Fanatics

Overview

Status: Acquired by GSI Commerce on February 9, 2011
Total Equity Funding: $620M in 3 Rounds from 5 Investors
Headquarters: Jacksonville, Florida
Description: Fanatics, an online retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise providing the ultimate shopping experience to sports fans.
Founders: Mitch Trager, Alan Trager
Categories: E-Commerce, Shopping, Retail Technology, Retail
Website: http://www.fanaticsinc.com

Company Details

Founded: 1995
Contact: fanaticssocial@fanatics.com | 904-421-1897
Employees: 1k – 5k | 13 in Crunchbase

Fanatics is the market leader for officially licensed sports merchandise and provides the ultimate shopping experience to sports fans. A top 50 Internet Retailer Company, Fanatics comprises the broadest online assortment by offering hundreds of thousands of officially licensed items via its Fanatics (www.fanatics.com) and FansEdge (www.fansedge.com) brands, as well as the largest selection of sports collectibles and memorabilia through Fanatics Authentic (www.fanaticsauthentic.com). A multi-channel company, Fanatics operates more than 300 online and offline stores, including the e-commerce business for all major professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, PGA), major media brands (NBC Sports, CBS Sports, FOX Sports) and more than 150 collegiate and professional team properties. The company’s in-venue and event retail portfolio includ es the NBA, NHL, NASCAR, Texas Longhorns, LSU Tigers, Arizona Coyotes and New Jersey Devils, allowing fans to experience a seamless shopping experience across online, mobile and physical store locations.