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Yahoo
17 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
PUMA and Manchester City Announce Long-Term Extension to Successful Global Partnership
HERZOGENAURACH, Germany, July 15, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sports company PUMA and Premier League football club Manchester City have signed a long-term extension of their partnership, which since the 2019/20 season has exceeded all expectations on and off the pitch. The contract extension will allow PUMA and Manchester City to continue to innovate and create products that appeal to the club's ever-growing global community of fans over the coming seasons. "PUMA's partnership with Manchester City has been a great success both on and off the pitch," said PUMA Chief Executive Officer Arthur Hoeld. "Trophies, a perfect stage for our performance products and commercial success were exceptional." PUMA has celebrated many successes with the club during the partnership - most notably the Treble Winning 2022/23 season, four consecutive Premier League titles, and several domestic cup competition wins for the men's first team and an FA Cup and League Cup victory for Manchester City Women. During the partnership, Manchester City's Elite Development Squad (EDS) has also secured four Premier League 2 titles and the Under-18s have won two FA Youth Cups and were named Premier League National Champions on three occasions. Commercially, PUMA and Manchester City have set new club sales global records over the years and co-created iconic, best-selling kits such as the 2022/23 Colin Bell inspired home shirt worn during the treble-winning season. "We joined forces with PUMA with the ambition to challenge ourselves and go beyond the expectations. We have achieved this and more over the last six seasons," said Ferran Soriano, Chief Executive Officer of City Football Group. "PUMA have seamlessly integrated into our organisation, and we've enjoyed many historic moments together, engaging fans globally. Today's renewal and extension solidifies our relationship and projects it to an even brighter future." PUMA and Manchester City have introduced industry-leading innovations both in terms of product and marketing campaigns over the past seasons. In 2022, they launched a kit in the metaverse for the first time with partner Roblox and more recently invited Man City fans to design a future kit by using AI technology. PUMA's subsidiary STICHD is the exclusive retail partner of Manchester City and helped expand the club's retail footprint with the opening of City Stores in Manchester Arndale, within the 'City Challenge' in Yas Mall, Abu Dhabi and the four-month pop-up City Store at Rockefeller Centre, New York last summer. Manchester City's online store is also operated by STICHD. As part of this new long-term partnership there is a commitment to continue the global expansion of the City Store network including a new flagship store as part of the ongoing development of the Etihad Campus. Manchester City has also supported PUMA with sustainability initiatives such as its innovative RE:FIBRE recycling project. Since 2024, all Manchester City replica shirts are manufactured using RE:FIBRE materials that were recycled from factory off-cuts, faulty goods, and pre-loved clothing as the primary source of material. PUMA are also partner of City Football Group clubs Melbourne City FC, Girona, Lommel, Mumbai City FC, Montevideo, Palermo, Bolivia and most recently Bahia and ESTAC. PUMA PUMA is one of the world's leading sports brands, designing, developing, selling and marketing footwear, apparel and accessories. For more than 75 years, PUMA has relentlessly pushed sport and culture forward by creating fast products for the world's fastest athletes. PUMA offers performance and sport-inspired lifestyle products in categories such as Football, Running and Training, Basketball, Golf, and Motorsports. It collaborates with renowned designers and brands to bring sport influences into street culture and fashion. The PUMA Group owns the brands PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd. The company distributes its products in more than 120 countries, employs about 20,000 people worldwide, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach/Germany. View source version on Contacts Media Contact: Robert-Jan Bartunek – PUMA Corporate Communications – Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
a day ago
- Business
- Business Wire
PUMA and Manchester City Announce Long-Term Extension to Successful Global Partnership
HERZOGENAURACH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sports company PUMA and Premier League football club Manchester City have signed a long-term extension of their partnership, which since the 2019/20 season has exceeded all expectations on and off the pitch. The contract extension will allow PUMA and Manchester City to continue to innovate and create products that appeal to the club's ever-growing global community of fans over the coming seasons. 'PUMA's partnership with Manchester City has been a great success both on and off the pitch,' said PUMA Chief Executive Officer Arthur Hoeld. 'Trophies, a perfect stage for our performance products and commercial success were exceptional.' PUMA has celebrated many successes with the club during the partnership - most notably the Treble Winning 2022/23 season, four consecutive Premier League titles, and several domestic cup competition wins for the men's first team and an FA Cup and League Cup victory for Manchester City Women. During the partnership, Manchester City's Elite Development Squad (EDS) has also secured four Premier League 2 titles and the Under-18s have won two FA Youth Cups and were named Premier League National Champions on three occasions. Commercially, PUMA and Manchester City have set new club sales global records over the years and co-created iconic, best-selling kits such as the 2022/23 Colin Bell inspired home shirt worn during the treble-winning season. 'We joined forces with PUMA with the ambition to challenge ourselves and go beyond the expectations. We have achieved this and more over the last six seasons,' said Ferran Soriano, Chief Executive Officer of City Football Group. 'PUMA have seamlessly integrated into our organisation, and we've enjoyed many historic moments together, engaging fans globally. Today's renewal and extension solidifies our relationship and projects it to an even brighter future.' PUMA and Manchester City have introduced industry-leading innovations both in terms of product and marketing campaigns over the past seasons. In 2022, they launched a kit in the metaverse for the first time with partner Roblox and more recently invited Man City fans to design a future kit by using AI technology. PUMA's subsidiary STICHD is the exclusive retail partner of Manchester City and helped expand the club's retail footprint with the opening of City Stores in Manchester Arndale, within the 'City Challenge' in Yas Mall, Abu Dhabi and the four-month pop-up City Store at Rockefeller Centre, New York last summer. Manchester City's online store is also operated by STICHD. As part of this new long-term partnership there is a commitment to continue the global expansion of the City Store network including a new flagship store as part of the ongoing development of the Etihad Campus. Manchester City has also supported PUMA with sustainability initiatives such as its innovative RE:FIBRE recycling project. Since 2024, all Manchester City replica shirts are manufactured using RE:FIBRE materials that were recycled from factory off-cuts, faulty goods, and pre-loved clothing as the primary source of material. PUMA are also partner of City Football Group clubs Melbourne City FC, Girona, Lommel, Mumbai City FC, Montevideo, Palermo, Bolivia and most recently Bahia and ESTAC. PUMA PUMA is one of the world's leading sports brands, designing, developing, selling and marketing footwear, apparel and accessories. For more than 75 years, PUMA has relentlessly pushed sport and culture forward by creating fast products for the world's fastest athletes. PUMA offers performance and sport-inspired lifestyle products in categories such as Football, Running and Training, Basketball, Golf, and Motorsports. It collaborates with renowned designers and brands to bring sport influences into street culture and fashion. The PUMA Group owns the brands PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd. The company distributes its products in more than 120 countries, employs about 20,000 people worldwide, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach/Germany.
AU Financial Review
6 days ago
- Business
- AU Financial Review
Bell Potter trying to escape stockbroking ‘boom and bust' cycle
Bell Financial, the ASX-listed owner of one of the country's most storied stockbroking firms, says it is accelerating its expansion into wealth management in the hope of diversifying away from an industry prone to booms and busts and one that is rapidly becoming more difficult. The company was founded by stockbroker Colin Bell in 1970 and was listed on the ASX in 2007. It is best known for Bell Potter, which has grown from broking into corporate advisory and other services.
Irish Times
14-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Katie McCabe named Sportswoman of the Month for May
The Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman Award for May: Katie McCabe (Soccer) It's a whole seven and half years since Katie McCabe won her first Irish Times/Sport Ireland monthly award, which came at the end of an eventful year on and off the pitch for both her and her Republic of Ireland team-mates. In April 2017, there was the very public stance the players took against the FAI, McCabe among those who turned up at Liberty Hall to air their grievances. In August, she was named the youngest ever captain of the national team, with Colin Bell choosing the then 21-year-old to succeed the retired Emma Byrne. Between September and November of that year, she captained the side to an impressive start to their World Cup qualifying campaign, with wins away to Northern Ireland and Slovakia followed by a scoreless draw away to then reigning European champions the Netherlands. READ MORE But perhaps the most significant happening for McCabe in 2017 was her six month loan spell at Glasgow City , her playing opportunities since joining Arsenal two years before having been severely limited. While in Scotland, she helped City win their 11th successive league title and then returned to Arsenal with just a fortnight left on her contract with the London club. By then, Joe Montemurro, who was appointed head coach of the Australian women's side last week, had taken over as Arsenal manager. He liked what he saw from the young Dubliner in training, extended her contract and, well, the rest is one heck of a story. When she headed to Lisbon last month with Arsenal to take on Barcelona, a Champions League medal was just about the only honour missing from McCabe's club collection. Only three other Irish women – Emma Byrne, Ciara Grant and Yvonne Tracy – had won Europe's premier club competition, but that was a whole 18 years before when they were part of Arsenal's quadruple-winning side. No English club had won it before or since, and coming up against one of the finest teams in the history of the women's game, the odds weren't exactly on Arsenal's side. Katie McCabe winning the ball from Barcelona's Caroline Graham Hansen in last month's Champions League final. Photograph:Barcelona had scored 26 goals in their six group games – 10 against Wolfsburg over two legs in the quarter-finals – and beat Chelsea, the six-in-a-row WSL winners, 8-2 on aggregate in the semi-finals. And, somehow, Arsenal managed to keep them scoreless in Lisbon – McCabe giving their brilliant winger Caroline Graham Hansen no room to breathe, her marking job playing a sizeable part in that clean sheet. Add in a 74th minute goal from Stina Blackstenius and Arsenal were, once again, European champions. And McCabe had added her name to that Irish roll of honour, having also shone against Bayern Munich and Lyons in the quarter and semi-finals. Little wonder that Republic of Ireland manager Carla Ward has excused her captain from the trip to the United States later this month for the friendlies in Denver and Cincinnati, having suggested that she is 'on the verge of burnout'. As Uefa's stattos revealed, McCabe started all 15 of Arsenal's Champions League games, including in the qualifying phase, meaning she played more minutes – 1,296 to be exact – than any player in the history of the competition. Add in her appearing in all but two of Arsenal's WSL games, suspension ruling her out of both, as well as four cup games. Good and all as her engine is, it was time for a break. Form-wise, she hasn't had her best year for Ireland, so Ward needs the only Irish woman to ever be nominated for the Ballon d'Or, and our 2023 sportswoman of the year , to be in prime condition for October's Nations League play-off against Belgium. [ Aoife Wafer named Sportswoman of the Month for April Opens in new window ] Back in 2017, McCabe followed Katie Taylor on our monthly roll of honour. It says something of her career achievements since then that she might well have drawn level since on the name recognition front. Previous monthly winners – December: Ellen Walshe (swimming); January : Hazel Finn (basketball); February : Lara Gillespie (cycling); March : Kate O'Connor and Sarah Healy (athletics); April : Aoife Wafer (rugby)
Scotsman
10-06-2025
- Business
- Scotsman
Dream Big Day returns for 2025 to continue inspiring young minds
CareerMap Media Group is thrilled to announce the return of Dream Big Day 2025, a nationwide celebration dedicated to inspiring primary school children to explore limitless career possibilities and focus on their bright futures ahead. Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Returning this year on Friday, June 27 with the help of Barclays LifeSkills, the next Dream Big Day will build on the success of 2024's events and be bigger and more impactful than ever. More than just one day, the build up to Dream Big Day focuses on breaking down barriers for the future generation and eliminating the ideas that they can't achieve what they want. The event works with Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 in primary school via strategic lesson plans, assembly guidance and downloadable resources including worksheets, role plays and teaching packs, that will break stereotyping of careers, build pupil's self-belief, resilience, and recognition of their unique qualities for a positive impact in the classroom and workplace. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad On the day itself participating schools will have the opportunity to celebrate careers across every industry, inspiring children to think past limitations and imagine their future and everything they can be. With workshops from businesses and organisations as well as volunteers giving their time to empower the next generation, children can gain hands-on experience, learn from inspiring individuals and discover careers and jobs they might never have heard of before. The event works with Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 in primary school to inspire future careers In 2024, Blackley Academy in Manchester was named Dream Big Day School of the Year, achieving record-breaking student attendance on the day with students across every age group getting involved to celebrate their dream careers. From doctors, footballers, TV presenters and scientists, to teachers, astronauts, chefs and athletes - no dream is too big, and every child is encouraged to dream big. Dream Big Day is inspired by the bright outlook and unlimited aspirations of children—like founder Colin Bell's own daughter, Sofia, who dreams of becoming a professional footballer, and son, Milan, who hopes to be an astronaut. Colin shared: 'We're so excited to bring back Dream Big Day, and to continue breaking down barriers and inspiring children to dream past limitations. 'We firmly believe that no child should feel there is a ceiling which they can't break through. It's our duty to ensure children don't lose that passion for the things they love and to believe they can be anything they want to be. Inspiring young minds and the future work generation means they will learn and grow with the confidence to reach and achieve their dreams. When we Dream Big, anything is possible!' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Last year also saw the backing of key organisations who have returned again to lend support as well as share insights into the range of careers on offer. This year sees the return of key support including headline sponsor Barclays LifeSkills to bring Dream Big Day back for 2025 to help keep children's dreams alive and let them have aspirations to be anything and everything they want. Kate McGoey, Head of Barclays LifeSkills, explained: 'Nurturing the aspirations of children and helping them to develop valuable skills from a young age is vital. We are delighted to be partnering with Dream Big Day again. By working together with teachers, we can help empower, inspire and excite young people to recognise their potential, start to explore diverse career paths, and develop goals for a bright and fulfilling future.' For schools looking to build Dream Big Day into their primary school calendar, the event remains a cost-free initiative that teachers, parents and students can celebrate together. With help to bring the event to life both in and out of the classroom, CareerMap Media Group has support and ideas via the Dream Big Day website for reinforcing the positive and inspiring message with children.
