• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 17:56
CET 23:56
KST 07:56
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
RSL Season 3 - Playoffs Preview0RSL Season 3 - RO16 Groups C & D Preview0RSL Season 3 - RO16 Groups A & B Preview2TL.net Map Contest #21: Winners12Intel X Team Liquid Seoul event: Showmatches and Meet the Pros10
Community News
RSL Season 3: RO16 results & RO8 bracket13Weekly Cups (Nov 10-16): Reynor, Solar lead Zerg surge2[TLMC] Fall/Winter 2025 Ladder Map Rotation14Weekly Cups (Nov 3-9): Clem Conquers in Canada4SC: Evo Complete - Ranked Ladder OPEN ALPHA15
StarCraft 2
General
Weekly Cups (Nov 10-16): Reynor, Solar lead Zerg surge SC: Evo Complete - Ranked Ladder OPEN ALPHA RSL Season 3: RO16 results & RO8 bracket RSL Season 3 - Playoffs Preview Mech is the composition that needs teleportation t
Tourneys
RSL Revival: Season 3 $5,000+ WardiTV 2025 Championship StarCraft Evolution League (SC Evo Biweekly) Constellation Cup - Main Event - Stellar Fest 2025 RSL Offline Finals Dates + Ticket Sales!
Strategy
Custom Maps
Map Editor closed ?
External Content
Mutation # 501 Price of Progress Mutation # 500 Fright night Mutation # 499 Chilling Adaptation Mutation # 498 Wheel of Misfortune|Cradle of Death
Brood War
General
2v2 maps which are SC2 style with teams together? Data analysis on 70 million replays BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ soO on: FanTaSy's Potential Return to StarCraft A cwal.gg Extension - Easily keep track of anyone
Tourneys
[BSL21] RO16 Tie Breaker - Group B - Sun 21:00 CET [BSL21] RO16 Tie Breaker - Group A - Sat 21:00 CET [Megathread] Daily Proleagues Small VOD Thread 2.0
Strategy
Current Meta Game Theory for Starcraft How to stay on top of macro? PvZ map balance
Other Games
General Games
Path of Exile Nintendo Switch Thread Should offensive tower rushing be viable in RTS games? Clair Obscur - Expedition 33 Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas
Community
General
Russo-Ukrainian War Thread US Politics Mega-thread The Games Industry And ATVI Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine About SC2SEA.COM
Fan Clubs
White-Ra Fan Club The herO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion! Anime Discussion Thread Korean Music Discussion
Sports
Formula 1 Discussion 2024 - 2026 Football Thread NBA General Discussion MLB/Baseball 2023 TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
The Health Impact of Joining…
TrAiDoS
Dyadica Evangelium — Chapt…
Hildegard
Saturation point
Uldridge
DnB/metal remix FFO Mick Go…
ImbaTosS
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1773 users

Sbenu partners with Manchester United

Forum Index > BW General
Post a Reply
Normal
lemmata
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
468 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-09-06 20:13:54
September 06 2015 20:11 GMT
#1
Naver Article
맨체스터 유나이티드가 한국의 신발 브랜드 스베누와 파트너십을 체결한다고 발표했다. 스베누는 이번 파트너십 계약에 따라 한국 내 공식 캐주얼 풋웨어 파트너(Official Casual Footwear Partner)로써 맨체스터 유나이티드 상표가 부착된 캐주얼 풋웨어의 독점 판매권을 갖게 된다. 스베누는 2013년 설립된 이래 전 세대의 폭 넓은 사랑을 바탕으로 성장세를 거듭하고 있는 브랜드다.

맨체스터 유나이티드의 리처드 아놀드 대표이사는 “한국의 인기 브랜드인 스베누 제품에 맨체스터 유나이티드의 문양이 새겨지게 되어 기대가 크다. 최근 100호점을 돌파한 스베누의 제품은 1500만 명에 달하는 한국 팬들에게 충분히 어필할 수 있을 것으로 본다”고 밝혔다.

스베누의 황효진 대표는 “스베누는 제품과 마케팅에 대한 지속적인 혁신에 매진한 덕분에 시장에서 좋은 평판을 얻은 유명 브랜드가 될 수 있었다”고 설명했다. 이어 “세계 최고의 축구 클럽 가운데 하나인 맨체스터 유나이티드와의 파트너십을 통해 혁신적인 공통 마케팅 이니셔티브를 구축, 스베누를 한국의대표적인 신발 브랜드로 팬들 마음속에 각인시키게 되길 기대한다”고 덧붙였다.


Translation:

Manchester United announced a partnership agreement with Korean footwear brand Sbenu. The agreement stipulates that Sbenu, as the club's Official Casual Footwear Partner in Korea, will have exclusive rights to the sales of shoes bearing Manchester United trademarks. Created in 2013, Sbenu has been experiencing growth across all demographics.

Managing Director Richard Arnold said, "We have high hopes for the United-themed footwear being produced by Sbenu, which is a popular brand in Korea. Sbenu has over 100 storefronts and can appeal to more than 15 million Korean fans."

Sbenu CEO Sonic said, "Sbenu was able to become a well-known brand thanks to continuous innovation in both product development and marketing. I hope that the joint marketing initiative with Manchester United, one of the best football clubs in the world, will help Sbenu become the footwear brand that represents Korea."

Sonic's Post

I get the feeling the new Proleague will be accompanied by an advertising campaign related to the new partnership. It feels like Sonic is expanding his business for the sole purpose of funding BW...

EDIT: I see that this was already mentioned in the Afreeca thread. Nevertheless, I suppose that it's useful to have the full article here. I'm really excited to find out what this means for Proleague.
Superouman
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
France2195 Posts
September 06 2015 20:13 GMT
#2
wat
Search "[SO]" on B.net to find all my maps ||| Cloud Kingdom / Turbo Cruise '84 / Bone Temple / Eternal Empire / Zen / Purity and Industry / Golden Wall / Fortitude / Beckett Industries / Waterfall
mca64Launcher_
Profile Joined June 2015
Poland629 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-09-06 20:21:44
September 06 2015 20:21 GMT
#3
sonic is a good egxample how to make money from sc;bw
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
September 06 2015 20:55 GMT
#4
Wow.. when you see from where he started.... it's amazing

Next news : SBENU buy Google.
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
September 06 2015 21:08 GMT
#5
On September 07 2015 05:55 FFW_Rude wrote:
Wow.. when you see from where he started.... it's amazing

Next news : SBENU buy Google.

And change the Google logo back to the old one for goodness sake
ㅇㅅㅌㅅ
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
September 06 2015 21:54 GMT
#6
I spat out my beer seeing the thread name in the left bar.
Holy shit Sonic
ॐ
MoosyDoosy
Profile Joined November 2014
United States4519 Posts
September 06 2015 22:38 GMT
#7
I just saw this while browsing through the side bar. Holy mother cows. Jeez.
"Just a second too late rsoultin :D" - My 4k Guardian post
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10682 Posts
September 07 2015 00:24 GMT
#8
So uhh... what does this mean for Foreign BW?
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
Liquid`Zephyr
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
United States996 Posts
September 07 2015 01:23 GMT
#9
wow thats huge. good news for bw
Team LiquidPoorUser
QuickStriker
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3694 Posts
September 07 2015 01:25 GMT
#10
Holy molly, what is going on?!

New BW Proleague?!

Sonic's shoe company marketing with a soccer team in Europe?!

Sonic is a Coach?!

Oh why oh why did I decide to be MIA and out of the loop all this time!
www.twitch.tv/KoreanUsher
outscar
Profile Joined September 2014
2832 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-09-07 01:53:21
September 07 2015 01:51 GMT
#11
Sonic is going to buy and own Blizzard soon and tell 'em like a boss:
"Fire DK, DB, let Chris Metzen to design and TheMarine with Kim Carrier to balance stuff, halt all WoW, Diablo, forget about SC2 expansions and updates and cancel other minor projects like Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch for next 10 years and work your asses on main thing - start ASAP developing HD ver. of BW !".
sunbeams are never made like me...
nbaker
Profile Joined July 2009
United States1341 Posts
September 07 2015 02:20 GMT
#12
Dang, Sonic is absurdly successful. I actually do wonder how much his Broodwar sponsorship has to do with it.
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21244 Posts
September 07 2015 03:53 GMT
#13
Good to see Sbenu doing well, good for Sonic.
TranslatorBaa!
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10682 Posts
September 07 2015 04:57 GMT
#14
On September 07 2015 10:51 outscar wrote:
Sonic is going to buy and own Blizzard soon and tell 'em like a boss:
"Fire DK, DB, let Chris Metzen to design and TheMarine with Kim Carrier to balance stuff, halt all WoW, Diablo, forget about SC2 expansions and updates and cancel other minor projects like Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch for next 10 years and work your asses on main thing - start ASAP developing HD ver. of BW !".

Nice to dream every now and again but damn :-p
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
JieXian
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Malaysia4677 Posts
September 07 2015 05:09 GMT
#15
On September 07 2015 10:51 outscar wrote:
Sonic is going to buy and own Blizzard soon and tell 'em like a boss:
"Fire DK, DB, let Chris Metzen to design and TheMarine with Kim Carrier to balance stuff, halt all WoW, Diablo, forget about SC2 expansions and updates and cancel other minor projects like Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch for next 10 years and work your asses on main thing - start ASAP developing HD ver. of BW !".


That'll be super sweet. Or Sonic can just develop a HD version himself.


[image loading]
Imagine the lols if SC1 in the form of HDBW takes away DB's job the second time, in a few years after he announced victory and his love for SC2 for defeating SC1
Please send me a PM of any song you like that I most probably never heard of! I am looking for people to chat about writing and producing music | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noD-bsOcxuU |
Stratos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Czech Republic6104 Posts
September 07 2015 08:43 GMT
#16
On September 07 2015 11:20 nbaker wrote:
Dang, Sonic is absurdly successful. I actually do wonder how much his Broodwar sponsorship has to do with it.

From my limited perception, it was probably one of the main starting points. He really got a lot of the viewers to buy the shoes, post pictures of them on facebook etc. when he started his business. Buying the shoes was like a way of stating you're a fan willing to donate to the scene, to save the game.. (which was much more emotional at that point). Whether or not he could do the same thing without the BW community is up for speculations but obviously he's a clever businessman (he had plenty of mutual partnerships and clever marketing strategies in place) so it would probably just take him a bit more time.

When he went on a loan to pay for the SSL and it eventually payed off, that turned it into a success story that got him even more popular (there's a drama based on his story) but ever since then he just started putting heavy investments into marketing and expanding his business. These included other esports but also dramas and show events and now this.
At this point, the Brood War audience probably isn't that important and he could easily move on from it and 'save himself the trouble'. But I think the ~1 year break when he focused on business recharged him and he had a fun project in mind (the coaching show) and we all know there's no stopping Sonic.
En Taro Violet
lestye
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4186 Posts
September 07 2015 09:34 GMT
#17
On September 07 2015 11:20 nbaker wrote:
Dang, Sonic is absurdly successful. I actually do wonder how much his Broodwar sponsorship has to do with it.

Not at all, Sbenu was a multimillion dollar company before Sbenu sponsored Sonic's own tournaments.

But yea, maybe this means that Sbenu is planning on expanding internationally soon?

I wanted to buy shoes to support Sonic for all he's done. But I'm size 13 US. And i'm pretty sure that's clown shoe status in Korea so I don't know if they'd ever make em that size.
"You guys are just edgelords. Embrace your inner weeb desu" -Zergneedsfood
J. Corsair
Profile Joined June 2014
United States470 Posts
September 07 2015 12:25 GMT
#18
What awesome news
“...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.” - Scaramouche
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
September 12 2015 09:03 GMT
#19
what the actual fuck

Sonic is beyond amazing :o
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
Ciryandor
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States3735 Posts
September 12 2015 09:11 GMT
#20
Would buy SBENU for casual shoes if it ever gets to my country. Just as a thank you to Sonic's work, and one of the few times I honestly have been swayed by sponsorship work.
에일리 and 아이유 <3 - O Captain 박재혁 ・゚✧*:・*゚+..。✧・゚:*・..。 ✧・゚ :・゚* ゜・*:・ ✧・゚:・゚:.。 ✧・゚ SPARKULING ・゜・:・゚✧*:・゚✧。*゚+..。 ✧・゚: ✧・゚:*・゜・:・゚✧*::
Fuchsteufelswild
Profile Joined October 2009
Australia2028 Posts
September 12 2015 14:09 GMT
#21
Incredible.
This reinforces my lack of hate for Manchester United despite being a Liverpool fan.
Sonic 화이팅!
ZerO - FantaSy - Calm - Nal_rA - Jaedong - NaDa - EffOrt - Bisu - by.hero - StarDust - Welmu - Nerchio - Supernova - Solar - Squirtle - LosirA - Grubby - IntoTheRainbow - Golden... ~~~ Incredible Miracle and Woongjin Stars 화이팅!
XenOsky
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Chile2288 Posts
September 12 2015 15:12 GMT
#22
and a few years ago Sonic was a super troll korean player...
StarCraft & Audax Italiano.
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
September 12 2015 15:22 GMT
#23
????
WriterXiao8~~
RouaF
Profile Joined October 2010
France4120 Posts
September 12 2015 16:50 GMT
#24
style start sbenu ?
KobraKay
Profile Joined March 2010
Portugal4231 Posts
September 13 2015 00:26 GMT
#25
On September 07 2015 10:51 outscar wrote:
Sonic is going to buy and own Blizzard soon and tell 'em like a boss:
"Fire DK, DB, let Chris Metzen to design and TheMarine with Kim Carrier to balance stuff, halt all WoW, Diablo, forget about SC2 expansions and updates and cancel other minor projects like Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch for next 10 years and work your asses on main thing - start ASAP developing HD ver. of BW !".


To be fair, and despite his lackluster performance regarding SC2, Dbro is making a very good job with heroes

Nice news, Sonic must be some kind of magician
CJ Fighting! (--.--)
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20322 Posts
September 13 2015 03:15 GMT
#26
Sonic's shoe company marketing with a football team in Europe?!


ftfy
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
oGoZenob
Profile Joined December 2011
France1503 Posts
September 22 2015 16:13 GMT
#27
Sbenu is only 2 years old ? How the f* did sonic managed to build all that in 2 years ?
I like starcraft
Yorbon
Profile Joined December 2011
Netherlands4272 Posts
September 22 2015 16:21 GMT
#28
I have to admit, I looked at the date when I saw the title of this thread.
TheCzarOfAll
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States170 Posts
September 22 2015 16:46 GMT
#29
On September 07 2015 10:23 Liquid`Zephyr wrote:
wow thats huge. good news for bw


This should be nominated for worst prediction 2015
Yes.
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4137 Posts
September 22 2015 17:18 GMT
#30
On September 23 2015 01:13 oGoZenob wrote:
Sbenu is only 2 years old ? How the f* did sonic managed to build all that in 2 years ?

FC Astana (Kazakhstan) is only 6 yrs old and is playing Champions League this season (group with Athletico Madrid, Benfica Lissabon and Galatasaray).
Grubby | ToD | Moon | Lyn | Sky
EatThePath
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States3943 Posts
September 22 2015 17:52 GMT
#31
OHHHHHHH MY GOD please I want some man U sbenu shoes HOLY CRACKERS AND CHEESE
Comprehensive strategic intention: DNE
oGoZenob
Profile Joined December 2011
France1503 Posts
September 22 2015 18:00 GMT
#32
On September 23 2015 02:18 Dingodile wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 23 2015 01:13 oGoZenob wrote:
Sbenu is only 2 years old ? How the f* did sonic managed to build all that in 2 years ?

FC Astana (Kazakhstan) is only 6 yrs old and is playing Champions League this season (group with Athletico Madrid, Benfica Lissabon and Galatasaray).

yeah but this is easy when your sponsor is the vastly wealthy national fund of kazakhstan
Sonic did it from scratch, it's really impressive
I like starcraft
Lonyo
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United Kingdom3884 Posts
September 22 2015 18:48 GMT
#33
On September 23 2015 01:13 oGoZenob wrote:
Sbenu is only 2 years old ? How the f* did sonic managed to build all that in 2 years ?

It's been more than 2 years.
Sbenu the brand has been around for 2 years, but before that he ran an online shoe store, Sinbalfarm, and then grew it into having its own brand. He started supporting BW in 2010 with Sinbalfarm as the business, instead of Sbenu.
HOLY CHECK!
MrMischelito
Profile Joined February 2014
347 Posts
September 23 2015 07:36 GMT
#34
On September 07 2015 10:23 Liquid`Zephyr wrote:
wow thats huge. good news for bw

:-( it now turned out to be bad news for bw...
Shinta)
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1716 Posts
September 23 2015 07:58 GMT
#35
Too bad SBENU only makes small sized shoes.... I'd buy them, but their shoes only go up to a max of 10.5 US shoe size.
Suteki Da Ne 素敵だね Isn't it Wonderful
oGoZenob
Profile Joined December 2011
France1503 Posts
September 23 2015 14:27 GMT
#36
On September 23 2015 03:48 Lonyo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 23 2015 01:13 oGoZenob wrote:
Sbenu is only 2 years old ? How the f* did sonic managed to build all that in 2 years ?

It's been more than 2 years.
Sbenu the brand has been around for 2 years, but before that he ran an online shoe store, Sinbalfarm, and then grew it into having its own brand. He started supporting BW in 2010 with Sinbalfarm as the business, instead of Sbenu.

oh ok, thats makes much more sense ^^




On September 23 2015 16:58 Shinta) wrote:
Too bad SBENU only makes small sized shoes.... I'd buy them, but their shoes only go up to a max of 10.5 US shoe size.

yeah, when i visited the website i thought i was in the children section ^^ trying to find size 15 in an asian store is an interesting thing to do ^^
I like starcraft
Normal
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
BSL 21
20:00
RO16 TieBreaker - Group B
StRyKeR vs Artosis
OyAji vs KameZerg
ZZZero.O447
LiquipediaDiscussion
IPSL
20:00
Ro16 Group C
StRyKeR vs OldBoy
Sziky vs Tarson
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
White-Ra 293
JuggernautJason127
StarCraft: Brood War
Calm 2736
ZZZero.O 447
Dota 2
LuMiX1
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor313
Other Games
Grubby6012
FrodaN2155
Mlord552
B2W.Neo338
Pyrionflax191
Maynarde80
Organizations
Other Games
EGCTV1949
gamesdonequick979
BasetradeTV43
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 19 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• davetesta84
• Hupsaiya 65
• HeavenSC 28
• musti20045 28
• Kozan
• Migwel
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• sooper7s
• intothetv
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
StarCraft: Brood War
• Airneanach28
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• masondota21055
• Ler103
League of Legends
• Doublelift2459
Other Games
• imaqtpie1567
Upcoming Events
OSC
4m
CranKy Ducklings6
OSC
10h 4m
Wardi Open
13h 4m
Monday Night Weeklies
18h 4m
OSC
1d
Wardi Open
1d 13h
Replay Cast
2 days
Wardi Open
2 days
Tenacious Turtle Tussle
3 days
The PondCast
3 days
[ Show More ]
Replay Cast
4 days
LAN Event
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2025-11-21
Stellar Fest: Constellation Cup
Eternal Conflict S1

Ongoing

C-Race Season 1
IPSL Winter 2025-26
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 4
SOOP Univ League 2025
YSL S2
BSL Season 21
CSCL: Masked Kings S3
SLON Tour Season 2
META Madness #9
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
CS Asia Championships 2025
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2

Upcoming

BSL 21 Non-Korean Championship
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
HSC XXVIII
RSL Offline Finals
WardiTV 2025
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026: Closed Qualifier
eXTREMESLAND 2025
ESL Impact League Season 8
SL Budapest Major 2025
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.