academy stores have six departments:

    Team Sports (Including the Golf Shop and Fitness Flat)
    Footwear
    Camping (Including patio furniture and cooking supplies)
    Hunting and Fishing (including firearm sales, boating, and truck and trailer accessories)
    Apparel
    Front End (cash registers, including hunting and fishing license sales at select registers)