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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. In 2023, the retailer started using the app to help manage one of the industrys biggest grey market challenges: the sneaker craze.

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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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Frasers acquires South African sporting goods leader Holdsport

Retail Gazette

Holdsport CEO Bradley Moritz added: “We are delighted with Frasers’ acquisition of Holdsport and their inaugural investment into Southern Africa.

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Adidas Pilots New Contextual Commerce Ad Tool

Retail TouchPoints

Adidas will be the first retailer to utilize a new contextual commerce solution from media platform Teads , which will allow the sporting goods brand to offer tailored product ads to customers online based on factors such as price, stock levels and delivery options.

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Inventory Management Tips for Retailers to Reduce Overstock and Increase Profits

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

That’s why applying smart inventory management tips isn’t just helpful — it’s essential for retailers in the apparel, Footwear, Jewelry, Sporting Goods, Home Goods, and department store industries. But here’s the good news: surplus stock doesn’t have to mean a financial loss. So, why wait?

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Macy’s Store Closures Partially Responsible for 274% Increase in Retail Layoffs, According to a New Report

Retail Wire

The move folds into the company’s multiyear “Bold New Chapter” turnaround plan and is expected to erase thousands of jobs in sales, visual merchandising, logistics, and middle management. Storefronts on Borrowed Time While closures are rolling out in phases, two high-profile locations illustrate the human and local economic stakes.

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Uber Eats Adds Wegmans, Gopuff and Family Dollar to SNAP-Eligible Retailer List

Retail TouchPoints

retailers are managed by Forage. Uber Eats has added a SNAP icon in its app to highlight the growing selection of retailers that accept EBT payments, and is offering $0 delivery fees to EBT cardholders for their first three SNAP-eligible orders. Payments to Uber Eats’ SNAP-eligible U.S.