Dick’s Sporting Goods tags Instacart for added delivery

Instacart has added yet another retailer partner to its same-day delivery platform — Dick’s Sporting Goods is teaming up with Instacart for more than 150 of its stores on the East Coast.

The leading sporting goods chain has more than 750 stores, recently sharing bold third-quarter sales results and hints at a new outdoor store concept called Public Lands.

The Instacart same-day service will be available in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington D.C. The platform began as a grocery delivery service but has been expanding during the pandemic as e-commerce and delivery has grown, partnering with Best Buy, Five Below, Bed Bath & Beyond and others.

"We're pleased to work with Instacart to provide another safe and convenient shopping option for our customers during the very busy last few weeks of the holiday season and beyond," said Joe Pietropola, senior vice president of e-commerce at DICK'S Sporting Goods. "Our technology solutions have been able to deliver products to our athletes, however, wherever and whenever they want. By adding Instacart, we give our athletes another same-day option, which is fast and reliable delivery to their homes."

Dick’s Sporting Goods customers can go online at Instacart or download the Instacart mobile app to shop, and for all orders placed, an Instacart shopper will pick and deliver the order within the customer's designated timeframe — whether they choose to receive it in as fast as an hour or schedule their delivery in advance.

Instacart now partners with more than 500 regional and local retailers across North America to deliver from nearly 40,000 stores across more than 5,500 cities in the United States. — including all 50 states — and Canada.