Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation

The company: Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. Headquarters: El Segundo Ticker: BGFV Employees: 9,000 Leadership: Steven G. Miller, chief executive since 2000 2012 revenue: $940.5 million 2012 net income: $14.9 million Stock price: $21.37 at...

Sometimes smaller is better. That's the philosophy of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp., which owns 415 sporting-goods stores in 12 states, about half of them in California. The El Segundo company believes that operating a large number of easily accessible,...

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. reported a 39 percent jump in third-quarter sales as customers rushed to buy firearms to beat an anticipated tightening of U.S. gun laws after a massacre at a Connecticut elementary school. Gun sales often rise following mass...

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A student club at Pasadena High School has started a petition calling on school district officials to halt public spending on products from companies that manufacture or sell guns....

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As bad as it may feel to be in stocks this month, most major U.S. market indexes have given back only a portion of their July gains, not all of them. The exception: an index of microcap shares, which are......

Two masked gunmen stole at least a dozen firearms from an Anaheim sporting goods store early Monday, authorities said. The robbery occurred about 5:30 a.m. at a Big 5 Sporting Goods store near Orangethorpe Avenue and Lemon Street, said spokesman......

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