A potential snag in the proposed Dick’s Sporting Goods and Foot Locker acquisition deal could be in the works as U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is asking the Federal Trade Commission to block the merger.

Warren, D-Mass., wrote in a new letter to the FTC and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division that the deal could potentially lead to higher prices for consumers and urged regulators to block the deal if they find it violates antitrust laws.

“The combination of Dick’s Sporting Goods and Foot Locker would decrease competition in the retail athletic footwear markets, cut jobs, raise prices, and leave Americans to foot the bill,” Warren wrote. “This is particularly concerning given that more than half of parents ‘plan to sacrifice necessities, such as groceries,’ because of risi

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