By Curtis Eichelberger and Wes Brown ( May 16, 2025, 21:14 GMT | Comment) -- DICK's Sporting Goods is a US sporting equipment retailer selling everything from bikes and water bottles to golf clubs and footwear, while Foot Locker is a global retailer that gets almost all its revenue from footwear. The key overlap — athletic shoes — is an intensely competitive market where customers can purchase products direct from the manufacturer, online and in brick-and-mortar stores, which will likely minimize the government’s concerns about anticompetitive effects that could result from the deal.DICK's Sporting Goods is a US sporting equipment retailer selling everything from bikes and water bottles to golf clubs and footwear, while Foot Locker is a global retailer that gets almost all its revenue from footwear. The key overlap — athletic shoes — is an intensely competitive market where customers can purchase products direct from the manufacturer, online and in brick-and-mortar stores, which will likely minimize the government’s concerns about anticompetitive effects that could result from the deal....
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