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Continental Tire has strengthened its involvement in football in North America by unveiling new deals with Soccer United Marketing (SUM), the commercial arm of Major League Soccer, and US Soccer, the governing…
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In a marketplace where aggregators are an ever-prevalent choice for finding a credit card and there’s an increasing number of products available, credit card organisations have to fight harder than ever to make themselves heard. Capital One sought a way to differentiate its brand to increase awareness of the company as a credit card provider.

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IT software company SAP became the sixth Premium Partner of the Deutscher Fussball Bund, the German football federation, in March in a five-year deal to the end of 2017, thought to be worth around €2m (…
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English Premier League football club Manchester United announced insurance company Aon as the brand behind an eight-year training kit deal which also covers the naming rights to the team’s training ground.
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Sunderland and Paolo Di Canio appear to have temporarily smoothed the waters regarding claims that the English Premier League club’s new manager is a fascist, but what damage will the undercurrent of c…
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Beer is big business in sponsorship, particularly in football
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International brands smell profit in the emerging and developing markets of Asia, South America and Africa
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Brewer MillerCoors' sponsorship deals for the Concacaf Gold Cup and Concacaf Champions League in February were driven by the football tournaments’ popularity in the US Hispanic market.
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SPONSORSHIP REVENUE from the central partners of German football’s Bundesliga has grown by over 150 per cent in the last four years, and will increase further in 2013-14 when new deals with logistics c…
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FOOTBALL'S WORLD GOVERNING body Fifa has begun informal sales talks with brands for its new Regional Supporter sponsorship packages, for deals covering the 2018 and 2022 World Cups
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THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE’S central sponsorship revenue is expected to increase by up to 50 per cent in the 2013-14 to 2015-16 rights cycle, compared to 2010-11 to 2012-13.
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Sports Sponsorship Insider speaks with Tom Moradpour, vice president of global brand marketing for Carlsberg, on the rationale and objectives of the company’s three-year sponsorship deal to become the O…
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NISSAN’S DEAL IN December to become the Official Automotive Partner of the 2013 and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations football tournaments is part of a new marketing strategy for the Japanese car maker involving a…
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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE and Uefa Europa League sponsorship revenues in the 2012-13 to 2014-15 cycle are up 14.5 per cent on the previous cycle, to an average of €312.5 million ($421.5
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TYRE MANUFACTURER BRIDGESTONE could become the dominant sponsor of South America’s continental club football tournaments.
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Dubai-based airline Emirates and English Premier League club Arsenal FC have announced a five-year extension to their shirt partnership until the end of the 2018/2019 season and to the stadium naming rights…
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FIFA MAY HAVE SCORED a financial own goal with its decision to regionalise its third tier World Cup sponsorship inventory
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Sports Sponsorship Insider talks to Sally Camm, director of brand communications at Capital One (Europe), as the company’s first season as title sponsor of the Football League’s League Cup reaches its…