As outdoorsy-oriented businesses in this general vein expand, there are also a lot of forces seeking to turn them into more or less general purpose retailers with the thinnest of outdoor activity veneers. Some seem to navigate this better than others. LL Bean, in my experience, still has solid customer service and seems to still have a pretty decent hunting&#x2F;fishing department (although their hiking&#x2F;camping is relatively week). But brands like Eddie Bauer are just, well, brands at this point. And, fun fact, Abercrombie &amp; Fitch started out as a high-end outdoors store. REI seems to have threaded a reasonable path.