Parent company Camping World Holdings Inc. (CWH) announced that Gander Outdoors has plans to close, sell, move or repurpose 27 to 37 locations do not carry recreational vehicles, RV service, RV parts, and RV accessories by year-end.
“We believe the sale and/or servicing of recreational vehicles is our core and most important offering and, with the RV and outdoor consumer crossover, we believe there is an opportunity to continue growing our market share and improve our financial performance through the operation of locations with RV sales and/or service and, when feasible, our hunting, fishing and camping products,” Marcus Lemonis, CEO at Camping World said in a statement.
Camping World owns about 200 locations under the Gander Outdoors brand with 165 of these locations offering RV products and service. The company did not disclose which stores would be closing.