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Dick's Sporting Goods recounts founding and says Pittsburgh is company home
Summary
A company representative recounted Dick's Sporting Goods' 1948 founding in Binghamton, New York, the $300 seed gift that launched the business, and the company's later decision to move its corporate headquarters to Pittsburgh, praising Pennsylvania as critical to the company's growth.
Company representative (role: company representative) said the retail company now known as Dick's Sporting Goods was founded in 1948 in Binghamton, New York, and later moved its corporate headquarters to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "The company was started back in 1948 by my father as a small bait and tackle shop," the company representative said.
The representative said the business began after the founder's grandmother gave him $300 to start the store. "She finally…
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