With the intensified vitality of brand management in the sports industry, major sports properties and their business partners have allocated more resources towards strategies aimed at building profitable brand solutions. That has shaped current and modern sports branding and sports economic trends in the sense that top sports properties as well as sports properties at […]
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Top five European football leagues dominate the shirt sponsorship market
An accumulated €580 mio. is the amount that is generated from key shirt sponsorships for the 2014/2015 season in the top five European football leagues, i.e. the English Premier League, the German Bundesliga, the Italian Serie A, the Spanish La Liga, and the French Ligue 1 (Sports Marketing Frontiers, 2014). Figure 1: Top 15 shirt […]
When brands seek to find economic impact in sports sponsorship activation linked to WINNING
By Kenneth Cortsen on October 19, 2014 in Sport & Events, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
We have seen many changes in the relationship between sports and business over the years but one factor that have continued to be stable is the factor that it is still crucial to take advantage of the association with WINNING. When analyzing how premium sports properties operate and engage with stakeholders, there are many good […]
What factors are most important when building brand value in football?
By Kenneth Cortsen on October 12, 2014 in Sport & Events, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
Photo: FC Bayern Munich’s brand value 2014 (source: Brand Finance). According to a recent study from Brand Finance, FC Bayern Munich still comes out as the no. 1 ‘football brand’ measured on brand value in 2014. The switch from Juup Heynckes to Pep Guardiola has been rather smooth for the German powerhouse and Guardiola has […]
The UEFA EURO 2020 will become a positive investment for the Danish FA and Danish football in general
By Kenneth Cortsen on September 28, 2014 in Sport & Events, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
This past week, a delegation from Sport Event Denmark and the Danish FA (DBU) went to Switzerland to experience that Copenhagen won the bid as one of 13 host cities in 13 different European countries to host part of the UEFA EURO 2020 tournament. That is fantastic news for Denmark in general but also particularly […]