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Manchester City Football Club

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Manchester City Football Club is a football club in Manchester, England. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's, they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. Manchester City football club are one of the most historic football clubs in British football. They formerly played at Maine Road before relocating to the Etihad Stadium also known as the City of Manchester Stadium or Eastlands in 2003. The club was purchased in 2008 by Abu Dhabi United Group and has since become one of the wealthiest in the world. Since 2011 the club have won five major honours, including the Premier League in 2012 and 2014. Manchester City have won 4 league titles, 5 FA Cups, 3 league cups and one European championship in their history. Colin Bell, Bert Trautmann, Alan Oakes and Niall Quinn are Manchester City legends, and The Citizens enjoy a cross-city rivalry with neighbours Manchester United. Manchester City's home colors are sky blue and white. Traditional away kit colo...

AC Milan: Professional Football Club

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Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan, is one of Italy’s most recognizable clubs founded in 1899. AC Milan is one of the most storied and successful football clubs in all of Europe. With seven Champions League titles and eighteen Serie A titles to their name, AC Milan is one of the winningest clubs on both an Italian and European scale. Milan's home games are played at San Siro, also known as the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The former owner of the club was former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who owned the club for 31 years. The club is one of the wealthiest in Italian and world football. Red and black are the colours which have represented the club throughout its entire history. They were chosen to represent the players' fiery ardor (red) and the opponents' fear to challenge the team (black), nickname derived from the club's colours is the Devil. White shorts and black socks are usually worn as part of the home strip. Mi...

Juventus FC: Professional Italian Football Club

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Juventus Football Club known as Juve, is a professional Italian football club in Turin, Piedmont. Founded in 1897 by some Torinese students, the club has worn a black and white striped home kit since 1903. Juvnetus was founded in late 1897 by some of the pupils from the Massimo D’Azeglio Lyceum School in Turin as a Sports Club. Two years later it became an exclusive football club. In the year 1900 the club joined the then Italian Football Championship. In 1923 the famous car manufacturing company Fiat’s owner Edoardo Agnelli gained the control over the club and built an exclusive stadium for the club. That helped the team immensely and they won their second championship in the 1925-26. Juventus have understood that social media are not just another push marketing channel that helps you to spread a single message out into the world, but an integral part of any marketing engagement strategy. Conversing with fans helps them to understand your marketing message even better and raises the...

Vans: An American Manufacturer of Shoes

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On March 16th, 1966, at street 704E Broadway, in Anaheim, California, Paul Van Doren and three partners opened up their first ever store and the Vans dream was born. The Van Doren Rubber Company was unique in that it manufactures shoes and sells them directly to the public. The Vans #44 deck shoes, which is now known as the Authentic were born. By the end of the 1970s, Vans had 70 stores in California and sells through dealers both nationally and internationally. By 2004, the company grew to $300 million from $60 million. That same year, the company was sold for $396 million to VF Corp., which assured Vans executives the brand would continue to operate on its own. Vans Followers on Twitter 1.18m . In August 2013, the Vans skateboard team filmed a video, and team rider Geoff Rowley explained in an interview that the video will represent a team of grateful Vans riders returning the support that they have received from the shoe brand thus far. Skateboard filmmaker Greg Hunt, who previou...

Michael Kors: American Sportswear Fashion Designer and Brand Michael Kors

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Michael Kors Holdings Limited is an American luxury fashion company that was established in 1981 by designer Michael Kors. As a child Kors worked as a model, appearing in television commercials for breakfast cereal brand Lucky Charms and Charmin' paper towels. Kors married his partner, Lance Le Pere, on August 16, 2011, in Southampton, New York. The company Michael Kors is known for apparel, footwear, watches, handbags and other accessories. As of 2015, Michael Kors Holdings has more than 550 stores and over 1500 in-store boutiques in various countries. Michael Kors stores are operated, either directly or through licensing partners, in some of the most prestigious cities in the world, including New York, Beverly Hills, Chicago, London, Milan, Paris, Munich, Istanbul, Dubai, Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Rio de Janeiro. Michael Kors has always been involved in philanthropy, fighting hunger for more than 20 years. A longtime supporter of God’s Love We Deliver, he has worked ...

Prada: An Italian Luxury Fashion House

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Prada is an Italian luxury fashion house, specializing in leather handbags, travel accessories, shoes, ready-to-wear, perfumes and other fashion accessories founded in 1913 by Mario Prada, Miuccia Prada's grandfather, in Milan. Located in the prestigious Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Prada was an exclusive, stylish store selling luggage, accessories and luxury goods, in fine materials and of sophisticated workmanship. The Milan store quickly became a firm favourite with the Italian aristocracy and the most sophisticated members of the European elite. Prada has gone on to open boutiques in dozens of cities and countries across the globe. Their shoes for men and women have become a staple for fashion enthusiasts and celebrities alike, and those extraordinary handbags are still wildly popular. The distinct silver Prada triangle is a status symbol all over Europe and North America. The motivating force in Prada's aesthetic is reinvention. The house's strangely beautiful colle...

Gucci: Italian Luxury Brand of Fashion and Leather Goods

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Gucci is an Italian luxury brand of fashion and leather goods, part of the Gucci Group, which is owned by the French holding company Kering. Gucci was founded by Guccio Gucci in Florence in 1921. Gucci generated about €4.2 billion in revenue worldwide in 2008 according to BusinessWeek. Guccio Gucci had previously worked at the famed Savoy Hotel in London, and this inspired him to bring the taste of the English nobility into the goods he created. He created many of his classics early during the 1950’s; products such as luggage, ties, shoes, and the famous handbags sporting the bamboo handle. After his death in 1953, his family was able to take the enormously successful company to new heights by opening stores in Paris, Beverly Hills, London, Palm Beach, and Tokyo. The company increases and diversifies production, carrying out significant research on new more luxurious materials and innovative approaches to design never tabling the legendary quality and craftsmanship synonymous with the...