The Michaels Companies, Inc. is North America`s largest specialty provider of arts, crafts, framing, floral, wall décor, and seasonal merchandise for the hobbyist and do-it-yourself home decorator. As of February 27, 2016, the Company owned and operated more than 1,340 stores in 49 states and Canada under the brands Michaels, Aaron Brothers and Pat Catan`s. The Michaels Companies, Inc., also owns Artistree, a manufacturer of high quality custom and specialty framing merchandise, and Darice, a premier wholesale distributor in the gift and decor industry. The Michaels Companies, Inc. produces a number of exclusive private brands including Recollections®, Studio Decor™, Bead Landing®, Creatology®, Ashland®, Celebrate It®, Art Minds®, Artist`s Loft®, Craft Smart® and Loops & Threads®. With crafting classes, store events, project sheets, store displays, mobile applications and online videos, The Michaels Companies offer experiences that can inspire creativity and confidence for customers.
Fanatics is a leading online retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise and provides the ultimate shopping experience to sports fans. As a Top 50 Internet Retailer Company, Fanatics comprises the broadest online assortment offering hundreds of thousands of officially licensed items via its Fanatics and FansEdge brands. In addition, the Company powers the e-commerce sites of all major professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, PGA), major media brands (NBC Sports, CBS Sports, FOX Sports) and over 200 collegiate and professional team properties.
Favorite Fishing USA manufactures fishing rods and reels as well as other fishing accessories along two separate brand lines: Favorite Rods and Select Rods.
Headquartered in Birmingham, AL, Hibbett Sports has a simple philosophy: it's all about the customer. Though the company has grown to over 1000 stores in 33 states, we've never lost sight of our roots as a neighborhood sporting goods store. We start at the local store level, carefully choosing a selection of sporting goods designed to meet the needs of the cities and towns where we locate. We strive to make each store about you, the customer, offering the highest quality name brands and very competitive prices. Then we separate ourselves from the competition with our excellent customer service, training every associate to equip them with exceptional product knowledge that helps them serve you better. Hibbett Sports is committed to serving where we are needed. We are focused on the sporting goods needs of our customers. We stock a wide variety of sporting goods categories to provide product for the varied needs of our customers. We stock men's, women's and youth sizes in apparel and footwear. We also bring the latest in footwear fashion to our customers and Hibbett Sports is known as the place to get the latest footwear launch from Nike. One of the most exciting apparel categories we offer our customers is fan apparel for college and pro sports. We focus on team sports equipment, bringing our customers the latest in technology in baseball, basketball, football, soccer and fitness.
The Action Network, a premium sports analysis and media company founded by The Chernin Group, caters to the $170 billion+ under-served sports wagering and fantasy markets.