Shopping4Fans Ltd

Shopping4Fans.com is the world’s only internet shopping club selling officially licensed merchandise to fans at highly reduced prices.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Internet / Web Services
  • Location London, GB-ENG, United Kingdom
  • Currency GBP
  • Founded August 2012
  • Employees 12
  • Website shopping4fans.com

Company Summary

Shopping4Fans is an exclusive new shopping experience for the officially licensed merchandise industry providing brand owners with a controllable distribution channel, and thus avoiding brand erosion. Shopping4Fans runs limited-in-time shopping events offering excess stock/end-of-line products from iconic brands from around the world in key vertical segments including Sport, Entertainment, Kids & Characters, Celebrities, Brands and Publishing.

Team

  • Andy Williams
    Advisor to the board

    Experienced COO with a strong IT background

  • Patrick Ashworth
    Founder and CEO

    Serial entrepreneur with strong experience in brands, licensed products, the internet, and the general management of SMEs. Patrick worked for Swatch and Longines, before founding Interactive Communication Group (ICG) which provided next generation marketing communication solutions to global brands.

  • Kurt Olcer
    Cofounder and CTO

    Extensive experience in technology and business. Kurt was CTO of ICG, and previously worked for TOL Information Technologies and BoozAllenHamilton.

  • Tom Howgate
    Head of Licensing and Purchasing

    Tom has been a licensing professional for most of his career working for football clubs such as Manchester United and Manchester City and now running his own licensing consultancy firm, Fluid Sports

  • Myriam Chytil
    Operations and logistics director

    Experienced operations and logistics professional having run the operational activities of SpringBoost, a technical footwear manufacturer, for several years.

  • Nukhet Cetin
    Creative Director

    Nukhet owns a graphic design agency and works with brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Ballantine’s and British American Tobacco.

  • Hans-Peter Rohner
    Board member

    Chairman of PubliGroupe, http://www.publigroupe.com/en/group/corporate-governance/general-management.html

  • Jorg Paulmann
    Board member

    Entrepreneur having successfully sold a pharma e-commerce business, https://www.xing.com/profile/Joerg_Paulmann

  • Peter Schuepbach
    Advisor to the board

    Owner of the largest internet shopping club in Switzerland, FashionFriends

  • Phillip Wilkinson
    Advisor to the board

    Serial entrepreneur in London. Founded Keynoir and Kelkoo.

Advisors

  • Rina Sond
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    Andrew Oury
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Patrick Ashworth and Kurt Olcer
    Unconfirmed
    Hans-Peter Rohner
    Unconfirmed
    Jorg Paulmann
    Unconfirmed

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