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

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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.

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

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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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Holiday Sales Grew 4% to Top $994 Billion, Exceeding Expectations

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Consumers came out to spend this holiday season and clearly underscored the solid growth in the U.S. The spending pace was back to pre-pandemic growth and indicates a good start for the year ahead. The 2024 figures were driven in part by lower inflation compared with 2023, particularly for goods. 1 through Dec.

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Target Launches 300-Piece Limited-Time Kate Spade Collection

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Our teams worked together for two years to create this collection, and I cant wait for consumers to see everything we have to offer.

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Gap, DoorDash, NBCU Execs Weigh in on the State of the Consumer

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Between the tariff tug-of-war, flailing markets, insanely high egg prices and general twitchiness (as one strategist put it), consumers have gotten a bit hard to nail down lately. Here’s what some of the leading minds in retail say consumers need now. One thing is clear its not AI.

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Dick’s Plans New Slate of Sporting Goods Resale Events with SidelineSwap

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Dick’s Sporting Goods is expanding its partnership with sporting goods resale marketplace SidelineSwap following a previous expansion in 2023. During these events, Dick’s customers can bring in their used sports gear for evaluation by SidelineSwap experts. through an ongoing series of trade-in events.

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Arrival of Sports Direct to drive competition for premium sites: Retail expert

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Retail experts are predicting that the arrival of a Frasers and Accent Group-backed Sports Direct will shake up the market share of Australias sporting goods retailers. He believes the Australian market isnt big enough to support another major sporting goods retailer.