The Suns, founded in 1968, had the Phoenix pro sports market to themselves for 20 years.
Despite its large size, Miami has never been a particularly strong sports market.
However, likely realizing the inundation of the sports market, Fuse Science has set off on another marketing path to build its brand.
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Industry-wide, apparel. sales at independent surf and skate shops are down 4.8% since last year, according to ActionWatch, an action sports market research firm.
Moving Carmelo Anthony, another Jordan Brand rep, from Denver into a larger sports market in New York, was good for the brand.
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When he became the face of the Broncos in 1983, a huge fish in a small sports market pond, he became the most locally scrutinized athlete in America.
The new networks (one in Spanish and the other in English) are fighting for content in the crowded LA Sports market, and this deal guarantees live programming from March to October.
Add to that Green Bay's distinction as the country's smallest major league sports market and they seem a nostalgic aberration amid megamoneyed rivals like the Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots.
New Orleans is currently ranked as the 51st largest sports market, but with two professional sports teams, one of the most modern stadiums in the country, and a reputation for hosting some of the largest sporting events, the city definitely out performs beyond its expectations.
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Even with a 62% share of the sports videogaming market, EA Sports is angling for more.
In addition, Nike must maintain above-industry average growth in developed markets to grow its market share in the global sports apparel market.
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BodyArmor is wasting no time in its push to dominate the sports drink market.
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The luxury sports car market is tiny, accounting for around 0.1% of global car sales.
With an opening economy, China presents a lucrative growth opportunity that can help Nike gain share in the sports products market.
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For example, the Sports Tradex market gives the 49ers a 65% of winning the Super and the Ravens a 35% chance.
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The national sports network sees the market for sports continuing to expand.
Sports executives market their products to families who are deciding whether to spend an afternoon at a theme park or a ballpark, says Mr Sanderson.
Another reason, ironically, is that the notion of a lucrative sports memorabilia market didn't really exist years ago, so players and collectors weren't saving artifacts.
It was the best year yet for his signature Nike shoe according to Matt Powell, an analyst with SportsOneSource that tracks sales in the sports apparel market.
Years later Ma co-founded an online sports stock market called Protrade.com (which Forbes profiled in 2006) and later a company called CitizenSports, recently purchased by Yahoo!
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After its mid-summer reveal, JVC's entry into the booming action sports camera market is now shipping and we got to spend some time with the questionably-named GC-XA1 ADIXXION at the company's CEDIA booth.
Add in that sports actually try to prevent the creation of dynasties through a variety of rules like drafts or salary caps and you can easily understand that leadership skill and organizational design are critical to success in sports because market and technological advantages are blunted by rule.
Including the ESPN agreement, the deals provide for a roughly 100% increase in media rights for Major League Baseball, which is one of several sports entities enjoying the heated market for sports rights.
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Overall, the numbers seem to prove that the investment MLS has made is an overwhelming success, and a blueprint for other sports looking to gain market share in the American sports landscape.
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This is direct competition with DirectTV, which has dominated the out-of-market sports field for year.
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With these two new profiles Bluetooth Smart is on the way to providing complete coverage of the sports and fitness market.
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Attanasio clearly understands the perils of owning a small market sports franchise.
But the product catching everybody's fancy is the sports beverage Gatorade, which has cornered 80% of the sports-drink market, dwarfing Coke's Powerade and Pepsi's AllSport.
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