Dick’s Sporting Goods plunges after saying it saw ‘significant declines in Under Armour sales’ (DKS)

Dick’s Sporting Goods beat on earnings, but missed on sales. The sporting-goods retailer raised its full-year guidance, but to less than what analysts were expecting. Shares are tumbled in pre-market trading. Watch Dick’s Sporting Goods trade in real-time here. Dick’s Sporting Goods plunged as much as 14% in pre-market trading on Wednesday as a slowdown in Under […]

Dick’s faced boycott threats when it changed its gun policies — but the majority of America agrees with the retailer (DKS)

Reuters/Rick Wilking Dick’s Sporting Goods faced backlash after it changed its gun policies in the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida shooting.  However, foot traffic actually increased in the two weeks after Dick’s announced the new gun policies.  73% of respondents polled by MSN said that they agreed with Dick’s decision to stop selling assault-style rifles. While […]

Walmart, Dick’s sued for age discrimination over gun sale policy change

Just weeks after two of America’s biggest retailers changed their policies to sell guns only to people aged 21 and over, they’re facing an age discrimination lawsuit. The changes were made following the Parkland school shooting. Oregon man Tyler Watson filed lawsuits against both Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart after he was refused service when […]

Electric Dreams: How many episodes are in Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams?

When is Electric Dreams released? Episode seven of the sci-fi show – called The Father Thing – will be airing on Channel 4 tomorrow (Monday, February 16) at 10pm. The remaining four episodes from season one are set to be broadcast on Channel 4 over the course of the following weeks. The last instalment of […]

‘Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams’ NYCC Trailer: The Future Is Still Human

Philip K. Dick is one of the most influential science fiction writers in the history of the medium. His strange, philosophical writings inspired films like Blade Runner, Minority Report, Total Recall and more. Now a new Amazon series, Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, will adapt the writer’s work into a Black Mirror-like anthology featuring a highly impressive cast. A new […]

‘Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams’ Trailer: Amazon’s Answer to ‘Black Mirror’

With sci-fi having a big presence in pop culture today, it’s surprising that we haven’t seen shows like The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits make a comeback to tell a variety of short stories with strange happenings. Netflix’s Black Mirror has filled that void to some extent, but now Amazon has their own sci-fi […]

‘Swedish Dicks’ Trailer: Peter Stormare Gets Some Life Advice From Keanu Reeves

There’s plenty of private eyes to hire in Los Angeles. The ones you’d probably want to go to are the “Swedish Dicks,” an ex-stuntman (Peter Stormare) and a DJ (Johan Glans) with a dream. They stars of the Pop series probably aren’t the best detectives L.A. has to offer, but they do have one thing […]

Man: border agents threatened to “be dicks,” take my phone if I didn’t unlock it

Enlarge (credit: Aaron Gach) ALBANY, Calif.—As he sat in a darkened corner of a neighborhood bar, Aaron Gach, an artist and lecturer at a local art college, told Ars about what happened to him in February 2017 episode at San Francisco International Airport, where he agreed to unlock his iPhone and have it be searched […]

Dick’s Sporting Goods jumps on earnings beat (DKS)

Getty Images Shares of Dick’s Sporting Goods are up over 1% in pre-market trading on Tuesday after the company reported better than expected fourth-quarter results. The sporting goods retailer posted adjusted earnings of $ 1.32 per share, beating the Wall Street expectation of $ 1.30. Diluted GAAP earnings stood at $ 0.81 per share, with a […]