Foot Locker
This coverage focuses on Foot Locker’s strategic initiatives and retail activities in the UK market. In 2025, Foot Locker opened its largest UK store at Birmingham’s Bullring Shopping Centre, introducing its new “Re-imagined” store concept. The flagship store features immersive areas such as a Sneaker Hub for customisation and cleaning services, an exclusive tunnel showcasing limited-edition drops, and a state-of-the-art try-on area. Additionally, Foot Locker plans to refresh 300 existing stores and introduce 80 new concept locations globally in 2025, signalling a commitment to enhancing the customer experience and revitalising its brand presence. Insights are tailored for retail professionals, brand managers, and business executives seeking to understand Foot Locker’s impact and trajectory in the UK retail sector.
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Dec- 2020 -15 DecemberClothing & Shoes
Foot Locker appoints senior VP and CIO
Foot Locker has announced the appointment of Himanshu Parikh as senior VP and chief information officer, with immediate effect. In his new role, Parikh will oversee the execution of the group’s strategic technology agenda, as well as support the company’s “key” strategic imperatives and future capability-building and innovation. He will…
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2 DecemberClothing & Shoes
Foot Locker CFO retires
Foot Locker has announced that Lauren B. Peters, executive VP and CFO of the group, will step down and retire in April 2021. The retailer said it has initiated a “comprehensive search” process with the assistance of Crist|Kolder, an executive search firm, to find a successor. It expects to consider…
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Aug- 2020 -24 AugustHigh Street
Foot Locker sales jump 18% in Q2 results
Foot locker has reported a 17.1 % increase in total sales to $2bn (£1.5bn) for the second-quarter period ended 1 August 2020. Second quarter comparable-store sales also increased by 18.6% during the period. However, the company’s gross margin rate decreased to 25.9% from 30.1% when compared with the same time…
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Mar- 2019 -12 MarchFeatures
Kabooki: The ‘empty’ pop-up shop
Last month Kabooki, the company behind the Lego Wear license, launched a limited edition collection for adults at a playful pop-up in London, however instead of a shop with rails full of clothing, nothing was inside except plain white walls and some Snapcode – a sort of QR code for…
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Feb- 2019 -8 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
Foot Locker invests $100m in online marketplace Goat.com
Foot Locker has announced it will make a $100m (£77.3m) strategic minority investment in Goat – a managed marketplace for trainers operating the Goat and Flight Club brands. Foot Locker said the companies will combine efforts across digital and physical retail platforms to create “exclusive customer experiences”. It added the…
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