In the middle of A.C. Milan's successful 2015-2016 Serie A campaign and growing online sales in the Americas, EDGE Americas Sports will expand the A.C. Milan brand and licensing program throughout North and South America.

EDGE Americas Sports co-founded by World Cup champion and Italian soccer great Alessandro Del Piero and industry veteran Jeffrey Whalen.

March 23, 2016 (Los Angeles, California) – EDGE Americas Sports, a Los Angeles-based sports and marketing agency, has been appointed by adidas Italia and global soccer powerhouse A.C. Milan to expand their brand presence and ambitious licensing program across the Americas from Canada south to Argentina. EDGE Americas Sports will create a wide array of officially licensed consumer products for the Italian champions.

A.C. Milan is one of the world's most cherished and celebrated soccer brands and in 2015-2016 is once again challenging the Serie A leaders.

"The EDGE Americas Sports team of experts in licensing was first on the scene in creating a tremendous market for A.C. Milan fan merchandise in the Americas and around the world," said Jeffrey Whalen, Co-Founder of EDGE Americas Sports. "I am really pleased that we can build on our relationships with so many licensees and retail partners around the Americas in once again delivering the very highest levels of creativity, expertise and passion for A.C. Milan fan merchandise."

About EDGE Americas Sports

EDGE Americas Sports is a sports and marketing agency focused on consumer products licensing, soccer clinics, sponsorship and promotions. The agency was created with a singular aim to create the most inspired merchandise anywhere in the market — products that add to the celebration and emotion of that one moment, and currently licenses consumer products for championship football teams. The founders and team helped build the marketplace for these products 12 years ago when at Warner Bros. Consumer Products. The Agency has offices in Los Angeles, Torino, and representatives in New York City, Mexico City, Sao Paulo and Santiago. Learn more at www.edgeamericas.com.

Contact

Jeffrey Whalen
jwhalen@edgeamericas.com

EDGE Americas Sports on the web at: www.edgeamericas.com
For more information email: info@edgeamericas.com

On the heels of Paris Saint-Germain’s successful North America Summer Tour and with growing online sales in the U.S., EDGE Americas Sports will expand the Paris Saint-Germain brand and licensing programming in North America.

EDGE Americas Sports co-founded by World Cup champion and Italian soccer great Alessandro del Piero

September 9, 2015 (Los Angeles, Calif.) – EDGE Americas Sports, a Los Angeles-based sports and marketing agency, has been appointed by French and global soccer powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain to expand their brand presence and ambitious licensing programme principally in Canada and in the United States. EDGE Americas Sports will especially create a wide array of officially licensed consumer products for the French champions.

Paris Saint-Germain is one of Europe’s fastest-growing soccer brands and in 2015 strengthened the top 10 position that it had achieved the previous year. The 2015 summer tour in Canada and in the USA has demonstrated its new popularity with the Club winning the International Champions Cup against top European rosters.

About EDGE Americas Sports

Co-founded by World Cup champion Alessandro Del Piero and industry veteran Jeffrey Whalen, EDGE Americas Sports is a Los Angeles-based sports agency focused on consumer products licensing, soccer clinics, promotions and marketing. The consumer products licensing team at EDGE Americas Sports is actively signing agreements with some of the world’s top sotflines and hardlines manufacturers to get officially licensed products into the market for the 2015-2016 European soccer season.

About Paris Saint-Germain

Four years ago, Paris Saint-Germain set itself the goal of becoming a global sports brand by embodying in everything it does and in all its communications the values of elegance, excellence and respect that are associated with Paris whose name its brand so proudly bears. The first stages of the club's project bear witness to its aim to join the very top flight European clubs:

• On the pitch: The team has secured the French title and reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League for 3 years in a row.
• Away from the pitch: annual revenue has quintupled, reaching 474 million € in 2014, while sponsorship income has increased almost tenfold.

http://www.psg.fr

EDGE America: Jeffrey Whalen, jwhalen@edgeamericas.com
Paris Saint-Germain: Nicolas Serres, nserres@PSG.FR

Agency will license European Soccer fan merchandise in the Americas

EDGE Americas Sports co-founded by World Cup champion and Italian soccer great Alessandro del Piero

June 8, 2015 (Los Angeles, Calif.) – EDGE Americas Sports, a Los Angeles-based sports and marketing agency, has been appointed by soccer giants Real Madrid C.F and Juventus F.C. to expand their brand presence in Canada, the United States and Latin America in select cases. EDGE Americas Sports has signed representation agreements with these clubs, as well as another UEFA Champions League contending club, to create a wide array of officially licensed consumer products. EDGE Americas Sports will continue to pursue representation agreements with several other championship caliber soccer clubs.

Co-founded by World Cup champion Alessandro Del Piero and industry veteran Jeffrey Whalen, EDGE Americas Sports is a Los Angeles-based sports agency focused on consumer products licensing, soccer clinics, promotions and marketing. The agreements will provide soccer fans with a large selection of merchandise to celebrate every moment and every victory. The expert team at EDGE Americas Sports is building strategic relationships with key retail partners to deliver an unprecedented shopping experience for those fans.

"We are very pleased to have signed representation agreements with these championship caliber clubs," said del Piero, who led Juventus F.C and the Italian National Team to a record number of titles. "It is my belief that soccer in the United States and the Americas will see dramatic growth in the next 10 years and that EDGE Americas Sports can be a tremendous catalyst in creating high levels of fan engagement, brand recognition and new fans."

Real Madrid F.C., which was named the Best Club of the 20th Century, is one of the most widely supported teams in the world as well as one of the most valuable. In international play, it has won a record 10 UEFA Champions League titles, shares the record for three Intercontinental Cups, two UEFA Cups, two UEFA Super Cups and a FIFA Club World Cup Championship. Domestically, Real Madrid F.C. has captured 32 La Liga titles and 19 Copa del Rey victories.

Juventus F.C. is the most successful team in Italian football history. In international play it has captured two Intercontinental Cups, two UEFA Champions Leagues, one European Cup Winner’s Cup, three UEFA Cups, one UEFA Intertoto Cup and two UEFA Super Cups. Domestically, Juventus F.C. has a league leading number of Serie A titles (33) and a record 10 Italian Cups. EDGE Americas Sports’ agreement with Juventus F.C. goes into effect July 1, 2015.

"The EDGE Americas Sports team of licensing experts was first on the scene in creating a tremendous market for soccer fan merchandise in the Americas and around the world," said Jeffrey Whalen, Co-Founder of EDGE Americas Sports. Whalen brings extensive high-level experience in consumer products, international sports and entertainment to EDGE Americas Sports having previously served as a VP at The Walt Disney Company and a Senior VP at Warner Bros. "I am really pleased that we can build on our relationships with so many licensees and retail partners around the Americas in delivering the very highest levels of creativity, expertise and passion for the game."

About EDGE Americas Sports

EDGE Americas Sports is a sports and marketing agency focused on consumer products licensing, soccer clinics, sponsorship and promotions. The agency was created with a singular aim to create the most inspired merchandise anywhere in the market – products that add to the celebration and emotion of that one winning moment. EDGE Americas Sports currently licenses consumer products for European championship football teams. The agency has offices in Los Angeles, Torino, and representatives in Mexico City and Sao Paulo. Learn more at www.edgeamericas.com.

Contact:

Efrain Olivares
eolivares@brandwarepr.com

(818) 254-7196

EDGE Americas Sports on the web at: www.edgeamericas.com
For more information email: info@edgeamericas.com

Agency will license Celtic F.C. Soccer fan merchandise in the Americas

EDGE Americas Sports, co-founded by Alessandro Del Piero, World Cup champion and industry veteran Jeffrey Whalen

May 19, 2017 (Los Angeles, Calif.) – EDGE Americas Sports, a Los Angeles-based sports and marketing agency, has been appointed by soccer giant Celtic F.C. to expand their brand presence in Canada and the United States. EDGE Americas Sports has signed representation agreements with Celtic F.C., as well as other UEFA Champions League contending clubs, to create a wide array of officially licensed consumer products. The agreement will provide soccer fans with a large selection of merchandise to celebrate Celtic F.C.’s every moment on the pitch.

”This is an unparalleled moment for Celtic F.C. to expand our merchandise and brand presence in North America as the Club celebrates its sixth title in a row as crowned champions in the Scottish Premiership. We’re delighted to be working alongside Edge Americas Sports in this important initiative” said Kevin Cawley, Celtic F.C.

“We are very pleased to have signed a representation agreement with Celtic F.C. truly a championship caliber club,” said Del Piero, who led Juventus F.C. and the Italian National Team to a record number of titles. “It is my belief that soccer in the United States and the Americas will see dramatic growth in the next 10 years and that EDGE Americas Sports can be a tremendous catalyst in creating high levels of fan engagement, brand recognition and new fans.”

About Celtic F.C.:

Celtic F.C. is a professional football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premiership. The club was founded 129 years ago. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 48 occasions, most recently in the 2016–17 season, the Scottish Cup 36 times and the Scottish League Cup 16 times. The club's greatest season was 1966–67, when Celtic became the first British team to win the European Cup.

About EDGE Americas Sports

EDGE Americas Sports is a sports and marketing agency focused on consumer products licensing, soccer clinics, sponsorship and promotions. The agency was created with a singular aim to create the most inspired merchandise anywhere in the market – products that add to the celebration and emotion of that one winning moment. EDGE Americas Sports currently licenses consumer products for European championship football teams. The agency has offices in Los Angeles, Torino, and representatives in Mexico City, Santiago, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo.

Contact:

Jeffrey Whalen
jwhalen@edgeamericas.com

EDGE Americas Sports on the web at: www.edgeamericas.com
For more information email: info@edgeamericas.com