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Star Tribune: Rogers Gander Mountain Will Catch Customers Headed North or to Cabela's

The new store's opening heralds a competitive battle between firearms-retail giants, the newspaper reported.

The imminent opening of a new Gander Mountain store selling only guns in Rogers promises to bring the battle for firearms buyers close to St. Michael, according to the Star Tribune:

Competition seems inevitable, because, given the layout of Rogers’ streets, most customers will pass the Gander Mountain store on their way to Cabela’s, which, in addition to guns, sells hunting, fishing and camping gear and related clothing. ...

Rogers is a good location because “it catches people on their way north,” said Steve Uline, Gander Mountain’s executive vice president of marketing, in an interview.

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