{"id":21279,"date":"2013-03-25T09:58:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T14:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=21279"},"modified":"2013-03-25T09:58:14","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T14:58:14","slug":"ruger-named-cabelas-vendor-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/ruger-named-cabelas-vendor-of-the-year\/21279\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruger Named Cabela\u2019s Vendor of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21280\" alt=\"rugerlogo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/rugerlogo.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/rugerlogo.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/rugerlogo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/rugerlogo-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/>Sturm, Ruger &amp; Co., Inc. (NYSE: RGR) is proud to announce that the Company has been named Vendor of the Year by Cabela\u2019s, the world&#8217;s largest direct marketer of hunting, fishing, camping and related outdoor merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an exceptional honor considering the many world-class vendors that contribute to the success of Cabela\u2019s,&#8221; said Shawn Leska, Ruger Director of Sales. &#8220;This award also validates our ongoing efforts in new product design, improved manufacturing processes, enhanced marketing communication and expanded Distributor and Retailer programs, all of which contribute to Ruger&#8217;s success,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Roger Verhulst, Cabela\u2019s Senior Vice President of Merchandising, noted that it was a team effort by Ruger and Lipsey&#8217;s that earned the special recognition. &#8220;We have many vendor partners, but the Lipsey&#8217;s\/Ruger team stands out as a key partnership,&#8221; said Verhulst. &#8220;Ruger and Lipsey&#8217;s have long term vision, great communication, offer new and exclusive products and help create a strategy to market together. We have a strong relationship with Lipsey&#8217;s and Ruger and they are doing the right things to contribute to success,&#8221; Verhulst concluded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are honored to be recognized as Vendor of the Year,&#8221; said Lipsey&#8217;s President &amp; CEO Laurie Lipsey Aronson. She continued, &#8220;I think it is very appropriate that Ruger and Lipsey&#8217;s are both recognized as it is a team effort to serve Cabela\u2019s. The key ingredients in this success are planning, communication and hard work by a dedicated staff. As a firearms distributor, we coordinate many parts of the process and we work hard to provide exceptional service to all our customers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For information on the extensive line of award winning Ruger firearms, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Ruger.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.Ruger.com<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Facebook.com\/Ruger\" target=\"_blank\">www.Facebook.com\/Ruger<\/a>. To find accessories for Ruger firearms, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ShopRuger.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.ShopRuger.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roger Verhulst, Cabela\u2019s Senior Vice President of Merchandising, noted that it was a team effort by Ruger and Lipsey&#8217;s that earned the special recognition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[2949,25,2950],"class_list":["post-21279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-industry","tag-cabelas","tag-ruger","tag-vendor-of-the-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}