Premier League
Everton to cut short SportPesa deal at end of 2019-20 season
Premier League club Everton will terminate its main shirt sponsor contract with Kenyan gambling brand SportPesa at the end of the 2019-20 season.
The five-year deal, which was worth €10.8m ($11.6
Chelsea struck £40m-per-season Three deal in-house
Chelsea Football Club sourced its new main shirt sponsorship deal with the UK-telco Three from its in-house team, SportBusiness has learnt
Yokohama quits lead role at Chelsea, replaced by telco Three
Premier League Chelsea’s shirt sponsor, Yokohama Tyres, will step down from the lead sponsorship role next season – with the telecommunications brand Three announced as the new shirt partner.
Liverpool takes a chance on Nike in search of sales growth
Dan Haddad, head of commercial strategy at Octagon UK, looks at the potential upside for Liverpool in switching kit supplier rights from New Balance to Nike.
Chelsea’s commercial revenue growth buoyed by status among Europe’s elite
Premier League football club Chelsea reported a commercial revenue increase of 8.5 per cent for the 2018-19 season – compensating for falls in broadcast and matchday income over the period.
West Ham adds logistics specialist ITD Global to sponsorship portfolio
English Premier League club West Ham United has signed up logistics company ITD Global as a sponsor
Tottenham Hotspur seek ‘£25m a season’ for stadium naming rights
English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur remains some way off securing a naming rights sponsor for its stadium
Nestlé Professional aligns with Manchester City to promote meat-free products
Premier League champion Manchester City has aligned with the growing meat-free eating trend through its partnership with food and beverage specialists Nestlé Professional.
HSBC takes prominent place in Spurs second tier with CSR role
Global bank HSBC signed a five-year deal with Tottenham Hotspur that prioritises rights linked to the stadium-led regeneration of the local area.
Remington reaches out to Asia with multi-year United deal
US personal care brand Remington signed a multi-year global partnership with Manchester United after a two-year selection process.
#BluesChallenge – Blackwell Global & Everton
Blackwell Global leveraged its assets as Everton’s first Official Brokerage Partner through a player-fronted campaign that engaged traders through a contest incentivized via club-linked prizes.
Duracell buys spots on Amazon Prime’s Premier League debut, cuts short-term Chelsea deal
Battery brand Duracell has agreed a media buy with Amazon Prime and short-term digital content deal with Premier League club Chelsea in a campaign devised to coincide with Amazon Prime Video’s Live Premier L…
Know No Borders/Bitcoin – Sportsbet.io & Watford
Cryptocurrency sportsbook Sportsbet.io activated its Watford sponsorship through a two-pronged (shirt and sleeve) campaign that set out to simultaneously build its brand and drive awareness of Bitcoin.
Healthier, Longer, Better Lives – AIA & Tottenham Hotspur
AIA leveraged its partnership with Tottenham Hotspur to create video content pushing its umbrella corporate commitment to helping people live ‘Healthier, Longer, Better Lives’ across Asia-Pacific.
Clarity Sports hopes to ‘rekindle’ Thomas Cook Sport partnerships
Clarity, the business travel company that has taken on almost the entire staff of the defunct Thomas Cook Sport, is keen to restore the latter’s sponsorships with leading sports properties in the UK.
Closer Than You Think – Xylem & Manchester City
Closer Than You Think, the activation of Man City partner Xylem, aimed to drive awareness of and uncover solutions to the planet’s water challenges.
Driving Performance – Lotus & Norwich City
The 2019 tie-up between newly promoted Norwich and carmarker Lotus was unveiled with ‘Driving Performance’, a campaign spearheaded by a car chase video starring Darren Huckerby and Delia Smith.
Saynts Festival – Under Armour & Southampton FC
Southampton launched its 2019-20 kit with 'Saynts Festival: The Greatest Kit Launch That Never Happened', a parody of Netflix’s documentary about Fyre Festival, the infamously failed music festival.