As part of the league’s 75th-anniversary celebration, the NBA has unveiled a season-long calendar, showing a detailed uniform schedule for all 30 teams on its Locker Vision website. Click here to read the story at espn.com. Discussion Questions: What is promotion? How might celebrating the league’s 75th anniversary be considered Read more…
For the global consumer giants that sponsor the Olympics, the Beijing Winter Games will be a high-wire act of marketing. The events are a showcase in one of the most important markets for the Games’ biggest sponsors, including Intel Corp., Procter & Gamble Co., Coca-Cola Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. Read more…
The Los Angeles Clippers added another paying partner for the franchise’s planned Inglewood arena, helping to offset its expected $1.2 billion cost. The National Basketball Association team owned by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced Monday it has agreed to a deal with “green” financial services company Aspiration. Click here Read more…
As cryptocurrency companies seek to reach mainstream audiences, some platforms are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to sponsor sports teams, stadiums and even leagues in a bid to woo new fans. Click here to read the story at forbes.com. Discussion Questions: What is cryptocurrency? Why do you think it Read more…
Philadelphia 76ers President of Business Operations Chris Heck discusses the 76ers new six-year jersey patch deal with Crypto.com and the upcoming NBA season. Click here to watch the video on news.yahoo.com. Discussion Questions: What is crypto? What is sponsorship? How do brands determine which sports and entertainment properties to sponsor? What is Read more…
Clutter or good business? It’s a question being bandied around the (virtual) sports business water cooler these days, with recent and upcoming changes to the sports sponsorship landscape. We are about to find out the answer. Click here to read the story at teammarketing.com. Discussion Questions: What is clutter as Read more…
Just ahead of football season, Tide and NFL have announced a new sustainability-focused collaboration. Launched today, the new #TurnToCold campaign encourages the NFL’s fans to wash their laundry on the cold setting with Tide to cut energy costs and reduce emissions. Click here to read the story at thedrum.com. Discusson Read more…
Sonos has announced its first-ever sports partnership with Liverpool FC in a bid to raise the experience of viewing live football to a new level. The deal, which sees the audio equipment specialist developing ‘immersive sound experiences within the stadium’ in internal lounges and player areas and the Axa Training Read more…
Add the Washington Wizards to the list of National Basketball Association teams looking to attract a jersey partner after a deal with insurance company Geico expired. Monumental Sports and Entertainment, the company that owns the Wizards and National Hockey League’s Capitals franchise, is creating what it calls a “unified offer” Read more…
Even after Toyota made waves earlier this week when it pulled Olympic ads from the Japanese market ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Games, many other advertisers say they still plan to compete. Despite a yearlong delay and more than a year of uncertainty during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Olympics continue Read more…