About Double D Western World
The idea for a store grew out of love and necessity, Creed said. With so many horses, the farms had to find places to literally buy truckloads of tack. Other ranchers and farms in the area had the same needs. As a result Berva opened a 1,000 sq ft tack shop on the Wickenburg farm. Double D, which came from the partners' names in the horse-training operation, became a name in Western retail 17 years ago. Once Berva and Creed started witnessing the steady demand for tack and supplies, the retailing genes in their family history started to take hold. Berva's father owned a chain of grocery stores in Nevada. Creed had been a cowboy all his life training horses, and he had 28 years of retail work on his resume as well. Wickenburg is the dude ranch capitol of the world. Creed and Berva saw a need of going into the clothing market with hats, boots and all of the accessories one would need for a store. It was a gamble in a town with a population of 5,000. To jump into retail full-time required moving Double D off of the farm and into town. Over 12 years ago, Berva and Creed built the store at the current site, leaving the basement unfinished for further expansion. As Creed and Berva began to raise a family, they came to a crossroads in their careers. The road life that came with the job worked well when their children were younger, but as they grew, it became more of a struggle. In 1998 the family got out of raising horses to focus full time on retail...
Double D Western World is listed in following categories:
- <Clothing accessories>
- <In service training and manpower development>
- <Camping and wilderness facilities>