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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 ...

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Fanatics expands its PSG deal

2020-07-02T06:17:00Z

Fanatics has signed a 10-year extension of its licensing contract with the leading Paris Saint-Germain football club in France. The relationship is being expanded to include e-commerce as well as broadened manufacturing, licensing and sub-licensing right, leading to an expanded range of products under the PSG label. The American licensed ...

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Nike, the NFL and Fanatics have signed a new global...

2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

Nike, the NFL and Fanatics have signed a new global partnership that extends Fanatics' exclusive consumer product licensing rights to manufacture and distribute all Nike NFL adult products worldwide. The new agreement is an upgrade to the deal they signed in 2018, which covered only the U.S.

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Fanatics has signed a long-term partnership deal with the Union...

2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

Fanatics has signed a long-term partnership deal with the Union of European Football Associations (Uefa) that will see the company handle the merchandising and official fan shop for the events of Uefa's national teams. The deal is set to cover the Euro 2020 tournament, the Nations League Finals, the European ...

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Kappa has signed a three-year partnership with Fanatics to become...

2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

Kappa has signed a three-year partnership with Fanatics to become the kit supplier to Aston Villa, a second-tier English soccer club. The team was previously sponsored by Under Armour, but the deal was terminated three years early in April 2018. Luke1977, a brand based in Birmingham, then partnered with Fanatics ...

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Fanatics has struck a deal to become the exclusive supplier...

2019-03-06T00:00:00Z

Fanatics has struck a deal to become the exclusive supplier of licensed sports merchandise on Coupang, the South Korean internet marketplace. The deal takes effect this summer for a term of ten years. South Korea is definitely among the world's top ten e-commerce markets, well behind China and the U.S. ...

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Fanatics boosts management as it internationalizes

2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

Fanatics has continued the strong international deployment of its vertical manufacturing and merchandising model by signing a new long-term partnership with the strong German Football Association (DFB). It will handle the sourcing of a greater range of licensed products for the DFB that will be available to fans all over ...

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Fanatics, the American team sports retailer that is expanding internationally,...

2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Fanatics, the American team sports retailer that is expanding internationally, has signed a partnership with Chelsea FC to become the official global online retailer of the English Premier League club. Chelsea had been using a network of regional online stores operated by local distributors.

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Fanatics has opened a German office in Hamburg. It is...

2018-05-18T00:00:00Z

Fanatics has opened a German office in Hamburg. It is headed up by Joachim Hilke, former general manager of HSV and Sportfive.

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Fanatics has signed a ten-year agreement with the Welsh Rugby...

2018-02-10T00:00:00Z

Fanatics has signed a ten-year agreement with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) which gives Fanatics exclusive rights to operate the re-designed flagship store on Westgate Street in Cardiff, the existing concourse units within Principality Stadium in Cardiff, and the official online store at http://store.wru.co.uk. Fanatics will introduce two new rapid ...

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Fanatics, the leading American supplier of licensed sports merchandise, has...

2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

Fanatics, the leading American supplier of licensed sports merchandise, has appointed Steve Davis, a global e-commerce veteran, as president of Fanatics International. He was formerly the chief executive of a digital fast-fashion retailer, Rue La La. His task will be to expand the company's vertical retailing model into a global ...

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VF Corp.'s sale of Majestic to Fanatics has been completed...

2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

VF Corp.'s sale of Majestic to Fanatics has been completed

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Under Armour, Fanatics and Major League Baseball (MLB) have signed...

2016-12-26T00:00:00Z

Under Armour, Fanatics and Major League Baseball (MLB) have signed a 10-year partnership that makes Under Armour (UA) the official uniform provider to MLB. The agreement marks UA's first-ever uniform deal for a professional league. The partnership will begin in the 2020 MLB season. Majestic Athletic, which has long been ...

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Fanatics bags Kitbag

2016-02-05T00:00:00Z

Kitbag, a British-based online retailer specializing in team sports products, has been acquired by Fanatics at a price of £11.55 million (€15.1m-$16.9m). The purchase will support the European expansion of Fanatics, a major U.S. player in the market for officially licensed sports merchandise.Kitbag had apparently caught the eye of Sports ...