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5G in Retail: Creating the WOW factor

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Dick’s Sporting Goods , one of the largest sporting goods retailers, recently unveiled its House of Sports store with a running track, rock wall, batting cages and outdoor turf field. A pallet of goods can be tracked from departure at the manufacturing site through transit to the store.

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Dick’s Sporting Goods smashes quarterly sales records

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Dick’s Sporting Goods reported a 20.7 The retailer’s online business jumped 194 percent and earnings per share were up 155 percent, both quarterly improvement records over the same period in 2019.

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28 Brands Sign Charter to Mitigate Racially Biased Experiences in Retail Environments

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Sephora and 27 other retailers, along with the Open to All nonprofit, have signed the Mitigate Racial Bias in Retail Charter, marking their commitment to concrete steps that will improve equality across the industry. At Sephora, diversity, equity and inclusion have long been core to our mission since our U.S. Crew ; Levi Strauss & Co.

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As DTC Business Wanes, Solo Brands Taps New President and CEO

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He also helped rebalance Vista Outdoor’s balance sheet and improve overall cash flow. Merris noted in an episode of the Retail Remix podcast that the company was doubling down on its partnerships with retailers like Ace Hardware , Dick’s Sporting Goods and Lowe’s.

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The Future of Retail is Smaller, Crowdsourced and Robot-Powered

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A sporting goods store, for example, could reconfigure its floor space so that most of its inventory resides in the back and the display space becomes an activity area with a rock climbing wall, golf simulator and cycling studio. Beyond density, remarkable gains can be made by simply improving the software that drives the robots.

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DSW Plans to Double Sales of Private Label Brands Over Next 5 Years

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The goal is to hit $4 billion in revenue with an operating margin of 9% (which would be an improvement of over 200 basis points) by the end of fiscal 2026. DBI expects the margin increases to be driven primarily by its renewed focus on private label sales, most of which happen in its own DTC channels.

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The Post-COVID Store: How to Tap the Pent-Up Need for Interaction Without Sacrificing Safety

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Retailers will need to maintain elevated safety precautions and further improve in-store fulfillment, while at the same time busting any type of friction more forcefully than ever. You look at ULTA Beauty or DICK’S Sporting Goods during the pandemic and they crushed it. Look at some of the sporting goods retailers.