| Industry | Sports equipment |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 [1] |
| Headquarters | Quanzhou, Fujian, China |
Area served | Southeast Asia, Middle East |
| Products | Footwear, sportswear |
| Revenue | Annual Turnover US$ > 250,000,000 [2] |
| Website | en.erke.com |
| Erke | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 尔克 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 爾克 | ||||||
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ERKE is a sportswear brand owned by the Chinese company HongXing Erke Group. The brand specializes in footwear and sportswear and has sponsored major sports icons within the Chinese Olympic team. Erke was also the official kit sponsor for the Korea DPR national football team.
Erke was also the official apparel sponsor for the 2012 WTA Tour Championships and Shanghai ATP 1000 tennis tournament, [3] and the Qatar Open table tennis tournament.
It was reported that Hongxing Erke's revenue in 2020 would be 2.8 billion,and its net profit would be a loss of 220 million. [4]
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