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

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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 Adds Six New Discount Concept Stores

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In June , DICK’S Sporting Goods launched its two new discount-focused store concepts — DICK’S Sporting Goods Warehouse and OVERTIME by DICK’S Sporting Goods — with the opening of five Warehouse and three OVERTIME locations. Four of the Warehouse stores debuted last weekend, in Amherst, N.Y.;

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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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How Localization is Helping CVS Position Itself as the Modern General Store

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If you want tennis balls, you can wait for them to be delivered or you can go to a big-box sporting goods store, but if you’re on the way to the courts shouldn’t you be able to go somewhere really convenient along the way? It’s almost like the old general store that is the core of what we offer.

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Crocs Expands Shoe Takeback Program Nationwide

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.; Anthropologie brought denim recycling to its stores on a year-round basis; Footwear retailer Dr. Martens debuted a resale program in March 2024 ; and Dick’s Sporting Goods expanded its partnership with sporting goods marketplace SidelineSwap in April 2024 , leveraging the resale platform for trade-in events at its stores.

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Dick’s Doubles Down on House of Sport Format, Planning 19 New Locations by 2024

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Through a combination of converting existing stores and building at least 10 new stores next year, Dick’s Sporting Goods will add at least 19 House of Sport locations by 2024. 28, 2023, the retailer will convert the remaining 17 stores to House of Sport or larger-format Dick’s stores.

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Three Design Tips for Fighting Shrink

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Be tough — but preserve the customer experience. Along the same lines, Dick’s Sporting Goods pointed to retail theft as the cause of its approximately 23% decline in profitability during the second quarter. This could help them harmonize twin goals — deterring crooks and preserving the customer experience.