Louisiana Locations of Foot Locker Acquired By Rival Company

If you like to purchase your athletic gear and casual wear from a place where the employees look like referees, your days for that experience could be numbered, or is there actually more time left on the clock for Foot Locker, and the 13 locations of Foot Locker in Louisiana?

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The Foot Locker brand operates retail stores in Alexandria, Hammond, Lafayette, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Houma, Lake Charles, Shreveport, Gretna, Kenner, and Metairie. The brand has two stores in the Baton Rouge and New Orleans markets.

And besides the referee-inspired employee uniforms, the brand has been known for sporting goods and gear since its beginning in 1974. It is actually a spin-off of the F.W. Woolworth Company. The brand was founded as a separate company in 1988 when it rebranded several former locations of Kinney Shoes and former Woolworth's locations.

We have learned that Dick's Sporting Goods, another major sporting goods retailer has announced plans to acquire Foot Locker Stores around the country. The reported transaction is worth some $2.4 billion.

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Foot Locker's CEO Mary Dillion told CNBC the combination with Dick's would allow for the Foot Locker brand to be even better positioned to expand "sneaker culture" and allow for a better customer experience while elevating the brand's position in the industry. READ MORE: 10 Things People Miss Most About Acadiana Mall

The Foot Locker brand is expected to remain intact, including Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, WSS, and Atmos. The addition of the 2,400 Foot Locker stores world wide will be added to the 854 existing stores currently operated by Dick's Sporting Goods throughout the United States.

And now that the weather is warmer, we know you'll want to don your running shorts and tank tops and then realize, it's too darn hot to actually do anything in Louisiana, at least we can laugh about it, right?

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