Rumor surfacing.

[redneckshadrap]

The BPS store located in Council Bluffs, Iowa (Omaha)...the estimated population of Greater Omaha is 800K+.

The BPS store in Pearl, Mississippi (Jackson)...estimated population of Greater Jackson is 500K+.

If you consider Lexington/Fayette, the surrounding counties, and Frankfort, the population of "Central Kentucky" sings more to the tune of 600K+.

It's do'able based on population and geographic draw, without question, based on the growth this area has seen and other areas where BPS has successful stores.

London and Somerset aren't slouches either. It could draw all of the hunters from the eastern Ky area.

Waistdeep,

The reps and wholesalers numbers(in the region they service) are down because of fill rate rather than no sales. I DO know that the fill rate for some of these wholesellers isn't to good. Don't let them mislead you.
The same folks(Zoom, Shimano, Yamamoto, ect,ect) that supply them also supply the Dicks, Sportmanswarehouses,Bass Pro shops and the Cabellas across the nation. Now who do you thinks gets thier orders filled first....Definitely not the wholeseller..which isn't fair at all, but it is what it is.
Now D&L(and a few others) is a different story. Thankfully they are committed to the mom and pops...

[MrSplitshot]

Now who do you thinks gets thier orders filled first....Definitely not the wholeseller..which isn't fair at all, but it is what it is.

As a wholesaler, I fight the same thing in the truck accessory business with some of my manufacturers who supply the AutoZones and Advanced Autos and NAPAs and O'Reillys of the world. They get parts via the big orders that go into their distribution centers and I get the B-O on my loads.