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DICK'S Is Turning the Sporting-Goods Store Into a Playing Field
A $300 bait-shop bet became a sports retail platform. Now DICK'S is testing a larger idea: the store as clubhouse, playground, media set and front door to a global sneaker business.
Dimitrios Lessen
Dimitrios "Jimmy" Lessen is the Chief Merchandising Officer of SNIPES USA, appointed in February 2024. A 30-year veteran of the sneaker business, he built his career at Foot Locker in Europe and North America, running product strategy, buying, assortment planning and e-commerce before joining the German-founded, community-first streetwear retailer to lead its merchandising in the United States.
Richard McLeod
Richard McLeod is the Global Chief Marketing Officer of Merrell, the hiking and outdoor footwear brand owned by Wolverine Worldwide. A former college basketball player and Brunel University London graduate, he has spent more than two decades building globally recognized brands, with senior marketing roles at Champion, Canada Goose, Foot Locker, Hennessy and Bacardi. Since joining Merrell in February 2025, he has led the brand's push beyond the trail into the outdoor lifestyle market, spearheading its first global brand platform, 'It Starts Outside.'