Sports Authority

Dick’s Tees Up Bid For Bankrupt Golfsmith

The competition for bankrupt retailer Golfsmith has just gotten more interesting, with Dick’s Sporting Goods reportedly prepping a bid for an auction…

PacSun Exits Bankruptcy With Most Stores Still Open

Bucking the trend of retail bankruptcies that result in either total liquidations or severe cutting of stores, Pacific Sunwear of California (PacSun)…

Creditors Group Seeks Trustee To Manage Sports Authority Bankruptcy

While Sports Authority has continued to close its stores and sell off its remaining assets in the wake of its March 2016…

Dick’s Sporting Goods Spends $15 Million For Sports Authority Site And Customer Data

The Sports Authority brand name will continue to live on after all — but under the Dick’s Sporting Goods flag. In an…

Does Anyone Want Sports Authority’s Stores? Dick’s Bids On Only 17 Locations

Dick’s Sporting Goods took another step to become the dominant player within sporting goods retailing, submitting a bid for 17 Sports Authority…

Potential Modell’s, Sports Direct Bid For 200 Sports Authority Stores: Home Run Or Error?

Modell’s Sporting Goods and UK-based Sports Direct are in talks for a potential joint deal to buy as many as 200 Sports…

Ralph Lauren To Cut Jobs, Shutter 50 Stores

Ralph Lauren is cutting about 1,000 jobs and closing 50 stores as part of a wide-ranging plan to lower costs and revive…

Sports Authority Set To Close All Remaining Stores Upon Sale To Joint Liquidators

The long-running battle to keep the Sports Authority brand alive appears to have finally come to a close, with the sporting goods…

A Shifting Retail Landscape: A Closer Look At Sports Authority

With Sports Authority adding itself to the list of distressed retailers joining the order of bankruptcy, it is definitely safe to say…

As Sports Authority Liquidates, What’s Next For Its Stores?

After a tumultuous few months that involved a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, preparations to close approximately 140 stores, then a push-back of…

Sporting Goods Sector’s Woes Continue As Sport Chalet Shutters All Stores

There’s more bad news in the sporting goods vertical, even as Sports Authority has managed to push back the date for a…

Dick’s Plans Expansions Even As Rivals Quit The Field

In the wake of Sports Authority’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, chief rival Dick’s Sporting Goods is further setting itself apart as the top…

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