Sponsorship’s blind spot and how leading brands are addressing it
Sponsors have accepted partnerships need to be supported by significant investment in activation yet for most, measurement remains an afterthought.
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Sponsorship outlook 2026: The trends and market forces shaping the year ahead
Regulation, shifting fan behaviour, challenger formats and new market entrants. 2026 is shaping up to be a year of opportunity for brands and rights holders that understand how the marketplace is changing, where budgets are moving and how value is created.
The result is a more active but competitive environment. One defined not by fewer deals, but by savvier buyers, greater...
Where do you get your data? A guide to credible sponsorship measurement
When it comes to sponsorship measurement, rights holders and agencies have one thing in common: each of them has a vested interest in presenting your sponsorship in the best possible light. That doesn’t necessarily make the data wrong, but it does mean brands must scrutinise how that data is sourced, interpreted, and presented.
In an industry where “success” is easily...
Media value vs market value: How to correctly price sponsorship
For decades, media value has been the go-to measurement for the sponsorship industry. The rise of AI-driven logo capture technology has only reinforced this reliance, delivering increasingly precise counts of how long and how often a brand is visible. Within its own boundaries, media value remains an excellent tool for benchmarking one sponsorship against another and for...
The risks and rewards of a diversified sponsorship portfolio
When Evian first entered tennis in 1989, the French mineral water brand was not a household name in sport. Over the following decades, through long-term partnerships with Wimbledon, the US Open, and ambassadors such as Maria Sharapova, Evian didn’t just sponsor tennis, it became synonymous with it. Today, their brand equity in the sport is so strong that Evian and tennis are...
