Stores helped fulfill Dick’s sales growth in 2020
March 16, 2021
Dick’s Sporting Goods reported a 19.3 percent gain in same-store sales during the fourth quarter, driven by a 57 percent jump in online sales. “Seventy percent of the chain’s online sales during the quarter were fulfilled through ship-from-store, in-store pick-up or curbside,” said Lauren Hobart, Dick’s president and CEO.
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