Castore (brand)

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J.Carter Sporting Club Limited
Castore (ca-stor)
Type PLC
Industry Textile
Founded6 July 2015;7 years ago (2015-07-06) in Bebington, United Kingdom
Founders
  • Philip Beahon
  • Thomas Beahon
Headquarters Manchester, England, UK [lower-alpha 1] [1] [2]
Number of locations
7 [3]  (2022)
Area served
  • Worldwide
  • United Kingdom
Products
BrandsAMC [4]
Number of employees
400 [5]  (2020)
Website castore.com

J.Carter Sporting Club Limited (operating as Castore) is a British manufacturer of sportswear and athletic clothing, headquartered in Manchester, England. The company's products are sold in more than 50 countries worldwide [6] and have sponsorship deals with association football teams, cricket teams and tennis players.

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History

The company was founded in 2015 by brothers Thomas (born September 1989) and Philip Beahon (born November 1992) when they were 25 and 22 years old respectively. [7] Tom had been a professional youth football player for Tranmere Rovers between the ages of 17 and 21 before spending time at Jerez Industrial in Spain and attending the Glenn Hoddle Academy. [7] Phil played semi-professional cricket for Cheshire and Lancashire cricket clubs. [7]

The pair left their playing careers in 2013 and moved to London to work in finance in an effort to raise money for their sportswear venture; [7] Tom worked at Lloyds Bank and Phil for Deloitte. [8] During their time in London they began their market research by interviewing patrons of high-end gymnasiums and signing up a number of prolific investors from the fashion and sporting industries. [7] Castore launched online in 2016. [7] In 2019 Forbes listed the pair in their "30 Under 30" list. [9]

Sponsorships

Andy Murray wearing Castore branded items at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships Williams Murray wayout.jpg
Andy Murray wearing Castore branded items at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships

2019

In January 2019, Castore became the official kit partner to British tennis champion Andy Murray, who also became a shareholder in the company in March of that year. [10] The company brands Murray's products as AMC, and it became the official apparel partner of the Lawn Tennis Association. [11] Marlie Packer, who plays for England's women's rugby union team, is a brand ambassador for Castore. [12] In December 2019, Cricket West Indies signed a three-year deal with Castore to produce their official kit. [13]

2020

In early 2020, Castore secured £7.5 million in funds from undisclosed private investors to help the company move into elite professional football. [14] In May 2020, Castore became the official kit supplier of Scottish Premiership club, Rangers on a five-year deal believed to be worth £25 million. [15] [16]

2021

In May 2021, McLaren and Castore announced a multi-year deal for them to become the official team apparel and sportswear partner to the McLaren Formula One team. [17] In the same month, Castore signed a multi-year deal with Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers to become their new on-field partner. This partnership deviated from previous agreements held by the company, with Castore providing the playing staff with kits, while Wolves manufactured and distributed the replica kits under license. [18]

In June 2021, it was announced that rugby union side Saracens had agreed a five-year supply deal with Castore ahead of their return to Premiership Rugby in the 2021–22 season. The deal also included additional partnerships with Saracens' women's team and Saracens Mavericks netball team. [19] In July 2021, Castore signed a multi-year deal with Premier League club Newcastle United to become their new kit manufacturer. [20]

In September 2021, it was announced that the England and Wales Cricket Board had signed a ten-year deal with Castore worth £25 million to become the official kit supplier, starting from April 2022. [21] The same month Cricket South Africa signed a three-year deal with Castore to produce their official kit, [22] and in December Kent County Cricket Club announced it would partner with Castore as a technical partner beginning in the 2022 season. [23]

2022

Ahead of the 2022–23 season, Castore continued its expansion into professional football, announcing new partnerships with Premier League club Aston Villa, [24] English Football League clubs Charlton Athletic, [25] Milton Keynes Dons [26] and Salford City, [27] as well as La Liga club Sevilla, [28] Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen [29] and Serie B club Genoa.

2023

Ahead of the 2023 Formula One season, Red Bull Racing announced that they would be leaving Puma for Castore for the 2023 Formula One season.

Also from the 2023–24 football season in the Netherlands, Feyenoord announced that they will leave Adidas after 9 years for Castore.

Australian Rules Football

Association football

Club teams

Cricket

National teams

County teams

Cycling

Golf

Motor Racing

Formula One

Netball

Rugby League

Rugby Union

National teams

Club teams

Swimming

Taekwondo

Tennis

Ownership

As of August 2021, the company has 33 shareholders with the largest being the two founders, each with 18.59%, and Monte Group (Jersey) LTD [lower-alpha 2] with 15%. [36] Other shareholders of the company include Robert Senior (former CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi), Tom Singh (founder of New Look), YOOX Net-a-Porter Group investor Arnaud Massenet, and tennis player Andy Murray. [10]

Stores

The company has an outlet store in London's King's Road that opened in November 2019 as well as concessions in department stores. [3] [37] A Liverpool store followed in the Liverpool One complex. [38] Additional stores have opened in Cannock, Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Livingston, and Newcastle upon Tyne. [3]

As part of their partnership with Rangers, Castore are involved with their Ibrox club store and the Buchanan Galleries store. [39]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Between the inception of the business and mid-2021 the company headquarters were located in and around Liverpool, Merseyside.
  2. ↑ Monte Group is an investment company owned by Mohsin and Zuber Issa of EG Group. [35]

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