** Shares of sporting goods retailers drop premarket after
Dick's Sporting Goods DKS.N slashes full-yr outlook
** DKS sliding >12% before the bell after co forecasts 2022
adj EPS of $9.15-$11.70 vs prior $11.70-$13.10 range, citing
"the impact of evolving macroeconomic conditions" urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2XH2CA
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** Expected 2022 same-store sales drop of 2%-8% worse than
previous flat to 4% decline outlook
** Academy Sports and Outdoors ASO.O drops ~10%, while Big
5 Sporting Goods BGFV.O falls ~7% and Hibbett Inc HIBB.O off
6% ahead of its Q1 report due on Fri
** Shares of Vista Outdoor Inc VSTO.N , which earlier this
month said it plans to spin off its outdoor products business
from ammunition segment, off 0.4% premarket urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2WX0S7
** U.S. retailers' stocks have been beaten down recently as
inflation-induced profit hits unnerve investors urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2XB2ML
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** SPDR S&P Retail ETF XRT.P has fallen 13.5% over past
week, extending YTD decline to 34.5%
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
((lance.tupper@thomsonreuters.com
lance.tupper@tr.com 1-332-219-1430))