Arsenal deal is huge opportunity for Puma
- by Soccer America , Jan 28, 2014
The five-year deal gives Puma wide-ranging licensing rights to develop Arsenal-branded merchandise on a global basis in addition to producing the playing and training uniforms for all Arsenal teams.
Nike had been the Arsenal uniform supplier for 20 years. The Gunners were one of the first major clubs to wear Nike as it moved into European soccer in a big way in the 1990s.
Now, Puma looks to reposition itself as a major soccer player alongside adidas and Nike.
"Arsenal has been a key strategic target for Puma for a number of years now," said Puma CEO Bjoern Gulden. "Through a clear commercial vision, a well-defined sports marketing strategy and a relentless enthusiasm within the Puma organization, we're proud to have signed this partnership with a truly global football club. As we enter a new era in our company history, Arsenal represents a major commercial and marketing opportunity to reinforce Puma's credibility as a global sports brand, and we have full confidence that the plans in place to activate this partnership will have a significant global impact."
Does anyone have any info on this. I believe about 80%, whatever, of Pumas business is not soccer related and Pumas soccer uniforms, in my opinion for what it is worth, show no imagination in design.
It appears you can do infinitely more with three stripes than a Puma or even a Swoosh. So why is Puma so unimaginative in their soccer uniforms?
Is it the design department or the corporate philosophy of Puma that stifles imagination?
This isn't meant to be criticism with harmful intent, it just seems like it is a fact.