If Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. can turn around Foot Locker Inc. — a feat the footwear chain has struggled with on its own — Nike Inc. stands to emerge as a big winner.

Foot Locker owns Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, WSS, and atmos, and has 2,400 stores in 20 countries, including North America, Europe, and Asia.

The retail landscape is littered with failed mega-mergers, but that's not stopping Dick's Sporting Goods from trying its own hand at a big deal. The company announced on Thursday that it was buying the long-suffering Foot Locker retail chain for $2.