NEW YORK-- CLIO Sports, the esteemed international competition honoring creative excellence in sports, today announces Under Armour (NYSE: UA) as the recipient of the CLIO Sports Brand Innovation Award. The global apparel, footwear and equipment brand, led by Founder and CEO Kevin Plank, will be lauded for its creative impact on the sports industry during a July 17 ceremony at Cipriani Midtown in New York, hosted by ESPN Radio’s Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg of Mike & Mike in the Morning.
As part of this year’s first-ever CLIO Sports Awards, presented by Citi and HISTORY, the Brand Innovation Award celebrates a company that has revolutionized the sports advertising, marketing and communications landscape with leading product design and dynamic breakthrough campaigns.
“Under Armour is a brand with a storied history – from basement beginnings to a global takeover – that deserves recognition,” says CLIO Executive Vice President Nicole Purcell. “From the start, Kevin Plank and his company have proven to be innovators not only in the products they offer and design, but the expert marketing campaigns that motivate people to perform at their highest level. We are proud to welcome them into the CLIO legacy this year.”
Under Armour exemplifies the CLIO mission of fostering talent, inventive work and creativity. Utilizing innovative marketing campaigns, high-profile athlete ambassadors and sponsorships, the brand has grown from a start-up to a more than $2 billion international performance gear company.
Brand defining campaigns such as Protect this House®, Click-Clack®, and I WILL® have cemented Under Armour in the sports advertising space. High-profile sponsorships highlight the breadth and depth of its reach, including its recent partnership with Notre Dame, reported to be the largest such collaboration in the history of collegiate sports, and the U.S. Olympic Speedskating team, which recently renewed its agreement through 2022.
Under Armour also boasts a diverse roster of championship athlete ambassadors, with notable names such as Tom Brady, Lindsey Vonn and Michael Phelps, as well as rising star Jordan Spieth, who became the youngest winner on the PGA Tour in 82 years, and Stephen Curry, the dynamic NBA point guard. Most recently, Under Armour announced the addition of American Ballet Theater® soloist Misty Copeland to its athlete family. Copeland, the first African-American ABT soloist in 20 years, will be featured in the brand’s upcoming women’s marketing campaign.
In addition to brand achievements, CLIO will also acknowledge Under Armour’s significant philanthropic and community efforts: UA Power In Pink®, celebrating women who use fitness and exercise in their fight to combat breast cancer; UA WIN, providing athletes of the next generation access to sports; and UA Freedom, raising awareness of the nation’s military personnel and public safety officials.
"Our commitment to innovation and authentic storytelling is at the heart of everything we do and on behalf of the entire Under Armour team, we are extremely honored to receive this recognition and award from the CLIO Sports organization," said Under Armour Founder and CEO Kevin Plank. "As part of Under Armour's mission to make all athletes better, we continue to push the limits of innovation and deliver game-changing performance products to give athletes that little bit of an edge to help them perform at their best."
Ceremony hosts, also announced today, are Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg of ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike in the Morning. The sports-talk radio show premiered in 1998 and is carried by more than 310 affiliates nationwide. Golic and Greenberg are known for their playful banter, strong opinions and genuine joy in covering the hottest sports topics.
In addition, Rutledge Wood, host of HISTORY’s Top Gear will present an award during the ceremony.
The CLIO Awards launched CLIO Sports, the newest global awards program, in its milestone 55th anniversary year. It includes two types of recognition; in addition to the Brand Innovation Award, CLIO Sports Awards will be given to athletes, leagues and associations, media and news outlets, teams, and brands that have produced exemplary creative work that pushes boundaries and demonstrates ahead-of-the-curve thinking.
About The CLIO Awards
The CLIO Awards is one of the world’s most recognized awards competitions for advertising, design and communications. The CLIO Awards has maintained its original commitment to celebrate and reward creative excellence, honoring a powerful form of communication and its impact on modern culture. At the same time, the CLIO Awards remains focused on evolving with the industry in order to acknowledge the most current, breakthrough work. To this day, CLIO’s iconic statue is the most widely recognized and coveted symbol of the industry’s creative accomplishments.
CLIO Mission
Our mission is to honor the groundbreaking work and talent that push the boundaries of creativity. Everything we do is fueled by our passion for celebrating the power of creativity, provoking action and nurturing your vision. As the standard bearer for visionary communications, we award those creators whose work exemplifies inventive thinking. Celebrating Inspiration. Honoring Imagination. Fostering Creativity. This is the very essence of the CLIO Awards.
About Under Armour, Inc.
Under Armour (NYSE: UA), the originator of performance footwear, apparel and equipment, revolutionized how athletes across the world dress. Designed to make all athletes better, the brand's innovative products are sold worldwide to athletes at all levels. Under Armour's wholly owned subsidiary, MapMyFitness, powers one of the world's largest Connected Fitness communities. The Under Armour global headquarters is in Baltimore, Maryland.
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About CITI
Citi works tirelessly to provide consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial services and products. We strive to create the best outcomes for our clients and customers with financial ingenuity that leads to solutions that are simple, creative and responsible. http://www.citigroup.com/citi/
About HISTORY®
HISTORY®, now reaching more than 98 million homes, is the leading destination for award-winning original series and specials that connect viewers with history in an informative, immersive and entertaining manner across all platforms. The network’s all-original programming slate, including scripted event programming, features a roster of hit series includingAmerican Pickers®, American Restoration™, Ax Men™, Counting Cars™, Pawn Stars®, Swamp People® and The Legend of Shelby the Swamp Man as well as HISTORY®’s first scripted series Vikings, and epic miniseries and special programming such as The Bible and the Emmy® Award-winning Hatfields & McCoys, Men Who Built America, Gettysburg, Vietnam in HD,America The Story of Us® and 102 Minutes That Changed America. The HISTORY® website is the leading online resource for all things history, and in 2011, the United States Library of Congress selected HISTORY®’s Civil War 150 site for inclusion in the historic collection of Internet materials related to the American Civil War sesquicentennial. www.history.com
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