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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. Dicks will reportedly use both cash and new debt to finance the deal. Combined with Foot Locker, Dicks Sporting Goods will substantially increase its store presence. Prior to the deal announcement, Foot Locker intended to implement its own turnaround plan.

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Founder of Ida Sports on what it takes to create a shoe fit for female athletes

Inside Retail

All of these things, especially if you’re playing a turf sport, add up to being quite big differences. And did you have any experience planning products? And then relatively early on, we got the Dicks’s Sporting Goods contract, so then we started fulfilling that and then grew, especially fast in the US.

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Adobe Predicts 8.4% Growth in Online Holiday Sales, Driven by Discounting

Retail TouchPoints

Following the same trend, usage of buy now, pay later (BNPL) financing solutions also are expected to reach record levels this holiday season. This effect is expected to be particularly strong in the sporting goods, electronics and appliance categories. 1 to Sept.

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More People Than Ever Are Exploring the Outdoors. Here’s the Opportunity for Brands and Retailers

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This has created significant opportunity for outdoor and sporting goods brands alike. . “I Whether they plan to spend a few hours on a trail or rough it for a camping weekend, consumers need insight and advice — and retailers can provide it to ultimately build trust and loyalty. “If

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Growth potential is not enough: Why Amer Sports’ IPO fell short

Inside Retail

The company sold 105 million shares for US$13 instead of the US$16-18 it originally floated, putting Amer Sports’ valuation at over US$6 billion. The sporting goods conglomerate has a unique proposition with its broad portfolio of 11 brands that include Wilson Sporting Goods, Salomon and Arc’teryx.

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How Online Retail Can Maximize Google Search In Uncertain Times

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Another behavioral shift has been informational searches rising as people are at home and online, while transactional searches fell due to consumers’ uncertainty over their finances. Can you reduce spend on brand terms that you might already be targeting through organic search?

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Advertising for Black Friday Will Look Different This Year: What Advertisers Need to Know

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In the past month alone, Walmart, Target, Best Buy and DICK’S Sporting Goods all have announced that they will not be opening their doors on Thanksgiving in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. This shift in ad dollars is poised to play an important role in holiday advertising plans this year.