DUBAI: The Philipp Plein Group, the fashion industry’s fastest growing luxury goods conglomerate, announces a multi-year collaboration between main brand PHILIPP PLEIN and international boxing superstar Floyd “Money” Mayweather. The partnership will be launched officially at the record-breaking Mayweather vs. McGregor fight taking place this Saturday in Las Vegas.
Mayweather, who is coming off of a two-year hiatus for this blockbuster encounter with MMA great Conor McGregor, will make his historic entrance into the boxing ring donning a PHILIPP PLEIN custom boxing robe and trunks, designed personally by Philipp Plein. In addition, Mayweather’s entire support team will be dressed head to toe in PHILIPP PLEIN bespoke outfits.
A capsule collection specially created to commemorate this 50th fight of Mayweather’s undefeated career will be available in limited quantities at the PHILIPP PLEIN Las Vegas flagship and on Plein.com.
The PHILIPP PLEIN/Floyd Mayweather collaboration will extend over 2 years, comprising 4 exclusive collections that will bear the Floyd Mayweather brand name across all PHILIPP PLEIN lines, in addition to Floyd Mayweather appearances at selected brand events worldwide.
Plein adds “I applaud Floyd’s winning spirit and have been intrigued by the idea of collaborating together since he joined me on the runway to present my spring/summer 2018 resort fashion show last May. His fashion sense and fearless attitude perfectly match the PHILIPP PLEIN mood and lifestyle. I am excited to see what we will come up with together.”
The deal was consummated by ONE Entertainment Managing Partner and CEO, Brent A. Johnson, JD, Floyd’s International Appearance and Brand Management lead based on the inspiration of seeing the two creative geniuses collaborate in Cannes at Philipp’s Gala Show this past May.
The PHILIPP PLEIN brand is no stranger to the sports world, and regularly collaborates with a variety of major teams and talents. From the Italian football club AS Roma to Formula One’s Nico Hulkenberg and Inter Milan’s captain Mauro Icardi. According to the designer, athletes and sports figures are ideal representatives of the PHILIPP PLEIN lifestyle, being dynamic, successful and self-confident heroes.
Floyd Mayweather states: “I am happy to collaborate with Philipp Plein, he is unique in the fashion world. Like me he works and plays hard, lives the dream, and demands the best.”
Luxury fashion group Philipp Plein announces collaboration with Floyd Mayweather
Luxury fashion group Philipp Plein announces collaboration with Floyd Mayweather
USA Today Co., owner of the Detroit Free Press, says it will purchase The Detroit News
LANSING, Michigan: USA Today Co., which owns the Detroit Free Press, said Monday that it plans to acquire The Detroit News and bring both major metropolitan newspapers under its banner.
The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press recently ended an almost 40-year agreement that allowed the two papers to operate in the same city and merge aspects of their business operations.
According to a statement from USA Today Co., the newspaper publisher formerly named Gannett, both newspapers will continue to publish separately. The company provided little other information on the planned operation of the daily newspapers.
The statement also did not disclose a price of the sale.
USA Today Co., which publishes the largest chain of newspapers in the US, said the sale is being funded through cash and financing managed by Apollo Global Management, the private equity firm that funded New Media Investment Group Inc.’s 2019 acquisition of Gannett.
The deal is expected to close “at the end of the month.”
The two newspapers have both been in operation for over 100 years. The Detroit News has won three Pulitzer Prizes and the Detroit Free Press has won 10.
“Both companies have a mutual desire to ensure that these publications and their distinct journalism continue to serve the greater Detroit area,” Guy Gilmore, chief operating officer of MediaNews Group, the current owner of The Detroit News said in a statement.
In 1989, the two papers began a joint operating agreement, a deal established under the 1970 Newspaper Preservation Act which allowed failing newspapers to be exempt from certain antitrust rules. The two newspapers worked in competition but shared some overhead resources and business operations including advertising, printing and distribution.
The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News ended the agreement in December after 36 years.
In 2024, Gannett stopped using journalism produced by The Associated Press as financial struggles continued to mount on the news industry.
