During Wimbledon this year Prince has a little contest going on that seems to be getting a bit of hype. Prince has got a container and filled it with tennis balls and all you have to do is guess how many tennis balls are in the container.
If you head to the Prince site here you can enter until the 5th July, but unfortunately this competition is only for USA citizens. This is the internet age Prince, get with it, anyone anywhere should be able to enter!
Prize = Autographed Prince racquet signed by Maria Sharapova. Approximate Retail Value of prize is $300.
If you want to see the container for yourself then you need to head to the HSBC Wimbledon in Rockefeller Center (June 22 – June 26).
We wanted to share a great new :30 sec video featuring world #10 ranked tennis player Gael Monfils. The twenty-three year-old Frenchman recently sat down to discuss his love for the game and reasons for making the switch to the EXO3 Rebel 95 racquet – one of the models in Prince’s new EXO3 line.
In the past three years, Prince has moved from a weak No. 3 in racket sales to a strong No. 2 behind Wilson. Sales have increased almost 60 percent, to $110 million, from about $70 million, according to Sports One Source, a sporting goods manufacturing analysis firm. As a privately held company, Prince does not disclose financial results.
A resurrection like this is rare in the world of sporting goods manufacturers, where yesterday’s big names are historical reminiscences today, experts said. Few companies that were once major players have gone into a major decline and then made a full-blown recovery. For a decade — from 1992 until the buy-back from Benneton in 2003, Prince was headed the way of brand names such as MacGregor, Spalding and AMF Voit.
How has Prince been able to turn this all around? Are they focusing more on athlete endorsements, tournament sponsorships, online strategies, product development or another method. Im curious to see what our readers think of the Prince brand and if they actually use their products.
