[1][2] It operated traditional sporting goods stores and Oshman's Supersports USA megastores.

In 1931 he moved to Houston by buying the stock of a bankrupt army-surplus store known as Crawford-Austin and liquidated its inventory.

Oshman's opened locations in suburban shopping centers in Greater Houston, and then, in Bay City, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, and Pasadena.

At that time the company had ten sporting goods stores and two wholesale firms located in the Gulf Coast region.

[7] At the time, Abercrombie and Fitch had filed bankruptcy and was a brand that sold lavish items along with fishing and hunting gear.