SGB Media has reported its Top 20 stories read online in 2020, with the Bass Pro acquisition of Sportsman’s Warehouse and related stories leading the charts. One surprising story in the Top 20 was related to the acquisition deal announced in December but was a story published in 2009 that referenced store closures by Sportsman’s Warehouse.

Overall, the SGBonline.com web site had a banner year in readership, recording over 2.5 million page views, a 20 percent increase over 2019.

For December 2020, pageviews for SGBonline.com were up nearly 27 percent to over 221,000 views. Unique views were up almost 28 percent.

Click on any story headline below to read coverage may have missed.

SGBonline.com Top Stories of 2020:

1.   Bass Pro Explores Going Small With Sportsman’s Warehouse Buy

2.   Bass Pro’s Debt Ratings Outlook Lowered To Negative

3.   Planet Fitness Gets Ready To Re-Open

4.   Conversation With Dick’s Sporting Goods’ CEO Ed Stack

5.   Analyst: Nike Will No Longer Sell To These Nine Big Retailers

6.   Bass Pro’s Planned Acquisition Of Sportsman’s Warehouse Seen As Credit Positive

7.   Boscov’s Files for Bankruptcy

8.   Active Ride Shop Latest Retailer to File for Bankruptcy Protection

9.   Clean Bottle Acquired By Investment Firm

10. GSM Acquires Cold Steel

11. Bass Pro To Acquire Sportsman’s Warehouse

12. Nike Cuts Off Frank’s Sport Shop

13. Report: Nike Undergoes Second Round Of Layoffs

14. Consumers Willing To Pay Up For Sustainability

15. Academy Sports Furloughs Staff

16. J.C. Penney Reaches Deal To Resume Nike Shipments

17. Which Public Companies Will Emerge Strongest From COVID-19 Crisis?

18. Crocs Debuts Christopher Kane Runway Collab At London Fashion Week

19. Sportsman’s Warehouse Closing 23 Doors, Selling 15 Others

20. REI Kills Life-time Return Policy, Citing Uptick in Returns of Dated Merchandise

 

SGBonline.com Top Stories of December 2020:

1.   Bass Pro Explores Going Small With Sportsman’s Warehouse Buy

2.   Bass Pro’s Planned Acquisition Of Sportsman’s Warehouse Seen As Credit Positive

3.   GSM Acquires Cold Steel

4.   Bass Pro To Acquire Sportsman’s Warehouse

5.   Dick’s SG Names Todd Spaletto President Of Public Lands Retail Concept

6.   New Balance To Close Boston Factory

7.   Under Armour Sued Over Rush Fabric Claims

8.   Canyon Bicycles Acquired By Belgium Investor

9.   Peloton To Acquire Precor

10. Sports Basement CFO Among Cyclists Killed In Las Vegas Crash

 

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