Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Elects Vincent C. Byrd as Member of the Board and Compensation Committee of the Board
January 05, 2013 at 03:07 am IST
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On January 2, 2013, the Board of Directors of Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. elected Vincent C. Byrd to serve as a member of the Board and the Compensation Committee of the Board, effective immediately. Mr. Byrd is an active Fortune 500 executive that brings to the Board over 35 years of experience with strategic planning, acquisitions and integration, marketing and domestic and international operations. Mr. Byrd will serve as a Class A Director, with his current term expiring at the Company's 2015 annual stockholders' meeting.
The Board has determined that Mr. Byrd qualifies as an independent director under the New York Stock Exchange rules. Mr. Byrd has served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the J. M. Smucker Company since May 2011.
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. is a full-line omni-channel sporting goods retailer. The Company serves athletes and outdoor enthusiasts in more than 850 DICKâS Sporting Goods, Golf Galaxy, Public Lands, Moosejaw, Going Going Gone! and Warehouse Sale stores, online, and through the DICKâS mobile app. The Company also owns and operates DICK'S House of Sport and Golf Galaxy Performance Center, as well as GameChanger, a youth sports mobile app for scheduling, communications, live scorekeeping and video streaming. It carries a wide variety of national brands, including but not limited to adidas, Asics, Brooks, Callaway Golf, Carhartt, Columbia, Easton, Hoka, Jordan, New Balance and Nike. The Company's vertical brands include brands that it owns across hardlines and softlines and are available exclusively in its stores and online such as Alpine Design, CALIA, DSG, ETHOS, Fitness Gear, MAXFLI, Nishiki, Quest, Top-Flite, and Walter Hagen, as well as brands that it licenses from third parties.