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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.

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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. Combined with Foot Locker, Dicks Sporting Goods will substantially increase its store presence. Dicks Sporting Goods Is Saving Foot Locker From Financial Disaster The offer from Dicks Sporting Goods came at a suitable time for Foot Locker.

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Dick’s Sporting Goods Teams Up with Uber Eats for Delivery from 800+ Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Beginning this week, Dick’s Sporting Goods has partnered with Uber Eats for on-demand delivery from the 800 Dick’s and Golf Galaxy locations across the country — just in case you want to include a new set of golf balls as a last-minute Father’s Day gift. Uber Eats has been adding retailer partners at a fast pace this year.

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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

“This acquisition is a great step forward for us, not only in expanding our footprint but also in enhancing our ability to meet the rising demand for high-quality sporting goods in a region with such dynamic growth.”

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Walmart Buys Pittsburgh-Area Mall for $34 Million

Retail TouchPoints

According to the CBL website , the 985,073-square-foot Monroeville Mall contains 133 stores, including Dicks Sporting Goods, Macys, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Forever 21, Victorias Secret and JCPenney. The 185,517-square-foot Annex contains eight stores, and the combined property received approximately 3.49

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

Retail TouchPoints

Building materials and garden supply stores: unchanged Sporting goods: unchanged Several product categories also registered increases on an unadjusted year-over-year basis including: Furniture and home furnishings: up 5.6% Electronics and appliances: up 3.7% Health and personal care: up 3% Clothing and accessories: up 2.8%