Bo Jackson just as in the case of Michael Jordan helped Nike on its way to become a cultural icon that transcended the world of sports in the dynamic era of athlete branding and marketing in which Nike decided to build shoe and apparel lines around individual athletes. Nike’s strategic choice to honor great athletes […]
The increase of social media in recent years has offered stakeholders in the business of sports a new and very powerful platform for brand activation. Although research years ago pointed to the fact that sports stars did not use social media to activate endorsement deals, today’s sports marketing trends tell a different story. As of […]
Guest blog written by Rahul Sharma, content writer & sports analyst specialized in the business of sports who has been associated with the Front Foot group – (Kenneth Cortsen, ed.). The world of sports is a place of happenings, and throughout the year, there will be some event or the other, which attracts the attention of the general […]
Sponsorship earnings have had a positive impact on the revenue streams of ATP World Tour Finals. In 2013, Sponsorship revenues for the event account for approximately £15 mio. That number equals about 25% of ATP’s overall sponsorship revenues this year (Sport Marketing Frontiers, 2013). Photo: the event’s official web site. Overall, the event’s commercial development […]
“There are many examples of personal sports brands on a global scale, e.g. US basketball star Michael Jordan, who ‘made clear how closely athletic success is associated with the sales of sports products, especially the brand of Nike. So saying, Michael Jordan became a brand himself ‘ (Adjouri and Stastny, 2006, p. 48).” The citation […]