Foot Locker Inc.’s stock rocketed 82% in premarket trading Thursday after the company agreed to be acquired for $2.5 billion by Dick’s Sporting Goods in a deal to combine two major national retail chains in a global marketplace.

Dick’s Sporting Goods is buying the struggling footwear chain Foot Locker for about $2.4 billion, the second buyout of a major footwear company in as

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.