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Leading storage Racks and Shelves Suppliers In Qatar | Orient Tech

A well-designed racking system is one of the most common pieces of equipment found in warehouses and manufacturing plants.

Orient Tech W.L.L.  Racking and Shelving offer a variety of storage solutions tailored to the needs of warehouses and manufacturing plants. Several years of experience have provided us with a wealth of knowledge that enables us to provide the best shelving solutions for major Qatari projects.

Storage Pallets, pallet racks, mobile shelves, slotted angles, metal shelves, bolt-less shelves, and heavy-duty pallet racks are some of the shelving systems and shelving units that we offer.

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Optimizing Space Utilization in Warehousing: Maximizing Storage Capacity

Efficient space utilization is crucial in warehousing operations to maximize storage capacity. With the growing demand for storage and limited real estate options, businesses need to employ effective strategies to optimize their warehouse layouts and make the most of available space. In this blog post, we will explore unique approaches and innovative solutions to optimize space utilization in warehousing, ultimately leading to increased storage capacity and improved operational efficiency with Rack & Shelving Suppliers In Qatar.

Embracing innovative technologies and considering alternative storage configurations can lead to significant improvements in storage density and overall productivity. As the warehousing landscape continues to evolve, businesses need to adapt and implement these strategies to remain competitive and meet the growing demands of their customers.

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The Benefits of Warehouse and Storage Racks in Qatar

Warehouse and Storage Racks in Qatar

Efficient storage solutions are crucial in Qatar's growing business environment. Whether managing a warehouse, retail store, or residential space, the right racking systems can optimize space and improve operations. Here's an overview of the benefits and types of warehouse and storage racks, with a highlight on Arabian Display Storage Racks.

Understanding Warehouse Racking Systems

Pallet Racking: Sturdy and ideal for bulk items.

Cantilever Racking: Perfect for long, bulky items like pipes and lumber.

Mezzanine Flooring: Doubles storage space by adding an extra floor.

Drive-In/Drive-Through Racking: Allows high-density storage for similar items.

Advantages of Warehouse Racking Systems

Space Optimization: Maximizes vertical storage capacity.

Improved Organization: Easier inventory management.

Safety: Reduces the risk of accidents.

Scalability: Can be adjusted as your business grows.

Arabian Display: The Best Choice for Storage Racks in Qatar

High-Quality Materials: Durable and robust.

Customizable Solutions: Tailored to business needs.

Expert Installation: Efficient and safe setup.

Comprehensive Support: Ongoing maintenance services.

Storage Racks for Retail and Residential Use

Shelving Units: Adjustable for various products.

Wall-Mounted Racks: Saves floor space.

Heavy-Duty Storage Racks: For heavy items in backrooms or workshops.

Choosing the Right Racking System in Qatar

Load Capacity: Ensure it can handle your items' weight.

Space: Measure to fit and optimize storage.

Accessibility: Easy retrieval of stored items.

Durability: High-quality materials for local climate.

Conclusion

Warehouse and storage racking systems are essential for efficient space management in Qatar. For top-notch solutions, consider Arabian Display Storage Racks for their quality, customization, and expert services. Contact them today to optimize your storage space.

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Orienttech W.L.L is a well established and quickly growing trading company in the country of Qatar and Bahrain . Our line of business involves wholesale and Retail supply of Automotive parts, Racking and Shelving products. We mainly focus on car battery replacement, car battery delivery, car wheel alignment, and tire puncture repair. Ensuring extraordinary product and market knowledge the company excels in delivering objectives of customer satisfaction to the highest esteem.

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Forging another level of Collaboration between Riddhim Siddhim and Obaikan Equipment & Services WLL, Mr. Rushabh Dedhia and Mr. Ali Obaidly - Chairman - Obaikan meet after 2 years of Covid Lockdown. Both being strong business houses in their respective markets, they discussed further ways of improving and strengthening #partnership for Business in #Qatar

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Industrial Kitchen and Laundry Equipment - WOTEK

On our visit to a restaurant, we get opinionated based on the food’s taste, quality of service and ambience but there is something more to it. There exists a hidden element responsible for the proper functioning of a restaurant and that is the good quality kitchen equipment and its maintenance. Apart from good food, one has to be sure of the quality of the equipment installed in the kitchen, ensuring proper functioning of a kitchen in the long run. 

 Setting up a restaurant is a complex process. One must be aware of a few things before buying the kitchen equipment for a restaurant. The requirement of the kitchen equipment totally depends on what kind of food you serve and customers demand. For example, if there is no barbeque in menu then one must avoid buying barbeque equipment. 

Depending on menu broadly the equipment usedd in kitchen includes Ovens, Ranges and Ventilation, Food Processors, Mixers, Slicers, Food prep counters and cutting boards, Freezers and refrigerators, Safety equipment, Storage racks and shelving, Restaurant kitchen supplies, Serving ware, Storage containers, Sinks, Kitchen Display System (KDS), Restaurant point of sale system, Steam tables, Washing equipment, Sharpening stones, Microwave, Ice makers, Gas or electric grill, Beverage Dispensing, Bar Equipment.  

A hotel setup may have in-house or out sourced laundry. Usually, low budgeted hotels outsource the laundry to set up a laundry and its maintenance is very expensive. Though initial investment for in house laundry is high but it has long term benefits like long term cost savings, Quality control, Fast turnaround, Fewer lost or damaged items, No Mix Ups & Late Deliveries.  Broadly to set up an in-house laundry, the equipment required includes     Batch Washers, Washer Extractor, Dryer, Dry Cleaning Machine, Flatwork Ironer, Finishing Equipment, Variable Frequency Drives (VFD’s), Conveyor System, Boiler, Table & Trolley, Green Earth - DC Solvent, Spares & Consumable.  

Wotek is an engineering company, head quartered at Texas, USA, with several large overseas sales and engineering offices in the U.A.E, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and India. Wotek over the years has become a known name in the supply, engineering and installation of Air Conditioning & Refrigeration System Solutions and Hotel & Hospital Engineering Equipment and Systems.  Brands Wotek deals in includes:  

LAUNDRY:  

Laco Machinery, American Dryer Company, Lavamac – Laundry system, Chicago Dryer Company, Multimatic, Domus Laundry, SIDI Mondial SRL, Energenics Lint Catchers, Thermopatch, Green Earth, Union Dry cleaning Products, Hoffman/New Yorker Inc., Vega Systems, Hurst Boilers, WESTAR Laundry System, Pellerin Milnor Corporation, White Conveyors Inc. 

PRIME COOKING EQUIPMENT: 

Electrolux, Bonnet, Angelo PO, Berto's, MKN, Germany, MBM, Salva, Kolb, Beech Ovens,Morello Forni 

IMPORTED PREPARATION EQUIPMENT – ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT: 

Sirman, Animo, Robot Coupe, Cecilware, Rollergrill, Sammic, Bravilor Bonamat 

IMPORTED BAR EQUIPMENT: 

Glastender, IMC, Perlick 

IMPORTED DISHWASHING/ GLASS WASHING EQUIPMENT: 

MEIKO, Winterhalter, Hobart, Comendra 

IMPORTED REFRIGERATOR/ FREEZER CABINETS/COUNTERS, COLD ROOMS ICE MACHINES: 

Williams, Manitowoc, Scotsman, Gamko, Foster, Brema 

IMPORTED VENTILATION CANOPIES: 

Halton, Vianen, Gaylord 

IMPORTED CUSTOM MANUFACTURED EQUIPMENT: 

GINOX, Eagle Star Mettalic Furniture LLC 

  Visit: https://www.wotek.com/ 

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Optimizing Space Utilization in Warehousing: Maximizing Storage Capacity

Efficient space utilization is crucial in warehousing operations to maximize storage capacity. With the growing demand for storage and limited real estate options, businesses need to employ effective strategies to optimize their warehouse layouts and make the most of available space. In this blog post, we will explore unique approaches and innovative solutions to optimize space utilization in warehousing, ultimately leading to increased storage capacity and improved operational efficiency with Rack & Shelving Suppliers In Qatar.

Embracing innovative technologies and considering alternative storage configurations can lead to significant improvements in storage density and overall productivity. As the warehousing landscape continues to evolve, businesses need to adapt and implement these strategies to remain competitive and meet the growing demands of their customers.

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Being one of the most trusted long steel C channel suppliers in Qatar, we have managed to carve a niche for ourselves. If you are looking for top quality products, you don’t need to look any further.

Strut Channel is a Hot rolled steel that has been formed into a “C” shape. A strut is created from a Thinner metal sheet, mainly Galvanized or PPGI, folded over into an open channel with inwards-curving lips to provide firm interlocking and as a centralized point to mount interconnecting components. They also have holes at the base to facilitate locking or fastening to underlying structures or systems.

The following are the benefits and uses of the strut channels:

Construction - they are versatile, flexible and can easily be modified and/or extended using fasteners and bolts.

Assembly - very quick to assemble with minimal tool requirements and can be installed by anyone with moderately trained labor, making it a very cost-effective investment.

C-channels are mainly used to mount, brace, support and connect lightweight structural loads in structures. These include pipes, electrical and data wires, mechanical systems such as ventilation and air conditioning.

Add-ons can be attached to the strut channel with a bolt, threaded into a channel nut that may have a spring to ease installation. Circular objects such as pipes and cables can be attached with straps that can be retained by the channel.

It is also used for other applications that require a strong framework, such as equipment racks, workbenches, shelving systems etc. sockets are available to tighten nuts, bolts, etc.

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Racking systems are one of the most common type of equipment’s you will easily find in a warehouse or any manufacturing plants. Orient Tech W.L.L. Shelving and racking provides a storage system and storage Solutions to various warehouses and companies .Our expertise has allowed us to indulge in major shelving projects in Qatar.

We provide different shelving systems / shelving units like metal shelves, bolt-less shelving, mobile shelving, slotted angle shelving, storage pallets, heavy duty pallet racks, storage racks. We are the manufacturers and suppliers of the Bins storage with the quality of work and we'll install at your place in a short time.

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Choose From The Best Product Catalog For Your Vehicle Needs

Orient Tech WLL  is one of the Best Car Service Center In Qatar providing wholesale and retail of automotive spares, racking and shelving products. This ensures exceptional product and market knowledge that the company excels in delivering to the highest value on customer satisfaction goals.

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Customized Metal Products in UAE | Nithi Steel Industries LLC

Need a fabrication company that can deal with drawing, designing, and manufacturing of structures and platforms and shapes your project? You should hire the right custom metal fabrication company as they are crucial to a project’s success or failure.

One should search for the below while choosing a Metal Fabrication Company:

Type of Material Used

Costing

Local Branding

Effective Tooling Room

Industrial Experience

Resources to Handle the Project

Finishing

Safety Standards and Protocols

The widest metals used in this process include stainless steel, copper, aluminum, and carbon steel. Customized metal fabrication utilizes a wide range of specialized industrial equipment to achieve its desired result. Metal fabrication is a procedure that includes twisting and cutting metal to shape a particular, standard structure or product. In an examination, Customized metal fabrication involves cutting materials in a specific way to meet the needs of clients instead of attempting to maintain a standard look or size.

Customized Metal Products:

Display Metal Stand

Metal Cladding

Metal Shelves

Wine Rack

Metal Toolboxes

Metal Carts

Looking for Customized Metal Products in UAE? Are you in need of an expert Metal Fabrication Company for your big product? If so, Nithi Steel Industries provides different types of high-quality Display Metal Stand and Cladding in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman according to your needs. We built 500+ products earned the trust of our customers by providing extraordinary services and became popular in Most GCC countries.

Give a standard look to metal cutting with customized metal fabrication services near you from Nithi Steel Industries LLC. We focus on getting the job done, on time, and precisely as ordered as well as bring a variety of technologies to meet the needs of some of the world’s most exacting customers, with our parts in service worldwide.

Our expert team of Engineers and Drafters work together to provide high-quality Customized Metal Products. We provide up to end integrated Metal manufacturing products Designs. We provide customized metal designs and fabrication services fully to your needs with our CAD designers.

Customized build services at Nithi Group:

Welding

Extrusion

Forging

Turning

Drilling

Punching

Milling

Are you inquiring about a competitive profit for your business? Why not, invest in Display Metal Stand and Shelves for more efficiency and cost benefits? Contact Us to know more about our pricing and to help you with the best Customized Metal Products in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman.

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Industrial LED Lighting: A Must for Greener Future

Industries around the globe are switching to LED lights for a multitude of applications – improving industrial, out of doors, and indoor spaces; including parking areas and warehouses. LED lighting has outperformed other technologies, particularly in relation to power consumption, renovation prices, and lights quality. LEDs perform in another way than the ones traditional mild bulbs and are relatively a manner more rugged and durable than traditional light resources. 

These days, LEDs are increasingly commonplace in avenue lighting, walkway, parking garage lighting fixtures, and different outdoor areas lighting, modular lights, refrigerated case lights, and undertaking lighting. Now, while thinking about the industrial lighting fixtures needs, LED automatically comes within the conversation. Many of the industrial centers have very high ceilings to deal with overhead cranes or excessive stacking shelving gadgets or maybe manufacturing equipment or tactics taking place at high tiers, like a stamping plant. Those presses are huge! 

This is a bare reality that warehouses or manufacturing gadgets are normally great and cover a whole lot of vertical in addition to horizontal areas and require powerful lighting fixtures to provide the precise luminance stages for ok illumination. In the meantime, thinking about the character of jobs which are performed in these premises, the requirement of uniform illumination is a should so as to preserve the smooth functioning of numerous operations with out inviting any mishaps inside the business surroundings. 

State of Indian LED Lighting Industry  LED lights market witnessed a surge in current years on account of developing populace and subsequent urbanisation. In 2018, India’s strength call for grew by 4%, which outpaced the global power demand of 2.3%. With the increasing fee of power consumption, the call for for an environment friendly and price-effective lights solution is also gaining traction. Hence, not only the general lighting however the commercial lights section is equally poised to grow in time to come. According to a latest record of ‘Research & Markets’, the Indian LED lights market is projected to develop at a CAGR of 23.6% all through 2019-25.

 Several government schemes together with Unnat Jyoti via Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) and Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) remained the most important call for drivers for the LED lights market in India. The intention of such initiatives is to growth awareness among the consumers concerning the adoption of LED light resources over the conventional ones along with incandescent bulbs, CFL, halogen lights, MHLs and HPSV lamps. For instance, under the SLNP, the government aims to update over 1.34 crore conventional road lights in India, out of which, round 1.04 crore street lighting fixtures have been already changed as on November 2019. 

Points To Ponder While Adopting LEDs Efficient LED resources are changing the manner that we see excessive-bay lighting fixtures in warehouses and distribution centres, but there are some essential elements that can’t be ignored. There are the obvious considerations, of course. Energy efficiency and running fees will always be excessive on the list of priorities, and renovation of excessive level equipment is mostly a logistical nightmare each time it comes around. An LED solution appears to make sense, but there are more-special challenges with regards to warehouse lighting fixtures.

 Blueprint of Installation: A blueprint of the installation of those LED lighting fixtures system is a must. This may additionally sound an apparent thing, but set up paintings doesn’t always occur with racking systems already in place. It is well determined that luminaires that come to be on top of cabinets are next to useless. So, better making sure approximately wherein the racking is meant to be earlier than letting the electricians unfastened on the installation. Poorly organized lighting fixtures installations waste electricity, badly reduce luminance degrees via delivering light to the wrong region and make protection an unnecessarily high-priced and time-ingesting procedure. This doesn’t most effective apply to LED installations, of course, but it's also a fact that the light distribution from an LED luminaire is less forgiving than the form of HID sources that these places are used to. 

Optics Matter: There is a new era of excessive-bay lighting fixtures that depends on the use of optical structures to deliver its mild pattern. And to utilize the blessings that optics offer, it is important to pick out the proper version of the lighting unit. It’s clean to get mild onto the floor, but the operatives need a great wash of light on the vertical face of the racking. That’s considered one of the massive enhancements that LED assets have introduced to excessive bay lighting. Whereas ‘traditional’ high-bay luminaires commonly used elliptical HID lamps in spun aluminium reflectors that brought a huge cone of light, the shape element for the LED high-bay luminaires varies from a high output principal module inside a reflector, replicating the vintage HID versions, to styles of linear array which have a particular asymmetrical distribution that suits washing of vertical surfaces

. Controlling Glare: LED arrays are different and for this reason do now not paintings like traditional HID resources. The factor intensity of every LED chip could make glare a serious problem if operatives are obliged to appearance upwards into the luminaire face. This is a typical trouble for fork-carry drivers when they want to stack products at the higher tiers of racking. This is why there may be a important trade-off among luminaire efficacy and visual comfort. An LED excessive-bay luminaire can also record awesome luminous efficacy however can also rely upon terrible optical manipulate to obtain that figure. A appropriate optical machine will recollect the needs of these running underneath the luminaire and might sacrifice a diploma of performance in doing so. Light, Only When Needed: Considering the nature of job inside these premises, there will be times while 100% working illumination isn’t needed. LED installations have to be efficient in any event, but that’s no reason now not to take advantage of the technical traits of the source.

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The MLS ball is rolling. This weekend saw Major League Soccer kick off season 24, complete with new teams, new messaging, and a new playoff format. New this year is the addition of a 24th club in FC Cincinnati, along with a new stadium in Minnesota, Allianz Field. MLS also launched the league’s new mobile app campaign – “Live Your Colors” – which will run on broadcast and digital platforms throughout the season. The league will look to top last season’s successes, which included record revenue for attendance and record TV viewership. On the sponsorship side, Sporting Kansas City and Hallmark locked in a creative new partnership designed to align the brands around “opportunities to put more care into the world by reaching fans, players and families across the soccer community.” In Indianapolis, the Indiana state senate has approved legislation that "keeps the effort alive to fund" a $150 million stadium for an MLS team, according to the Indianapolis Star. The bill would also fund a proposed 25-year lease extension for the Pacers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse and an Indiana Convention Center expansion.

D.C. United holds “Kick It With Qatar,” a free pre-season event at Audi Field in association with the Embassy of the State of Qatar to kick-off the 2019 MLS season. Highlighting the first World Cup to be hosted in the Middle East and preparing for a continued relationship between health and wellness, sport, and communities, “Kick It With Qatar” is a D.C. United soccer festival and a free event to the public featuring food, soccer, and culturally significant activities for families at D.C. United’s home at Audi Field. The event took place on Saturday, March 2, the day before global soccer icon Wayne Rooney and D.C. United took on 2018 MLS Cup Champions, Atlanta United, in the 2019 home opener. 3,500 free tickets were made available for the event. Andy Bush, D.C. United Chief Revenue Officer, said: “We are very pleased to introduce this preseason open day in association with the Qatar Embassy for our Black-and-Red supporters. We would like to thank the Ambassador of Qatar and his colleagues for their support.” The Embassy of the State of Qatar looks to strengthen bonds between Qatar and the U.S. through a cultural showcase.

To commemorate fans and players across Latin American and US Hispanic communities, the NBA is celebrating its 13th annual Noches Éne•Bé•A Latin nights program. Throughout the month of March, NBA games will feature celebratory warmup shirts and merchandise as well as 15 games with in-arena festivities. All 30 NBA teams wearing specially-designed Fanatics Branded Noches Éne•Bé•A warmup shirts during the first two weeks of March. The celebrations will be supported by unique content on the league’s English and Spanish-language social media pages. The NBA has proven time and again that it is a trend setter in cultural outreach across the globe, whether than means signing signature Eastern European players or conducting off season marketing tours in China. The annual Latin nights program is just another example of this mindset, albeit conducted here at home.

The NBA sees a big payoff for a little patch. The NBA’s jersey patch program is more than halfway through its three-season test and the results are clear: It’s a slam dunk. As the league continues to search for new revenue, the patch program has delivered. The 29 deals – the Oklahoma City Thunder remain the only club without a patch partner – generate more than $150 million per year in new revenue for the teams, while sponsors receive 25%-50% more exposure than they would have on a comparable spend, according to Navigate Research. With that in mind, the league is trying to figure out how to make more money off the program. One way is to expand where jerseys with team patches are sold. Fans want exact replicas of what players wear on-court, but those can’t be found at a department store or sporting goods website. Fans can only get those at team-controlled stores or sites, and even then they are tough to find. The patch sponsorship pilot program has far exceeded league expectations. In April, 2016, Commissioner Adam Silver projected the sponsorships would generate around $100 million in newfound revenue, so the league has exceeded its goal by more than 50%. 

Human Kinetics and Mascot Books have launched one of the most anticipated sports business chronicles ever assembled, The Sport Business Handbook: Insights From 100+ Leaders Who Shaped 50 Years of the Industry. This anthology, compiled by Rick Horrow with Rick Burton and Myles Schrag, will take fans, students and those involved in the sports and entertainment industry into the lives of more than 100 executives during the boom era of sports business and marketing. The collection features pieces from league commissioners such as Gary Bettman of the NHL, Don Garber of MLS, Paul Tagliabue of the NFL, Oliver Luck of the XFL,  and Nick Sakiewicz of The National Lacrosse League; executives such as NBC Sports president Mark Lazarus, Liverpool’s Peter Moore, the Vikings’ Kevin Warren, and Larry Lucchino of the Red Sox; administrators such as the University of Oklahoma’s Joe Castiglione, Arizona State’s Ray Anderson, and N.C. State’s Deborah Yow; and professional athletes such as the Miami Heat’s Shane Battier, Olympic champions Scott Hamilton and Angela Ruggiero, and baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. These leaders tell stories in their own words about lessons learned, achieving success and overcoming failure, and ultimately inspire readers to forge their own paths in the industry.

Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin tops NHL jersey sales since season's start. The Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin has "surged back to the top of the NHL's best-selling jerseys" after winning his first Stanley Cup last season, according to ESPN.com. Ovechkin last season finished sixth in "overall jersey sales," with Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews "topping the list for the first time." Matthews currently has the "fourth-best selling jersey in the NHL." Penguins center Sidney Crosby was "second to Matthews last season and is currently second to Ovechkin" in 2018-2019. Two trends in NHL jersey sales have continued this season. Las Vegas Golden Knights "mania is still running wild," as Marc-Andre Fleury "moved from No. 4 in the team's inaugural season to No. 3" in 2018-2019. The league’s annual outdoor games "still fuel sales,” including participants in this season's Stadium Series in Philadelphia. Another factor in jersey sales this season has been the return of third jerseys for NHL teams – alternate jerseys are perennially popular in all pro sports leagues.

Bryce Harper signs with the Phillies in record 13-year, $330 million deal. Bryce Harper agreed to a record-setting13-year, $330 million contract with the Phillies last week, completing a "protracted, four-month journey through free agency," according to the Washington Post. Harper’s deal surpassed Giancarlo Stanton’s 2014 extension with the Marlins, a 13-year, $325 million deal, as the "largest contract in the history of major North American sports." Harper's deal includes a "no-trade clause and has no opt-outs," according to sources, indicating that he is "committed to the Phillies for possibly the rest of his career." As soon as Harper's No. 3 jersey "hit the shelves at the team store at Citizens Bank Park," cash registers "started racking up sales soon after,” according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Meanwhile, Phillies Managing Partner John Middleton said that the team has "already sold 220,000 tickets in the first 48 hours since the signing." 

PGA Tour now accepting gambling related sponsorships. The PGA Tour has revised its regulations toward sponsorships with gambling brands, which can now be considered for Official Marketing Partners for all six tours overseen by the PGA Tour. In addition, tournaments and players also can seek sponsored deals with such entities. “As the situation with legalized sports betting in the U.S. has evolved since the Supreme Court’s ruling last May, we’ve seen broader acceptance in sports betting and gaming involvement with pro sports,” PGA Tour Senior Vice President Andy Levinson said. “We felt it was time to look at our policies, given the public perception around gaming, and to update those policies to be consistent with public sentiment.” The PGA Tour is making major sponsorship changes by allowing certain gambling deals and broadening the liquor category for players. At a Tour meeting at the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, players were briefed on the changes that now will allow sponsorships with casinos and gambling resorts, effective immediately. The Tour is also allowing official marketing partnerships and tournament title deals with certain gambling entities and daily fantasy sports concerns.

Mars and Joe Gibbs Racing announce partnership extension. Mars announced a multi-year extension to its partnership with Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) that will see the confectionery giant continue to serve as the primary sponsor of the No. 18 M&M'S Toyota in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. In addition, JGR has extended their relationship with Kyle Busch, which will continue to see NASCAR's "Candyman" behind the wheel of the No. 18 M&M'S Toyota. Away from the track, JGR and Kyle Busch are also an impressive partnership for Mars, pioneering the use of driver and team star power through savvy social and digital marketing techniques to strengthen the relationship with NASCAR fans, while also expanding into new audiences. As Jackie Gleason might say, “How sweet it is.”

JP Dellacamera and former U.S. Women’s National Team player Aly Wagner will serve as the lead broadcasters for Fox Sports’ coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup this summer. The network will have more than 800 hours of linear and digital coverage of the tournament and will air all 52 matches live, including 22 on broadcast television – more than any Women’s World Cup to date. Fox Sports will air two daily studio shows from its set at Place du Trocadéro in Paris, as well as a Twitter live-streamed show every match day. "Fox Soccer Tonight," a late-night studio show shot in Los Angeles, will wrap up the matches and air Concacaf Gold Cup highlights. With fewer than 100 days left until the tournament, Fox Sports will begin airing a new spot titled “Remember Us,” part of the “All Eyes on Us” campaign. It features the USWNT and will appear across Fox, FS1, FS2, Fox News, and its RSNs. In the U.S., the FIFA Women’s World Cup has consistently produced ratings and attendance that rivaled the men’s tournament. Organizers are expecting more of the same this summer.

Fanatics will sell sports merchandise via South Korean site Coupang. According to SportsBusiness Journal, Fanatics is taking the wraps off a 10-year deal with Korean e-commerce site Coupang, in which Fanatics will launch a store offering hundreds of thousands of licensed sports items in May. The “marketplace” deal includes an exclusive provider designation for Fanatics, and follows a similar arrangement Fanatics made with Walmart.com, announced last month. Renowned as the “Amazon of South Korea,” nine-year-old Coupang is that country's largest online retailer, with a valuation of $9 billion. Late last year, Coupang got a $2 billion capital infusion from a fund controlled by SoftBank, which in 2017 made a $1 billion investment in Fanatics. Like the majority of America’s pro sports leagues, Fanatics is fully appreciating the growth potential in Asia; South Korea is only its latest conquest.

As the California pro tennis season gets underway in Indian Wells, Orange County Breakers owner Eric Davidson has been named World Team Tennis' new Chairman of the Board after acquiring an ownership share in the team tennis organization. Davidson now shares the largest stake of ownership in the league with San Diego Aviators owner Fred Luddy, billionaire businessman who is the founder of ServiceNow, a cloud computing company, while league founder and tennis legend Billie Jean King also remains a co-owner of WTT. As WTT Chairman of the Board, Davidson will oversee the general direction of the league, WTT CEO Carlos Silva, and WTT's Board of Directors. Meanwhile back in Indian Wells, tennis season has officially arrived in the Coachella Valley, and the Indian Wells Tennis Garden is in full bloom as the festivities surrounding the 2019 BNP Paribas Open are underway. The picturesque venue is bursting with greenery, palm trees, flower walls, and even a Secret Garden ahead of the main event, to be held March 4-17, and attracting the vast majority of the world’s top men’s and women’s players.

Epic Games laid out the road ahead for Fortnite esports, where $100 million is up for grabs this year, leading into this summer’s Fortnite World Cup. The Fortnite World Cup, where $30 million will be on the line, will take place in New York City July 26-28 with each player guaranteed a minimum of $50,000, and featuring both an individual competition (Solos) and a two-player-team event (Duos). Leading up to the championship, players can punch their ticket well as providing prize support to select third-party tournaments. These initiatives will allow the developer to award the remainder of the $100 million in prizing it committed to Fortnite’s first competitive season last year via ten weekly online qualifier tournaments beginning on April 13. Each qualifier will award $1 million in total prizing. The news was announced in an esports update from Epic Games, which also noted that the publisher will offer an additional $1 million a week in separate tournaments through the end of the year, with competitions that will “feature a wider variety of modes and formats.” In another sign of its reach, Epic also vowed to continue to offer prize support to select third-party tournaments.

HBO, MLB Partner on "Game of Thrones" bobbleheads. HBO has announced a partnership with MLB and all 30 clubs to release "team-branded 'Game of Thrones'-themed bobbleheads in conjunction with the April 14 premiere of the show’s final season." According to SportsBusiness Journal, every team will offer a “Night King” and an “Ice Dragon” bobble. A dozen clubs "have held a 'Game of Thrones' bobblehead game-day giveaway over the past two seasons," but these are the "first such 'GoT' bobbles that HBO has licensed for retail sale." Fans can now begin ordering the items. The bobbleheads are being manufactured by FOCO, which also is a licensee of the NFL, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, MLS, and many colleges. This latest MLB-Hollywood tie up is much less controversial than the league’s most infamous deal, a 2004 agreement with Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios to allow “Spider-Man 2” logos to appear on bases and on-deck circles.

U.S. Women’s National Team wears names of iconic women on jerseys during match. The USWNT "wore names of iconic and influential women who inspire them on the back of their jerseys" in a 2-2 tie against England last night at Nissan Stadium "in connection with the SheBelieves theme of the SheBelieves Cup." The names, according to the Tennessean, "ranged from Nobel Prize winners, athletes, activists ... all of whom are women from diverse backgrounds." Among the names that "made an appearance" were Beyonce, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Serena Williams, and Mother Teresa. An "announced crowd of 22,125 fans" were on hand for the game, played with less than 100 days left until the FIFA Women’s World Cup this summer in France. The SheBelieves Cup, far from a marketing gimmick, is a singular opportunity for U.S. women’s soccer’s best of the best to honor the best of the best in other disciplines.

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MLB gives Sportradar AG its exclusive data for sports betting wagers. A multiyear contract has authorized Sportradar to sell Major League Baseball’s official data to bookmakers and media companies in the U.S. and on an international scale. According to Bloomberg, the Swiss firm will be the exclusive gatekeeper for MLB data starting at the beginning of the 2019 season and will serve as an intermediary for sports-betting operators that want to offer in-game bets on baseball games. With the deal, MLB joins the NBA as the only major sport leagues to have U.S. gambling data deals. In addition to data for sportsbooks, Sportradar will have the rights to distribute live game video to overseas gambling houses to pair alongside odds. With the naturally slower pace of baseball, gambling provides huge potential to draw in new fans around the globe who will want to place wagers throughout the 9+ innings of each 162 regular season games. 

In addition to expanding into sports gambling, MLB is diving into esports. With the NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLS all sporting their own gaming leagues, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred now describes esports as a “weak spot” for his organization. The only moves that MLB has made into the esports market so far are two Home Run Derby virtual reality tournaments at the All-Star Game and Little League World Series. According to SportsPro, Manfred stated that esports are a “real priority for us going forward. It is tough to say more than this but I’m pretty confident that in 2019 we will have a nice announcement in that space in terms of platform-based games.” Manfred noted the soccer video game FIFA as a dynamic way to engage fans, and with the video game R.B.I. Baseball resurging over the past handful of years and MLB The Show dominating the baseball gaming market, Manfred and crew have multiple options.

Sports betting is increasing the subscriber count for Bleacher Report (B/R). Subscriptions are flowing in for B/R’s betting channel which has grown three times faster than all other general content channels. Although the B/R subscriptions are free, the company can use the channels to mine user information on programming, advertising, and marketing. According to Reuters, B/R’s app has been downloaded more than 20 million times since 2011 and has nearly five million active monthly users. B/R also announced that it will open a studio inside one of Caesars Entertainment Corp’s Las Vegas casino sometime in April. After the Supreme Court ruled to legalize, regulate, and tax sports betting last May, now roughly 63% of fans between 21-34 years of age think wagering on sports is acceptable, while 51% of all sports fans welcome sports gambling. Many companies have rushed in to be the gatekeepers of sports betting knowledge and it seems that B/R is one leading the pack.

Nike becomes the League of Legends Pro League’s (LPL) official supplier of footwear and apparel in China. NIKE China announced a four-year partnership that will make the sports company the exclusive apparel and footwear partner of the LPL through 2022. League of Legends is one of the most popular multiplayer online games in the world and Nike is capitalizing on a booming esports market. According to Inven Global, the LPL comprises 16 teams that compete in a season, group stage, and playoffs with the ultimate goal of winning a spot at the League of Legends World Championships. Fueling esports passion in China is last year’s homegrown team, Invictus Gaming that won the 2018 League of Legends (LOL) World Championship. With China at the epicenter of new esports culture, Nike will continue to grow its esports relationship after also recently signing LOL player Jian “Uzi” Zihao. Going beyond the gamers’ outfits, Nike will use its cutting-edge sports science research to serve esports athletes through customized physical training programs, further closing the gap between hardwood and screen.

NBC Sports jumps into the gambling scene with “Golf Pick ’Em.” Available on the NBC Sports Predictor games app, “Golf Pick ‘Em” will feature two weekly contests with cash prizes and a $100,000 grand prize for the season-ending championship in August, 2019. On a weekly basis, “Golf Pick ’Em” will feature a Thursday through Sunday game as well as a Sunday-only game, each with $1,500 up for grabs. According to Golf Channel, fans get to pick from six head-to-head matchups starting on Mondays by predicting which player will shoot a lower score for that week’s tournament, along with picking a tournament champion and their final score. For the Sunday-only game, fans still pick from six head-to-head matchups which are based on the leaderboard heading into the final round. To end the season, top scoring fans from each week’s games will earn entry into a three-week FootJoy $100,000 Championship that ends with the TOUR Championship. “Golf Pick ‘Em” is now the second game to be released on the NBC Sports Predictor app and the media network seems to be ahead of its major broadcast competition on integrating live sports betting.

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Rich Eisen’s annual run for charity at the NFL Combine took an interesting twist again this year when Bill Belichick stopped by. NFL Network personality Rich Eisen once again capped off the week in Indianapolis at the NFL Scouting Combine with his signature 40-yard dash for the "Run Rich Run" charitable campaign in support of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Just like last year, during Sunday’s broadcast, the Patriots head coach dropped by the booth to hand Eisen another check to St. Jude’s. Eisen was so appreciative that he had to step away to personally thank Belichick with his headset off. NFL Network through “Run Rich Run” benefits the NFL PLAY 60 relationship with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which is leading the way the world studies, treats, and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.

The NFL held its third annual Women's Careers in Football Forum around the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis last week. The program is "designed to promote and increase the number of women working in NFL jobs," according to the Indianapolis Star. According to the NFL, 19 women have "landed a total of 26 jobs with nine NFL teams, six colleges" and three AAF teams in the first two years of the program, and 42 women in attendance this year are hoping to follow suit. NFL Senior Director of Football Development Samantha Rapoport said, "We're seeing progress, we're certainly seeing a lot more women enter into the pipeline, but women are still vastly underrepresented." Colts GM Chris Ballard is one of five execs in attendance at the event, along with Giants Senior VP and GM Dave Gettleman, Rams GM Les Snead, Eagles VP of Football Operations Andrew Berry, and Chargers Director of Player Personnel JoJo Wooden. Ballard is there because he "believes in the program's goal: increasing the number of women in NFL front offices." Ballard offered Colts co-owner and Vice Chair Carlie Irsay-Gordon as an "example as somebody who's brought a different perspective to the Colts organization by constantly asking the right kinds of questions.”

Major League Baseball and USA Baseball detailed plans to more than 60 young women (ages 18 and under) to participate in “MLB Grit,” an inaugural high school invitational designed specifically for girls who play baseball. The inaugural event this month will feature a special opportunity for these young high school baseball players to play a game in a Major League ballpark – Globe Life Park, the home of the Texas Rangers – in addition to being a part of a development experience. Games will run March 8-10 and offer high school baseball players from 21 states, Washington D.C., Canada, and Puerto Rico, including players who competed with Team USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico in the Women’s Baseball World Cup in August, 2018. In addition to the on-field action, participants will be treated to special panel presentations designed to prepare the young women for the collegiate recruiting process and offer information about alternative careers within baseball. 

U.S. Club Soccer announces international junior tour with major assist from Nike. U.S. Club Soccer, a prominent member of the U.S. Soccer Federation and the leading organization developing soccer clubs across America, announced the 2019 id² National Selection International Tour roster that will travel to Belgium and France, March 29-April 9, for a multi-faceted experience highlighted by friendly matches against top academy clubs, including Paris Saint-Germain. The U.S. contingent, made up of 18 of the top boys born in 2005, will also be immersed in culture with excursions throughout the neighboring countries. For the 10th consecutive year, id2 Boys Program Director Gerry McKeown will lead the team, which has played the likes of FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Juventus, Inter Milan, Everton, Celtic, Atletico Madrid, and Ajax over the years. The id2 Program is an Olympic Development Program approved by the United States Olympic Committee and U.S. Soccer Federation. Consistent with U.S. Club Soccer’s philosophy that identification and development should be free to players, the organization is funding the trip in conjunction with the strong support of Nike; there is no cost to players, including airfare, lodging, meals and gear.

Sesame Street collaborates with lifestyle brands as part of its 50th birthday celebration. As part of “Sesame Street’s” yearlong 50th anniversary celebration, Sesame Workshop – the nonprofit behind the show – is collaborating with TOMS, Bombas, Out of Print and DIFF Eyewear on new lifestyle collections that support those in need with buy-one-give-one initiatives and outreach programs. “One of our key strategic goals is to expand and diversify our Consumer Products’ offering so that fans across generations have new ways to enjoy “Sesame Street,” and we are thrilled to create these unique opportunities for fans to contribute to caused they care about,” said Gabriela Arenas, Vice President of Licensing, North America, Sesame Workshop. Sports figures who have appeared on “Sesame Street” over the last 50 years are numerous, including Jackie Robinson, Joe Namath, Arthur Ashe, Joe Torre, Michael Chang, Venus Williams, Drew Brees, and Dominique Dawes.