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How Dick’s Sporting Goods Fights Premium Sneaker Diversion with its Mobile App

Retail TouchPoints

The customer-facing mobile app for Dicks Sporting Goods has traveled a long way since its debut in 2021. Walker had a fireside chat with Radar CEO Nick Patrick at the NRF 2025 session, The Future of Geolocation in Retail. Dicks stores are big, so I can see wayfinding and assistance requests, as possible functionalities, he said.

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Dick’s Sporting Goods Is Buying Foot Locker for $2.4B

Retail Wire

Dicks Sporting Goods may soon own Foot Locker. According to the Wall Street Journal , Dicks proposed buying Foot Locker stock at $24 per share. Combined with Foot Locker, Dicks Sporting Goods will substantially increase its store presence. Dicks and the struggling sneaker retailer have agreed to a $2.4

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Retail experts discuss the potential of Dick’s Sporting Goods’ Foot Locker deal

Inside Retail

billion takeover deal with Brazilian equity firm 3G Capital to the more recently announced deal between Dicks Sporting Goods and Foot Locker. On May 15, Dicks Sporting Goods published a press release confirming they are acquiring Foot Locker for approximately $2.4 This includes major announcements like Skechers’ $9.4

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DICK’S Sporting Goods Launches Same-Day Delivery at 150 Locations

Retail TouchPoints

DICK’S Sporting Goods has partnered with Instacart to launch same-day delivery at more than 150 stores. The service will cover thousands of DICK’S Sporting Goods products including sporting and athletic equipment, outdoor recreation gear and apparel, footwear and accessories. “We’re

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Dick’s Sporting Goods Integrates Traceability into Sourcing Operations

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Dick’s Sporting Goods will expand its use of sourcing solutions from Inspectorio , incorporating traceability as it centralizes its production chain activities under the solution provider’s AI platform.

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‘Designed to Explore the Future of Retail’: DICK’S Sporting Goods Debuts House of Sport Concept

Retail TouchPoints

A 17,000-square-foot outdoor turf field and running track, a rock-climbing wall, batting cages and golf hitting bays — these are just a handful of the features adding excitement to the new experiential retail concept — House of Sport from DICK’S Sporting Goods.

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Dick’s Invites Consumers to Try Out for its ‘Varsity’ Influencer Team

Retail TouchPoints

Dicks Sporting Goods is expanding its Dicks Varsity Team content creator and influencer program by inviting consumers who have a passion for both sports and social media to join.