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Originally Posted by Para
Not knockin' anyone, but they come and go, one of the more established names being Lightfighter. Some of them need to take a good hard look at their business plans. There are reasons why someone on Yadkin remains open, i.e. General Jackson", and others who are off less travelled locations survive for only a short time.
Why do I know AWS? He has made something that was put into the system, I just can not remember what it was.
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IIRC, Lightfighter had a run of employee problems, then Brad sold out. Not sure of the business decisions, but they did sell a lot of gear.
One of the problems is that quite a few people go to the retail stores to check something out, then order it on line to save a few bucks (or a lot of bucks), unless they need it right now. You can have plenty of foot traffic without having a lot of big sales.
If the unit doesn't buy $1200 vests and plate systems, not too many individuals will. Some of the stuff is just too expensive for your average Joe.
IMHO, Gen Jacksons stays in business because of location, selection, Willy, and location again. The pricing and the service are not particularly good.
At least the owner of AWS is an SF guy. His store is definitely out of the high rent district though. Not too many GIs go down to the Murch for lunch unless they have a dependency problem. Never hurts to know where it is though, in case you get a short notice deployment and need a widget.
Just my .02, YMMV.
TR