http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/puma-and-arsenal-announce-partnership
Having extended and deepened its relationship with the FIGC (Italian Football Federation), signed 2013 Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund and bolstered its player portfolio with Sergio Aguero, Cesc Fabregas, Mario Balotelli, Radamel Falcao, Olivier Giroud and Yaya Toure among others, PUMA is defining itself as the clear No 3 football brand.
Clear No 3
Arsenal.com doing good
posted on 27/1/14
British Knights
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Might as well throw in SPX whilst we're at it, eh..?
posted on 27/1/14
Lonsdale
posted on 27/1/14
Never heard of SPX but they look they have 10 times the street cred of your standard Gola and 20 times as much bling
posted on 27/1/14
GAP
posted on 27/1/14
Never heard of SPX but they look they have 10 times the street cred of your standard Gola and 20 times as much bling
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SPX were the last throw of the dice with regards to overblown, garish, 90's bad-taste-chic!
Lennox Lewis was sponsored by them (oddly) and they became synonymous with 90's rave culture.
Weird now, that Gola (& also Dunlop) are seen as decent brands. When I was at school, they were seen as the height of trash, so much so that they made Hi-Tech seem in vogue.
I guess there's a lot to be said for the "retro-chic" in casual sportswear? Take a walk around Shoreditch and in amongst the Porkpie hats, drainpipe jeans & kipper ties, you'll find many a Gola shoulderbag & pairs of Dunlop Greenflash infesting the sh'it-stained trendy streets, that 10/15 years ago shops couldn't giveaway!
posted on 27/1/14
George or TU.....
posted on 27/1/14
My oap mum wears greenflash, that should say it enough about them
posted on 27/1/14
Reebok haven't 'dropped off' they were brought by adidas. They rarely produce anything for the UK now and nothing football wise at all as far as im aware. Their headquarters was moved to the US and thats where there market is now.
posted on 27/1/14
Also gola and dunlop are owned by Sports Direct, as well as Slazenger I think. Which is why they have increased in popularity over recent years.
posted on 5/2/14
I wanted nothing like Palace.