Warriors Rakuten Patch
Rakuten is an e commerce company that was founded in japan in 1997 but it has a north american headquarters in san francisco which gives it a strong link to the warriors and the bay area.
Warriors rakuten patch. One sports business story that deserves your attention in the run up to the new season is the golden state warriors new three year jersey patch deal with japanese tech firm rakuten for 20. The partnership ranges beyond the jersey patches fans see on the court as the warriors will be highlighting a number of rakuten s products and services during the lifetime of the agreement. In september 2017 rakuten signed a three year 60 million deal to become the official sponsor for the jersey patch on the front of the uniforms for the golden state warriors of the nba. Rakuten partnered with walmart for a late push on e books in january 2018.
Bob myers warriors president of basketball operations and general manager speaks during a press conference to annouce a jersey sponsorship deal between rakuten and the golden state warriors in. The golden state warriors signed by far the largest jersey patch deal earlier this week selling the coveted space on their jersey parallel to the nike swoosh to japanese technology company. The golden state warriors signed the largest of the nba advertising patch deals this week selling the space on its jersey for the next three years to japanese tech company rakuten. Warriors sign jersey patch advertising deal with rakuten warriors owner peter guber considers it more than a business agreement.
The new rakuten patch on the warriors jersey according to espn s darren rovell the warriors signed a deal with rakuten a japanese tech and commerce company to place advertisement patches.