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    Logistics services companies ReBound Returns and Cycleon merge

    2022-10-17T11:12:00Z

    The U.K.-based companies ReBound Returns and Cycleon announced their company merger. They had previously operated as separate entities under the Reconomy Group, after both being acquired in recent years. In the future, the service companies will operate under the name ReBound, a Reconomy Group company. The newly formed logistics services ...

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    PSG expands its retail partnership with Lids to Europe

    2022-10-06T13:17:00Z

    Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has announced that it is expanding its partnership with Lids Sports Group. The French football club will entrust Lids to oversee operations for the club’s European locations. The expansion follows the openings of the Fanatics and Lids-operated PSG permanent store in Los Angeles in 2021 and the ...

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    Fanatics inks new deals with UEFA and ICC

    2022-09-21T15:56:00Z

    Sports merchandise giant Fanatics has signed deals with UEFA and the International Cricket Council (ICC). UEFA and Fanatics have announced a long-term e-commerce, event retail and licensing deal, which the football governing body has described as “one of the most comprehensive sports merchandising partnerships in European football.” The national team ...

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    Foot Locker partners with Fanatics to expand licensed product offerings

    2022-08-23T07:07:00Z

    Foot Locker and Fanatics have announced a new long-term connected inventory partnership that will “significantly expand” the officially licensed fan gear and merchandise product range available online to Foot Locker customers. Beginning in the fall, the shoppers visiting footlocker.com, kidsfootlocker.com and champssports.com will have access to a broad, tailored assortment ...

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    First German NBA Store will open this fall

    2022-08-03T11:20:00Z

    The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Fanatics have announced that an NBA Store will open this fall in Berlin. The new store, located at Alte Potsdamer Straße 7, in The Playce at Potsdamer Platz, will be operated by Lids. The opening will mark the first NBA Store in Germany and ...

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    Fanatics signs college licensing agreement with Nike

    2022-07-14T05:43:00Z

    Sports retail platform Fanatics is entering into a long-term partnership with Nike to produce fan gear for college sports. The partnership includes a collaboration with Fanatics’ college division, which already works with most Nike-sponsored colleges and universities. Beginning by mid-2024, Fanatics will produce nearly all Nike fan apparel for many ...

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    Two sports companies are among the most innovative 50 companies of 2022

    2022-03-15T15:04:00Z

    The renowned business magazine Fast Company names the most innovative 50 companies every year. This year, Stripe came in first place. The payment service provider links the digital payment process with environmental protection measures. Stripe offers the possibility to participate in technology for CO2 reduction. Source: Fanatics Fanatics ...

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    Paris Saint-Germain opens flagship store in New York

    2022-03-09T12:17:00Z

    French football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has announced the opening of a flagship store in New York City, located at 587 5th Avenue. It will be the first official boutique in New York City for an international sports club and the club’s largest store outside of France, adding to PSG’s ...

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    Fanatics receives $27 billion valuation and raises $1.5 billion

    2022-03-03T08:19:00Z

    According to reports in the Wall Street Journal and SGB, Florida-based Fanatics Inc. has raised $1.5 billion in a funding round that values the sports merchandise and memorabilia company at $27 billion. Because the transaction was private, both media rely on information received by a ”person with knowledge of the ...

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    Top 50 Sporting Goods Retailers in the Galaxy

    2021-12-02T11:00:00Z

    This exclusive interactive chart ranks the top 50 sporting goods retailers by revenues in USD for 2020 and percentage growth in their local currency. The charts and data can be downloaded. This is exclusive data and analysis for Premium Members.

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    Analysis: The world’s major sports retailers

    2021-11-24T18:18:00Z

    This exclusive, yearly statistic shows the revenue development of the 50 largest sports retailers. 

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    Fanatics will host an international Olympic store

    2021-10-29T17:05:00Z

    Fanatics is partnering with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to launch its first global Olympic web store, starting with the Paris Summer Olympics in 2024, followed by the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, and the Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028. Fanatics will work with the organizing ...

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    New funding round values Fanatics at $12.8 bn

    2021-03-25T13:17:00Z

    Fanatics raised another $350 million from existing shareholders in a round that valued the giant U.S.-based online licensed apparel group at $12.8 billion. It was more than double the $6.2 billion valuation that it received through a previous $350 million round last August. Investors thought at the time that it ...

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    Fanatics enters China via a joint venture

    2021-03-01T10:12:00Z

    Fanatics, the U.S.-based online retailer of licensed sports merchandise, has announced that it is expanding into China via a joint venture with Hillhouse Capital Group, a private equity firm that is also a major shareholder in a major Chinese sporting goods retailer, Topsports. The 50-50 joint venture will be based ...

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    Fanatics acquires WinCraft

    2020-12-08T18:28:00Z

    As Sports Business Daily reports, Fanatics has acquired WinCraft, in a move that will diversify the company’s reach beyond its core licensed apparel business. Established in 1961, WinCraft is a producer of sports-themed hardgoods and other non-apparel items. The company generates about $100 million in annual revenues, according to Fanatics, ...

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    New licensing director for Fanatics from Nike

    2020-11-18T18:23:00Z

    Eager to continue to expand internationally, Fanatics has appointed a new licensing director, Younes Latayi, to drive its global licensing strategy and to manage its growing international portfolio of partners, maximizing their online and offline offerings. He will be based in Europe, reporting to Vicky Picca, Fanatics’ senior vice president ...

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    Fanatics partners with The British & Irish Lions

    2020-10-19T13:09:00Z

    Fanatics, the international specialist in licensed sports merchandise, has announced a new manufacturing and e-commerce deal with The British & Irish Lions, the rugby union team made up of players from any of the Home Nations, i.e. the national teams of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Fanatics has agreed to ...

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    Fanatics acquires Top of the World from Vetta

    2020-09-09T09:31:00Z

    Fanatics, the Florida-based provider of sports merchandise, is acquiring some of the assets of Vetta Brands, which is currently under liquidation. Chief among these assets is Top of the World, which, until the Covid-19 pandemic wiped out its business, had been manufacturing hats for hundreds of college sports brands at ...

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    Fanatics inks 10-year deal with Rebel

    2020-08-26T04:52:00Z

    Fanatics has agreed a ten-year distribution deal with Rebel Sports, the big Australian sports retailer. The contract, which will come into effect in mid-2021, will make available to Rebel customers more than 100,000 officially licensed sports products from Fanatics partners. Fanatics is the official online retailer for all major U.S. ...

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    Fanatics’ valuation reportedly rose to $6.2 billion after new funding round

    2020-08-18T15:23:00Z

    Fanatics, the fast-growing, vertically integrated licensed sportswear company, has reportedly reached a marlket value to $6.2 billion while raising $350 million in a Series E funding round arranged by Goldman Sachs. The round, which was oversubscribed, is expected to be the last private funding for Fanatics before the company files ...