Signa Sport United is in negotiations to overcome a stumbling block to the use of its Padel-Point brand in Spain. As we reported in March, there already exists a pádel club called Padelpoint (no hyphen) – with an accompanying e-commerce site, padelpoint.es – in La Nuncia, just outside the Valencian city of Alicante.
Speaking to the Spanish trade publication CMDsport, the club’s owner, an Argentine by the name of Alejandro González, said that the parties should be reaching an agreement shortly. “I wish neither to interfere in any company’s development nor to have my own company’s development interfered with,” he said. “I will not stand in the way of Padel-Point’s existence.” González offered no further details.
The Spanish club has been in operation for about two years. The logo on its website reads “Tienda Padelpoint Europe,” and the page operates in six languages.
Signa’s Padel-Point brand, of course, follows the naming convention of its older Tennis-Point brand. The German sports platform still plans to open eight Padel-Point webshops in Europe, the first in Sweden and the rest in France, Italy, the U.K., Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain. The deal with González and his club will presumably precede any opening in Spain.
According to CMDsport, Signa is planning to open two to four physical Home of Racketsports stores this year. It currently operates such stores in Barcelona and Mataró.
