sounds like kkr sucks

Yellow magic look on the front endcap.there's a few lucky crafts left on clearance.everything will be stock back to full in october.guys if you see a product that has been empty for a long time tell a manager that the count is off so he can zero it out.

I say the same, however, its not uncommon to buy a company, do nothing with it, strip its assets and move on. Ut, premature to make that conclusion, I concur.

Now, go support your local tackle shop if you have one!

New things that r coming to academy is the new zoom 12 inch worm,bigbite warmouth,kvd 1.0,strike 3xd,several new models of h20 and several other things.

They are a massive asset management and private equity firm. They own a diverse global portfolio of different companies. My only experience with them on a retail level was with Toy's R US, which was a company headed in the wrong direction, until KKR took it private and reinvented nearly every part of the company from real estate to merchandising to service. They became one of the only big-box retailers in the country to grow during this recession.

I doubt this lack of stocking at local stores has anything to do with KKR, but it may indeed have to do with the sale. It will be months or years before we see the imprint of KKR on the specific departments.

One reason the previous owners said they were selling was they had taken the company as far as they could (or wanted to) without big money to finance the next level of growth. Maybe these problems are indicative of the kind of issues that the outgoing owners are hoping the new group can address.

You could be right. But.. The company I worked for when KKR became a "Partner" saw it's most productive divisions sold off along with other assests reducing a 4 Billion per annum company to a shell of it's former self.

The sale was expected to be completed in 6-8 weeks so I'm assuming that has happended. The Gochman family remains a minority investor but I don't have a clue how that impacts day-to-day operations much less long term planning. I'd suspect they have no say in operations.

TACKLE WAREHOUSE

Call Academy Headquarters to be heard. Those items won't be stocked until next fishing season.

Academy is rediculous when it comes to carrying the small :needed fishing items. Go to tacklewarehouse.com or support you local tackle shop!

Hey Coangler I know for a fact that most of the sales persons at Cabelas are very good fisherman as far as BPS or Acadamy or any other retail store i don't know.

John thanks for the info, you would be one of a very few to help in that store. Once you leave the front door, shoes or the reel counter is the only place you will see an associate.

I will do my best to make sure you find what you need and stay coming back to academy sports. Sorry about the issues everyone has had in that department as of late but I'll try to get get it fixed.

The academy in Mesquite has been out out of the grande bass baits I need for over 4 months now.

I googled "KKR Academy" and found plenty of articles on the buyout. KKR has bought out Dollar General and Toys R Us. Both of those retail stores are still around and growing so I think the outlook is good for Academy.

The managment has to realize that while they may not make much money on the basic fishing supplies of hooks, weights and line, that brings people into the store. Once in the store, then they buy other stuff like tennis shoes for the kids or camp chairs for the kid's soccer games. If they don't carry the "supplies" I need, then I don't go to the store and the kid's tennis shoes get bought by Mom in another store like Target or Stride Rite.

I will be in the Lewisville store this weekend. If I come out with only tennis shoes for my 4 year old, I won't be back until Spring.

Tell a manager that the count is off so it will be zeroed out and you should see product within 2 weeks.