DKS

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How DKS rewrote its risk factors

10-K ITEM 1A · FY2025 → FY2026

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Our business depends on consumer discretionary spending, and are sensitive to changes in global macroeconomic conditions outside of our control, including inflation, prolonged inflationary pressures and measures taken to curb inflation; elevated interest rates and recessionary pressures; changes in consumer disposable income consumer confidence and debt burdens; perceptions of global economic stability (including in response to shifts in government policies); and wage and unemployment levels.
These conditions can cause consumers to reduce or postpone discretionary purchases, resulting in lower traffic, reduced comparable sales, and decreased average value per transaction across our business.
Geopolitical developments may also adversely affect our business and financial results.
Ongoing conflicts and tensions —such as those in the Middle East (particularly the recent U.S. military operations in Iran), Ukraine and Venezuela—and the threat or outbreak of additional conflicts, war, terrorism, or public unrest may create economic instability, disrupt supply chains, increase fuel and transportation costs, or elevate cybersecurity risks.
Such developments continue to introduce uncertainty regarding long‑term trade and economic conditions in the European Union and other markets, which may particularly affect our Foot Locker Business given its international footprint.
In response to reduced demand, we may need to increase promotional activity or adjust pricing strategies, which could negatively impact our planned sales levels and gross margins.
A sustained reduction in consumer spending or an extended period of economic instability could adversely affect our business, operations, liquidity, financial condition, and results of operations.
Intense competition in the sporting goods and retail industries could limit our growth and reduce our profitability.
We operate in a highly fragmented, intensely competitive and rapidly evolving global marketplace.
We operate a number of different store formats and compete with an expanding set of retailers and other potential competitors across multiple formats and channels—including large-format, specialty and traditional retailers; mass merchants; department stores; and online and direct‑to‑consumer sellers, including vendors.
Many of our competitors have significant international, national, regional, or local market presence, and their name recognition, and financial, marketing, technological, and other resources allow them to meaningfully compete with our business across various channels.
Our ability to effectively and successfully respond to competitive pressures may adversely affect our results of operations, profitability or reputation.
Consumers can compare prices and product offerings in real time, increasing pressure on us to maintain competitive pricing, differentiated assortments and compelling marketing programs.
If our varied marketing and advertising strategies, particularly across digital and social media channels, are unsuccessful, we could lose customers and experience declining sales.
In addition, the retail industry is undergoing continued technological innovation and disruption—including increased use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and machine learning.
If we cannot innovate, enhance our platforms or adopt new technologies at a pace consistent with consumer expectations and industry developments, our business could be harmed.
Fluctuations in product costs and availability could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Our product costs depend in part on the cost and availability of raw materials and component inputs.
Significant increases in those costs—whether due to trade tensions, shifting tariff policies in key sourcing countries like China, Mexico, and Canada (including recently enacted tariffs and potential additional shifts in tariff policies in the future), currency fluctuations, material shortages, supply chain disruptions, or other factors—could increase manufacturing and other costs for both our own private brand merchandise and the products we purchase from our vendors.
These factors could also compel us to seek alternative suppliers, take pricing actions, modify operations, or take other actions that may not fully mitigate the associated cost increases, and our sales, margins, and profitability could be adversely affected.
Our business also depends heavily on third‑party transportation providers to move products (including those manufactured overseas).
Transportation availability and other sourcing costs are influenced by fuel price volatility, extreme weather conditions, geopolitical conflicts and tensions as discussed above, acts of war or terrorism, port congestion, government shutdowns, labor disputes, regulatory changes, inspections, and other disruptions to global trade routes, shortages of qualified transportation personnel, and limited availability of aircraft, ships, trucks, and rail equipment.
In particular, the military conflict recently launched in Iran has had, and may continue to have, adverse impacts on global trade with respect to goods passing through the Strait of Hormuz and material supply chain disruptions resulting in significant increases in oil and fuel prices globally.
Increased demand for transportation services and spikes in fuel prices have resulted in higher transportation costs for us and our vendors, and continued volatility could further pressure our operating results.
Any inability by us or our vendors to secure adequate and timely transportation resources at competitive rates or to otherwise obtain sufficient quantities of merchandise at acceptable cost on a timely basis could delay product flow, result in shipment delays, disrupt inventory levels, and negatively impact our ability to serve customers, any of which may adversely affect our sales, profitability, and customer experience.
Our reliance on products manufactured outside the United States and our significant international operations expose us to numerous global economic, political, regulatory, and supply‑chain risks that could materially and adversely affect our sales, profitability, results of operations, and financial condition.
A substantial portion of our merchandise, including most of our vertical brand merchandise, is manufactured abroad.
As a result, our business is subject to a broad range of risks inherent in international sourcing and global retail operations, including changes in import duties, quotas, tariffs, and other trade restrictions; the potential introduction or expansion of taxes on imported goods; the loss of favorable trade status; trade remedy actions; geopolitical tensions; and other trade restraints affecting the countries where our vendors and manufacturers operate.
Heightened political and economic uncertainty may further disrupt global trade flows, limit access to vital trade routes, or affect the availability and cost of imported goods.
In addition, imported products are often subject to excise duties, sales taxes, and value‑added taxes, and our international retail operations are subject to various taxes in foreign jurisdictions.
Changes in duty structures, tax rates, or tax legislation—including indirect‑tax reforms, digital services taxes, or customs‑valuation rules—could increase the cost of goods sold or operating expenses.
Foreign manufacturers’ pricing may also be affected by local currency movements relative to the U.S. dollar, as well as changes in the cost of raw materials, which could further increase our product costs and negatively impact our margins.
Risks Related to Our Operations and Reputation If we are unable to anticipate or respond effectively to changes in consumer demand, preferences, fashion trends or shopping patterns, our sales and profitability may be adversely affected.
Our success depends on our ability to anticipate and respond in a timely manner to changing consumer demand, preferences and fashion, and cultural trends, as well as evolving shopping patterns across digital and in‑store channels of our business and international markets.
We operate a fully omni‑channel business model and must meet customers’ expectations for appealing and consistent online experiences; localized and differentiated assortments; premium products; elevated customer service; fast, accurate and reliable delivery and pickup options; and convenient returns.
Consumer expectations and shopping behaviors continue to evolve rapidly and vary across geographic and demographic groups, and these factors could be particularly pronounced within the global multi-cultural nature of our customer base with respect to the Foot Locker Business.
If we do not provide an omni‑channel experience that aligns with customer expectations, our results of operations could be adversely affected.
Our need to make advanced merchandise purchase commitments can limit our ability to adjust quickly to changes in demand or fashion trends.
If we misjudge consumer preferences or the market for our merchandise, we may experience significant markdowns, lower margins, missed sales opportunities and inventory write‑downs.
The athletic footwear and apparel industry, particularly at the premium end of the market, is driven by fashion and cultural trends, changing consumer preferences and product innovation.

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Our business depends on consumer discretionary spending, which can be adversely affected by many factors outside of the Company’s control, including general economic conditions, such as inflation and/or prolonged inflationary pressures; elevated interest rates and recessionary pressures; adverse changes in consumer disposable income; consumer confidence and perception of economic conditions, including as a result of new and shifting economic policies; geopolitical conflicts (including the conflicts in the Ukraine and the Middle East) and the threat or outbreak of further conflicts, war, terrorism or public unrest; wage and unemployment levels; consumer debt and the rising costs of basic necessities and other goods; pandemics, epidemics, contagious disease outbreaks and other public health concerns.
An adverse impact on consumer discretionary spending, whether as a result of any of these or other factors, may result in a d ecrease in athlete traffic, comparable sales, and average value per transaction and might cause us to utilize pricing strategies that will have a negative impact on our gross margins, all of which could negatively affect the Company’s business, operations, liquidity, and financial results, particularly if consumer spending levels are depressed for a prolonged period of time.
Intense competition in the sporting goods industry and in retail could limit our growth and reduce our profitability.
The market for sporting goods retailers is highly fragmented, intensely competitive, and continually evolving.
We compete with retailers from multiple categories and in multiple channels, including large formats; traditional and specialty formats; mass merchants; department stores; internet-based and direct-sell retailers; and from vendors that sell directly to customers.
Our competitors include companies that have greater national, regional and/or local market presence (both brick and mortar and online), name recognition, financial, marketing, and other resources than we do.
An inability to successfully respond to competitive pressures could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or reputation.
In addition, our industry is experiencing continued technological developments and innovations (including the use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and machine learning); if we are unable to provide enhancements and new features to our existing platforms or innovate quickly enough to keep pace with our industry peers, our business could be harmed.
Further, the ability of consumers to compare prices and product offerings in real-time puts additional pressure on us to maintain competitive pricing and product assortments.
If we are unsuccessful in our varied marketing and advertising strategies, especially via online and social media platforms, we could lose athletes and our sales could decline.
An inability to otherwise successfully respond to competitive pressures could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, reputation or profitability.
Fluctuations in product costs and availability due to inflationary pressures, tariffs, currency exchange rate fluctuations, fuel price uncertainty, supply chain constraints, increases in commodity prices, labor shortages and other factors could negatively impact our business and results of operations.
Our product costs are affected, in part, by the costs and availability of component materials.
A substantial increase in the prices of raw materials or commodities used in the products we sell, whether due to tariffs (including tariffs recently enacted or that may be enacted in the future by the federal government or by other countries in response to U.S. tariffs), a strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to certain foreign currencies, material shortages, supply chain disruptions or otherwise could increase the costs associated with manufacturing our products and the products that we purchase from our vendors.
Significant increases in the prices of raw materials and commodities and our ability to pass these increases on to our athletes or manage increased costs by other means may affect our sales and profitability.
We rely upon third-party transportation to deliver products from vendors and our manufacturing facilities to our distribution centers, from our distribution centers to our stores, and directly to our athletes using our omni-channel platform.
Consequently, our results may be adversely affected by those factors impacting transportation, including the price of fuel, slower transport times resulting from geopolitical conflicts (including the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East) and the threat or outbreak of further conflicts, war, terrorism or public unrest and other challenges impacting ocean trade routes, and the availability of aircraft, ships, trucks, trains, and qualified personnel to operate them.
The price of fuel and demand for transportation services has fluctuated significantly in recent years and has resulted in increased transportation costs for us and our vendors.
Labor and employee shortages in the transportation industry could negatively affect transportation costs and our ability to supply our stores and deliver to our athletes in a timely manner.
Our business is also highly dependent on the shipping and trucking industry to deliver products to our distribution centers, our eCommerce fulfillment centers, our stores and our athletes.
Our results of operations may be adversely affected if we, or our vendors, are unable to secure adequate and timely transportation resources at competitive prices to fulfill our delivery schedules to our distribution centers, our eCommerce fulfillment centers, our stores or our athletes.
Further, difficulties in moving products manufactured overseas through established trade routes and then through the ports of North America, whether due to ongoing geopolitical conflict or other global or regional conflicts, changes in global economic policy, port congestion or inaccessibility, government shutdowns, labor disputes, product regulations and/or inspections, changes in laws or other factors, including natural disasters, or health pandemics, could negatively affect our business.
A significant amount of our products are manufactured abroad, which subjects us to various international risks and costs, including foreign trade issues, tariffs, currency exchange rate fluctuations, shipment delays and supply chain disruptions, and political instability, which could cause our sales and/or profitability to suffer.
Many of the products that we purchase, as well as most of our vertical brand merchandise, are manufactured abroad.
Foreign imports subject us to risk relating to changes in import duties and quotas, the introduction of U.S. taxes or tariffs (including tariffs recently enacted or that may be enacted in the future by the federal government or by other countries in response to U.S. tariffs) on imported goods or the extension of U.S. income taxes on our foreign suppliers’ sales of imported goods through the adoption of destination-based income tax jurisdiction, loss of “most favored nation” status with the U.S., freight cost increases and economic and political uncertainties and conflict.
We may also experience shipment delays caused by shipping port constraints (including inaccessibility to or delays on vital trade routes), labor strikes, work stoppages, acts of war, terrorism and global conflicts, or other supply chain disruptions, including those caused by extreme weather due to changing climate conditions or otherwise, natural disasters, and pandemics and other public health concerns.
If any of these or other factors, including heightened tensions between the U.S. and foreign nations, including China and Russia, as well as other regions of U.S. national security concern, such as the Middle East, were to cause a disruption of trade through the imposition of sanctions, additional tariffs, geopolitical risk, trade remedy action, trade route inaccessibility, or other restraints on trade from the countries in which our vendors’ supplies or our vertical brand products’ manufacturers are located, our inventory levels may be reduced and/or the cost of our products may increase.
We may need to seek alternative suppliers or vendors, raise prices, or make changes to our operations, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our sales and profitability, results of operations and financial condition.
Also, the prices charged by foreign manufacturers may be affected by the fluctuation of their local currency against the U.S. dollar and the price of raw materials, which could cause the cost of our products to increase and negatively impact our sales or profitability.
Risks Related to Our Operations and Reputation If we are unable to predict or effectively react to changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns, we may lose athletes and our sales may decline.
Our success depends in part on our ability to anticipate and respond in a timely manner to changing consumer demand, preferences and trends, and shopping patterns, which are subject to continual change and evolution.
We have adopted a fully omni-channel business model, as we strive to deliver a seamless shopping experience to our athletes through both online and in-store shopping experiences.
For example, we must meet athletes’ expectations with respect to, among other things, creating appealing and consistent online experiences while also offering localized assortments of merchandise to appeal to local/regional geographic and demographic tastes; offering differentiated and premium products and desirable in-store experiences; delivering elevated customer service; and providing fast, accurate and reliable delivery and pick-up, and convenient return options.
Our athletes have expectations about how they shop in stores or through eCommerce or more generally engage with businesses across different channels or media (through online and other digital or mobile channels, including social media), which may vary across demographics and may evolve rapidly.
If we are unable to provide an omni-channel shopping experience across all channels that aligns with our athletes’ expectations and preferences, it could have an adverse impact on the results of our operations.
We often make advanced commitments to purchase products, which may make it more difficult for us to adapt to rapidly evolving changes in consumer preferences and trends.
The COVID-19 pandemic created a shift in consumer demand, resulting in an increase in demand in certain categories, and a shift toward athletic apparel, athleisure, and active lifestyle products.
It is uncertain whether or the extent to which these trends will continue.
Furthermore, ongoing supply chain challenges as a result of geopolitical conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, a rapidly evolving global economic policy landscape and other factors may make it difficult to obtain certain in-demand products.
Our sales could decline significantly if we misjudge the market for our new merchandise, which may result in significant merchandise markdowns and lower margins, missed opportunities for other products, and inventory write-downs.

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