It's made the Queensland Business Review as well......
Signet teams with Richmond TigersJanuary 21, 2011Queensland-based packaging and consumables manufacturer and distributor Signet has announced a strategic partnership with AFL Football Club, the Richmond Tigers.
The three-year agreement is the largest sports marketing investment in Signet’s history and is a crucial element to the brand’s 2011 campaign.
Key Richmond players will feature on the front of Signet’s bi-annual ‘Your Buyer’s Guide’ under the deal.
The business will also gain logo representation on the players’ media shirts, stadium signage and corporate access.
Signet has been quietly operating in the Victorian marketplace for over 30 years and now, as it kicks off its 2011 expansion, is ready to establish itself as a key player in the State.
Opening its new facility in Knoxfield, Melbourne, the partnership announcement with Richmond seeks to capitalise on the club’s well established reputation in Victoria, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
According to CEO Mark Brennan, the sponsorship is pivotal to the launch of Signet’s Australia wide consumer division as well as the further expansion of business-to-business operations.
“We are both very similar in the way we conduct our business and the passion behind our brands, as Richmond look to once again become a dominant force in the AFL, Signet are excited to be able to grow with them,” Brennan says.
“Richmond has one of the strongest membership bases in the AFL with over 42,000 members which provides a solid platform from which we can not only strengthen our position in the Victorian marketplace, but Perth and Darwin markets as well,” he says.
As part of the relationship, Signet will provide a wide range of products crucial to the running of the club including stationery, cleaning products and Signet’s very own unique and highly regarded line marking paint.
The alliance with Richmond FC is the second major sporting investment by the company which also sponsors NRL side, the North Queensland Cowboys.
Pictured from L to R – Richmond player Brett Deledio, Richmond player Andrew Browne, Signet CEO Mark Brennan, Richmond player Will Thursfield and Richmond player Trent Cotchin.http://www.qbr.com.au/news/articleid/71761.aspx