‘A great, great run:’ After more than half a century, Outdoors Inc. closing landmark East Memphis store
Outdoors, Inc. is closing after 52 years. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
After serving countless customers and being a pivotal figure in the local hiking, biking and outdoors community for 52 years, Joe Royer and staff announced they’re closing Outdoors Inc.
“It’s been a great, great run,” said Royer, 78. “It’s been a lot of fun. It’s a great way to make a living.”
When Royer started his business, he worked with a rotary telephone. There were no computers or fax machines. Vendors of major equipment would sell to him and his staff, and they would serve customers.
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Steve Bohnel
Steve Bohnel is a Temple University graduate, originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He’s worked at news organizations in Iowa, Maryland and Pittsburgh, covering local and state politics. He covers health care, transportation and logistics, public companies, banking and finance and technology. He is an avid traveler, an Everton F.C. and Philadelphia sports fan, and likes collecting records and biking around town.
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