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LPGA sponsors reap up to 400% return on their investment, suggests new report
Brands that sponsor the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) are gaining up to a 400 percent return on their investment, according to a report from global sports and entertainment intelligence platform SponsorUnited. The report was compiled using SponsorUnited’s proprietary platform, based on data from 1,200 brands, 75 athletes and nearly ...
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Brand standings at the end of the FIS 2022/23 season
To mark the end of the ski season, we’re sharing the brand standings of the FIS Alpine 2022/23 competition and discuss why brands sponsor winter sports.
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Fila partners with breakdance champion ahead of the sport’s Olympic debut
Fila has announced a new sponsorship agreement with Italian breaking champion Alessandra Chillemi. Breakdancing will be included for the first time on the Olympic Games’ agenda at Paris 2024. Chillemi, 23, was born in Messina, Italy, and is better known as Bgirl. She was crowned Italian Breakdancing Champion at the ...
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On announces partnership with triathlon champion Gustav Iden
Source: On Gustav Iden Swiss running shoe and apparel brand On has announced an official partnership with Norwegian triathlete Gustav Iden. The collaboration will see the athlete and the brand working closely together to develop products designed for racing and training. Flavio Calligaris, head of athlete strategy ...
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Adidas Terrex expands ski athlete’s team
Adidas Terrex has added alpine ski Slovakian Petra Vlhová und Alice Robinson from New Zealand to its ski athlete’s roster, which already included U.S. alpine ski star Mikaela Shiffrin. Adidas Terrex has designed personalized custom ski racing suits for each athlete.
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Apple signs five-year sponsorship deal with NFL for Super Bowl halftime show
According to Sportico, the iPhone manufacturer Apple has signed a new contract with the National Football League (NFL) as the new sponsor of the Super Bowl halftime show. The company will pay nearly $50 million annually for the coming five years, with the event being billed as the “Apple Music ...
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Tour of Britain still open for title and jersey sponsors
With just one month to go until the race, scheduled to start on Sept. 11, the organizers of the Tour of Britain have announced that opportunities are still available for title and jersey sponsorships “due to a late change.” The event’s chairman, Hugh Roberts, explained that they “recently had a ...
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Gatorade with groundbreaking change in marketing strategy
“For us, the future of sport means continuing to invest in young and diverse athlete communities, cutting edge leagues, and embracing all athletic journeys,” writes Jeff Kearny, responsible for sports marketing and brand management at Gatorade, on his LinkedIn profile. This, in fact, means that Gatorade will not renew its ...
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Crypto.com, Byju’s and Co: The sponsors and partners of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
For the World Cup in Qatar at the end of 2022, FIFA has designated seven official sponsors. Among them is Crypto.com, the cryptocurrency platform. We have an overview of all sponsors. FIFA has announced two tech companies, Crypto.com and Byju’s, as new sponsors for the World Cup in Qatar. The others are Budweiser, HiSense, McDonald’s, Vivo and Mengniuir. In addition to the seven sponsors for the World Cup, FIFA has six long-term partners.
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Spotify to be FC Barcelona’s new main partner
With the start of the 2022/2023 season this summer, the music streaming service Spotify will become FC Barcelona’s new main sponsor, replacing Rakuten. The contract is initially effective for four seasons and includes jersey sponsorship for the men’s and women’s teams as well as naming rights for the stadium. As ...
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Trends in football sponsorship
The total value of sponsorship across the top five leagues in 2020 stands at more than €3.3 billion, according to KPMG Football Benchmark. The report takes into account partnerships across England’s Premier League, Germany’s Bundesliga, La Liga in Spain, Italy’s Serie A and Ligue 1 in France. Regarding where the ...
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Confidence is returning among sponsors in Europe
The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) has revealed the second wave of results from its “ESA Sponsorship Sentiment Tracker,” an industry survey intended to measure the confidence of sponsorship organizations across Europe. Despite the heavy impact of the pandemic, respondents are showing increasing confidence in the recovery of the European sports ...
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Adidas will sponsor Leeds
Adidas will replace Kappa in the 2020/2021 season as the kit sponsor of Leeds United. The deal with Kappa was set to expire at the end of this season. It will be the first time that Leeds wears Adidas. Leeds’ kit was previously supplied by Nike, Umbro, Admiral, Asics, Puma, ...