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| Industry | Retail |
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| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Manchester, England |
| Key people | Andy Anson |
| Products | Clothing Sportswear |
| Owner(s) | Findel PLC |
| Website | http://www.kitbag.com |
Kitbag Ltd. is one of the United Kingdom's leading sports retailers and amongst Europe's largest.
The company was purchased by Findel PLC in October 2006 from European Home Retail plc.[1]
[edit] Official stores
Kitbag.com is Europe's leading online sports retailer.[citation needed] Kitbag also has the exclusive rights to operate the official online stores of Manchester United, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Everton, Celtic, Aston Villa, Sunderland, West Ham, Manchester City, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, the Football Association / England team, British Lions (rugby), RFU (rugby), Umbro (sports apparel), Open Tour and European Golf Store.[citation needed] Kitbag also runs several retail stores.
In addition to these online and retail stores, Kitbag run the online and offline direct mailings / catalogues, call centre operations, and pick pack & dispatch parcel distribution and warehousing in various forms for these sports entities:
They have also had experience in running the official internet retail sites for other partners, such as Nike, Reebok, Umbro, FIFA and UEFA through various merchandise agreements.[2]
Kitbag Ltd also run their own online sports store, Kitbag.com,[3] with over 10,000 sports products. The site is a licensed reseller of football shirts,[4] football boots [5] and other sports apparel and equipment.
[edit] References
- ^ "Findel PLC Acquisitions". hemscott.com. http://www.hemscott.com/news/static/rna/item.do?newsId=36483600294326. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ^ "Kitbag to Manage World Cup Online store". http://www.netimperative.com/news/2005/12/8/Kitbag/?searchterm=None. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ^ "Kitbag The online sports store for official football shirts & kit, boots, leisurewear and footwear". http://www.kitbag.com. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
- ^ "Kitbag Football shirts". http://www.kitbag.com/stores/kitbag_4_5/football/default.aspx. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
- ^ "Kitbag football boots". http://www.kitbag.com/stores/kitbag_4_5/footwear/bootroom/default.aspx. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
