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Adidas and Prada unveil first joint football boot collection

Sportswear giant Adidas has teamed up with Italian fashion house Prada on its first-ever joint football boot collection that combines the design codes of Prada with high-performance football technologies unique to Adidas. The Adidas and Prada collection reimagines three leading Adidas products - the Predator Accuracy, the Copa Pure and the X...

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Dsquared2 unveils exclusive Manchester City capsule collection

Designer fashion brand Dsquared2, founded by Dean and Dan Caten, is celebrating its long-standing partnership with Manchester City Football Club with a new exclusive capsule collection. Dsquared2 has been behind the pre-match uniforms for the Manchester City players and their manager Pep Guardiola for seven years, and now they are releasing a...

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Fanatics acquires Italian merch company EPI as part of European growth strategy

Sports conglomerate Fanatics has announced the completion of its acquisition of Italian sports merchandise company EPI, as it looks to continue cementing its presence in the European football market. EPI operates both official online and retail stores for several Italian football clubs and international sports brands, including the likes of AC...

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Adidas extends partnership with Major League Soccer

Adidas has announced a multi-year extension of its partnership with Major League Soccer (MLS) which will see the sportswear giant continue as the league’s official supplier for clubs and youth academies. Adidas, which is a founding, strategic partner of MLS, is hoping to further its efforts in growing the business both on- and off-field in North...

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Wales Bonner designs Jamaican Football Federation kits

British fashion brand Wales Bonner and Adidas have unveiled new Jamaican Football Federation kits as part of the sportswear giant’s partnership with the country. The collaboration features new home and away kits, a pre-match jersey and a reversible anthem jacket for the men’s team, known as Reggae Boyz, and the women’s team, known as Reggae...

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Castore increases debt facility by 25 million pounds

British sportswear brand Castore has announced that it has increased the size of its debt facility by 25 million pounds. The move takes its financial assistance from 50 million to 75 million pounds, with participation from all three of Castore’s existing lenders, HSBC, BNP Paribas and Simon Valley Bank. In a release, the company said the...

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Paul Smith unveils limited-edition Stan Smith sneakers

British designer Paul Smith has teamed up with German sportswear giant Adidas and football club Manchester United on a limited-edition Stan Smith sneaker for autumn/winter 2022. The collaboration is in honour of the long-standing partnership between Manchester United and Paul Smith, which serves as the club’s official tailoring partner and...

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Loro Piana strengthens partnership with Juventus

Loro Piana has announced it will be continuing its partnership with Juventus Football Club for the upcoming 2022 to 2023 football season. The fashion house will be designing the official uniforms for the women’s team for the first time, as well as debuting formal suits for the men’s team. During the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)...

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Marks & Spencer announced as official tailor of England football team

Marks & Spencer has announced that it has been selected as the official tailor of the England Senior Men’s and Women’s football teams, a partnership that will span the course of three years. It builds on the department store’s long-standing relationship with the Football Association, dating back to 2007 when it was selected as the official suit...

Fashion

Umbro launches charity football shirt with Joe Strummer Foundation

Umbro is partnering with the Joe Strummer Foundation on a charity football shirt to raise funds to bring underprivileged people together through music. The partnership celebrates and supports the former Clash frontman's passion for football and features an archive-inspired JSF FC ‘Strummer United’ football shirt in red. Each shirt features an...

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CMA accuses JD Sports of illegally price-fixing football merch

The UK’s Competition Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it has “provisionally found” that Elite Sports and JD sports may have broken competition law by illegally price-fixing select Rangers Football Club merchandise. According to the government organisation, Elite Sports and JD Sports had potentially been carrying out the...

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Castore signs multi-year partnership deal with Aston Villa

Sportswear brand Castore has revealed that it has signed a multi-year deal to be the principal partner of Aston Villa Football Club. The agreement will see the premium label supply kits across the club’s men’s, women’s and academy teams from the start of the 2022/23 season. Additionally, the brand will be launching exclusive Villa branded match...