Dunlop Sport

Dunlop Sport
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustrySports equipment, textile, footwear
Founded1910; 114 years ago (1910)[1]
Headquarters,
England[2]
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsRackets, strings, balls, shuttlecock, sportswear, sneakers, accessories
Revenueapprox. $650 million[3]
ParentSRI Sports
Websitedunlopsports.com

Dunlop Sport is a British sports equipment manufacturing company established in 1910 that focuses on racquets and water sports, more specifically tennis, swimming, squash, padel and badminton. Products by Dunlop Sport include racquets, strings, balls, shuttlecocks, and bags. Sportswear and clothing line includes t-shirts, shorts, skirts, jackets, pants, socks, caps, sneakers, and wristbands.

Dunlop Sport is operated by SRI Sports, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo Rubber Industries, which acquired the Dunlop brand in 2017.[4]

In the past, Dunlop also manufactured golf equipment.[5]

  1. ^ The Growth and Performance of British Multinational Firms before 1939: The Case of Dunlop Geoffrey Jones The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Feb. 1984), pp. 35–53 Published by: Wiley on behalf of the Economic History Society Article Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2596830
  2. ^ "Terms & Conditions".
  3. ^ "Dunlop » IBML". Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  4. ^ Wood, Zoe (27 December 2016). "Sports Direct sells Dunlop for $137m". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Klaus Schmidt; Chris Ludlow (2002). Inclusive Branding: The Why and How of a Holistic Approach to Brands. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 183–9. ISBN 978-0-230-51329-7.