Published: April 05, 2011
Cabela's Inc. Announces Plans for Store in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
SIDNEY, Neb. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Cabela's Incorporated (NYSE: CAB) announced today plans to bring the
Cabela's retail experience to customers in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
Canada, and the surrounding area.
Cabela's expects to open the Saskatoon store in spring of 2012. The
50,000-square-foot store will be located in the Preston Crossing
shopping area at the intersection of Circle Drive and Preston Avenue in
northeast Saskatoon, near the University of Saskatchewan main campus.
This will be the third Cabela's store in Canada, joining locations in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, a former S.I.R. Warehouse Sports Store acquired and
converted in 2008, and Edmonton, Alberta, to open late this summer.
The building's exterior will reflect Cabela's traditional store model
with log construction, stonework, wood siding and metal roofing. The
inside will highlight the Company's next-generation layout, which is
designed to immerse customers in the outdoor experience and includes
conservation-themed wildlife displays and trophy animal mounts. The
store will also feature a Bargain Cave and a Fudge Shop. Construction is
expected to start in July 2011.
"It's been an exciting few years since we opened our first store in
Canada," said Cabela's Chief Executive Officer Tommy Millner. "Many
Canadians have been loyal Cabela's catalog customers for decades, and
it's an honor to serve them in our retail stores too, making our gear
and knowledge even more accessible to the country's outdoor enthusiasts."
Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Cabela's will
open stores in Allen, Texas, and Springfield, Ore., in addition to the
Edmonton store. The Company has also announced plans to build a store in
Wichita, Kan., expected to open in early spring 2012.
Showcasing thousands of products, including hunting, fishing, camping,
hiking, boating and wildlife-watching gear, as well as outdoor clothing
and outdoor-themed gifts and furnishings, Cabela's is famous for its
strong brand and world-renowned reputation for delivering quality
merchandise, value and legendary customer service.
Cabela's, which plans to hire more than 100 people from the Saskatoon
area, typically attracts experienced outdoor recreationalists as
employees, who join the Cabela's family of employees known for their
excellent customer service skills and detailed knowledge of outdoor
products.
The Preston Crossing shopping area also includes Walmart, Rona and
Canadian Tire stores as anchor tenants.
About Cabela's Incorporated
Cabela's Incorporated, headquartered in Sidney, Nebraska, is a leading
specialty retailer, and the world's largest direct marketer, of hunting,
fishing, camping and related outdoor merchandise. Since the Company's
founding in 1961, Cabela's has grown to become one of the most
well-known outdoor recreation brands in the world, and has long been
recognized as the World's Foremost Outfitter. Through Cabela's growing
number of retail stores and its well-established direct business, it
offers a wide and distinctive selection of high-quality outdoor products
at competitive prices while providing superior customer service.
Cabela's also issues the Cabela's CLUB Visa credit card, which serves
as its primary customer loyalty rewards program. Cabela's stock is
traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CAB" .
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not historical or current fact
are "forward-looking statements" that are based on the Company's
beliefs, assumptions and expectations of future events, taking into
account the information currently available to the Company. Such
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the
Company's statement regarding opening a retail store in Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Canada, in spring of 2012. Forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual
results, performance or financial condition to differ materially from
the expectations of future results, performance or financial condition
that the Company expresses or implies in any forward-looking statements.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the level
of discretionary consumer spending; the state of the economy, including
increases in unemployment levels and bankruptcy filings; changes in the
capital and credit markets or the availability of capital and credit;
the Company's ability to comply with the financial covenants in its
credit agreements; changes in consumer preferences and demographic
trends; the Company's ability to successfully execute its multi-channel
strategy; the ability to negotiate favorable purchase, lease and/or
economic development arrangements for new retail store locations;
expansion into new markets and market saturation due to new retail store
openings; the rate of growth of general and administrative expenses
associated with building a strengthened corporate infrastructure to
support the Company's growth initiatives; increasing competition in the
outdoor segment of the sporting goods industry; the cost of the
Company's products; political or financial instability in countries
where the goods the Company sells are manufactured; increases in postage
rates or paper and printing costs; supply and delivery shortages or
interruptions, and other interruptions or disruptions to our systems,
processes or controls, caused by system changes or other factors,
including technology system changes in support of our customer
relationship management system; adverse or unseasonal weather
conditions; fluctuations in operating results; increased government
regulation, including regulations relating to firearms and ammunition;
inadequate protection of the Company's intellectual property; material
security breaches of computer systems; the Company's ability to protect
its brand and reputation; changes in accounting rules applicable to
securitization transactions, including related increases in required
regulatory capital; the Company's ability to manage credit, liquidity,
interest rate, operational, legal and compliance risks; increasing
competition for credit card products and reward programs; the Company's
ability to increase credit card receivables while managing fraud,
delinquencies and charge-offs; the Company's ability to securitize its
credit card receivables at acceptable rates or access the deposits
market at acceptable rates; decreased interchange fees as a result of
credit card industry regulation and/or litigation; the impact of
legislation, regulation and supervisory regulatory actions in the
financial services industry, including the Credit Card Accountability
Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, new and proposed regulations
affecting securitizations and the recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; other factors that the
Company may not have currently identified or quantified; and other
risks, relevant factors and uncertainties identified in the Company's
filings with the SEC (including the information set forth in the "Risk
Factors" section of the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
January 1, 2011), which filings are available at the Company's website
at www.cabelas.com
and the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Given the risks and uncertainties surrounding forward-looking
statements, you should not place undue reliance on these statements. The
Company's forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are
made. Other than as required by law, the Company undertakes no
obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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