Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. - 2002 dated Specimen Stock Certificate
Inv# SE3627 Specimen Stock
New York
North Carolina
Specimen Stock printed by American Bank Note Company. Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. is a prominent American retail chain specializing in sporting goods, established in 1948 by Richard "Dick" Stack. It holds the title of the largest sporting goods retailer in the United States and is included in the Fortune 500 list. As of 2020, the company operates approximately 854 stores nationwide. Headquartered in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, it employs around 50,100 individuals as of March 2020. The company's portfolio includes subsidiaries such as Field & Stream, Golf Galaxy, and Public Lands, while it previously owned Chelsea Collective and True Runner. In 2017, the company boasted 690 Dick's locations, nearly 100 Golf Galaxy stores, and about 30 Field & Stream outlets. Following the acquisitions of Affinity Sports, Blue Sombrero, and GameChanger, the company introduced Team Sports HQ, a suite of digital offerings. Edward W. Stack serves as the executive chairman, while Lauren Hobart holds the positions of president and chief executive officer, and Lee Belitsky is the chief financial officer, as of 2018. Lauren Hobart made history by succeeding Edward W. Stack as CEO on February 1, 2021, becoming the first female to occupy this role within the company.
Stock and Bond Specimens are made and usually retained by a printer as a record of the contract with a client, generally with manuscript contract notes such as the quantity printed. Specimens are sometimes produced for use by the printing company's sales team as examples of the firm’s products. These are usually marked "Specimen" and have no serial numbers.
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