Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) Teams Up with Major League Soccer for Back-to-School Shopping Spree
Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS), based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sports equipment, apparel, and footwear. The company operates 357 stores in 38 states primarily throughout the eastern half of the U.S. Dick’s also owns Golf Galaxy, Inc., a multi-channel golf specialty retailer with 84 stores in 30 states, ecommerce Web sites and catalog operations; and Chick’s Sporting Goods, which operates 15 sporting goods stores in Southern California. Dick’s and some of the Major League Soccer’s (MLS) best are teaming up to help some disadvantaged youth for the back-to-school season.…