Topper (brand)
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Topper was established in 1975 in Argentina as the sports brand of Alpargatas to compete against foreign sneakers manufacturers.[2] In past years, products manufactured and commercialised under the Topper brand included football, basketball, rugby, tennis, and volleyball equipment.
History
Topper was founded in Argentina in 1975 by Alpargatas, the leading textile manufacturer in the country that had been established in 1885.[3] The name "Topper" came from the dog of then president of the company, Eduardo Oxenford.[2] During its first decade of existence, Topper launched its canvas shoe, a model of casual footwear which would soon reached not only a huge success but also became the most representative product of the firm in Argentina, and being considered a real "classic" since then.[4]
Script error: No such module "Multiple image". During the 1980s Topper became one of the most important sportswear brands of Argentina, signing deals with clubs such as Independiente, Ferro Carril Oeste and Estudiantes de La Plata. Most of those teams won several championships (not only in football but in basketball) during that era.
In recent years, Topper supplied garments for the basketball and volleyball national teams. The company also signed new contracts with former teams Independiente and Estudiantes and made new agreements with football teams Racing and Newell's Old Boys and rugby union clubs San Isidro and Hindú.
The brand was also the official supplier for the Argentina national rugby union team (known as Los Pumas) from 2000 to 2003.
In 2007 Alpargatas Argentina was sold to São Paulo Alpargatas (owner of Topper in Brazil), then a Camargo Correa group company.[5][6]
In 2012 Topper brought a lawsuit against club Estudiantes de La Plata for $13 million.[7] The brand accused Estudiantes of "breach of contract" due to the club had switched to German company Adidas in 2011, while the deal with Topper was still active.[8] Adidas and Estudiantes had signed for US$3 million for 3 years.[9] Topper alleged that there was a clause stating that Estudiantes was forced to continue being sponsored by Topper if other brands offered the same amount of money to be their uniform supplier.[7]
In 2018, Alpargatas Brazil sold the brand Topper to "BRS Comercio e Industria de Material Esportivo SA" for a total of R$ 40 million.[10] BRS is a holding company composed by a group of investors led by Carlos Wizard Martins. The contract signed included the license for the use of the brand "Topper" in the US and China.[11]
Products
The following chart contains all the product lines by Topper in Argentina and Brazil.[12]
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| Area/Sport | Range of products |
|---|---|
| Football | Balls, boots |
| Basketball | Balls |
| Casual wear | T-shirts, polo shirts, pants, shorts, hoodies, leggins, jackets, sneakers, boardshorts |
| Accessories | Bags, shin guards, hats, backpacks |
Past sponsorships
Topper has sponsored a large list of teams and associations mainly in South America, some of them are:
Association Football
Associations
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National teams
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}} (1981–91)
Club teams
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- Template:Flagicon All Boys (2002–03)
- Template:Flagicon Arsenal de Sarandí (1980–87)
- Template:Flagicon Atlanta (1984–86)
- Template:Flagicon Atlético Tucumán (1979–81, 2006-14)
- Template:Flagicon Belgrano (C) (1984–93, 2008-10)
- Template:Flagicon Boca Juniors (1996)
- Template:Flagicon Chacarita Juniors (1980–84)
- Template:Flagicon Deportivo Morón (2004-09)
- Template:Flagicon El Porvenir (1984–86)
- Template:Flagicon Estudiantes LP (1982–88, 2006–11)
- Template:Flagicon Ferro Carril Oeste (1979–96)
- Template:Flagicon Gimnasia y Esgrima LP (1980–84)
- Template:Flagicon Gimnasia y Tiro (1993–97)
- Template:Flagicon Guaraní Antonio Franco (1993–95)
- Template:Flagicon Independiente (1981–86, 1997–2004)
- Template:Flagicon Independiente Rivadavia (1993–96)
- Template:Flagicon Instituto (C) (1993–96)
- Template:Flagicon Lanús (1981–88, 1992–98)
- Template:Flagicon Los Andes (1984-85)
- Template:Flagicon Newell's Old Boys (2005–15) [13]
- Template:Flagicon Olimpo (1982–95)
- Template:Flagicon Platense (1981–83, 1986-88)
- Template:Flagicon Racing Club (1995–97, 2001–05, 2014–16)
- Template:Flagicon River Plate (1980–81)
- Template:Flagicon Rosario Central (1983–92)
- Template:Flagicon San Lorenzo (1991–93)
- Template:Flagicon San Martín de Tucumán (1987–94)
- Template:Flagicon Tigre (2003–08)
- Template:Flagicon Tristán Suárez (2004–09)
- Template:Flagicon Vélez Sarsfield (1986–87, 2004–08, 2011–15)
- Template:Flagicon Jorge Wilstermann (1994–98)
- Template:Flagicon Oriente Petrolero (1993–94)
- Template:Flagicon The Strongest (1998–99)
- Template:Flagicon Atlético Mineiro (2010–12, 2017–18)[14]
- Template:Flagicon Brasil de Pelotas (2016–19)
- Template:Flagicon Botafogo (1999–2001, 2016–19)[15][16]
- Template:Flagicon Ceará (1997-98, 2016–19)
- Template:Flagicon Corinthians (1980–89, 1999–2002)[17]
- Template:Flagicon Cruzeiro (1984–85, 1998–2005)
- Template:Flagicon Figueirense (2018–19)[18]
- Template:Flagicon Goiás (2003-05, 2017–18)
- Template:Flagicon Guaraní (2017–20)
- Template:Flagicon Grêmio (2011–14)
- Template:Flagicon Íbis (2020–21)
- Template:Flagicon Internacional (2000–05)[19]
- Template:Flagicon Náutico (2016–19)
- Template:Flagicon Paraná (2016–19)
- Template:Flagicon Ponte Preta (1980-84, 1987, 2018–20)
- Template:Flagicon Recife (1988-90, 1999-2007)
- Template:Flagicon Remo (2000-05, 2016–19)
- Template:Flagicon São Paulo (2003–05)[20]
- Template:Flagicon Vitória (1997-2003, 2017–19)
- Template:Flagicon Curicó Unido (1996-98)
- Template:Flagicon Deportes La Serena (2005, 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Deportes Puerto Montt (1991, 1996)
- Template:Flagicon Huachipato (1995–96)
- Template:Flagicon Unión Española (1995–97)
- Template:Flagicon América de Cali (1997-99)
- Template:Flagicon Independiente Santa Fe (1997–99)
- Template:Flagicon Badajoz (1998–99)
- Template:Flagicon Vegalta Sendai (1994–98)
- Template:Flagicon Santos Laguna (1991–92)
- Template:Flagicon Cerro Porteño (2001-03)
- Template:Flagicon Nacional (1991-95)
- Template:Flagicon Olimpia (1982, 1995-2003)
- Template:Flagicon Sportivo Luqueño (2000–01)
- Template:Flagicon Deportivo Municipal (1997-98)
- Template:Flagicon Sport Boys (1996, 1998)
- Template:Flagicon Transvaal (2005-06)
- Template:Flagicon Boston River (1989-94, 2009-10)
- Template:Flagicon Central Español (1989–90)
- Template:Flagicon Defensor Sporting (1991–92, 1997–2002)
- Template:Flagicon Huracán Buceo (1980–90)
- Template:Flagicon Nacional (1986–88, 1993–95)
- Template:Flagicon Peñarol (1987–88)
- Template:Flagicon River Plate (1990-91)
- Template:Flagicon Rocha (2006–07)
- Template:Flagicon Aragua (2005–07)
- Template:Flagicon Carabobo (2005–07, 2008–09)
- Template:Flagicon Caracas (1998–99)
- Template:Flagicon Deportivo Táchira (2005)
- Template:Flagicon Mineros de Guayana (2007)
- Template:Flagicon Minervén (1995–97)
Players
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Bastketball
National teams
- File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (1979–1997, 2002–06)
- File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Club teams
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- Template:Flagicon Botafogo
- Template:Flagicon Franca
- Template:Flagicon Atenas
- Template:Flagicon Ferro Carril Oeste (1979–1997)
- Template:Flagicon Peñarol (1991–2000)
- Template:Flagicon Gimnasia y Esgrima LP (1980–1984)
Rugby Union
Associations
- Template:Flagicon Brazil (2010-2021)
National Teams
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Club teams
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Tennis
Associations
Players
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- Template:Flagicon David Nalbandian
- Template:Flagicon Diego Schwartzman
- Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas
- Template:Flagicon José Acasuso
- Template:Flagicon Juan Ignacio Chela
- Template:Flagicon Martín Vassallo Argüello
- Template:Flagicon Davis Cup national team
- Template:Flagicon Facundo Argüello
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Meligeni
- Template:Flagicon Caio Zampieri
References
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- ↑ BRS Comercio e Industria de Material Esportivo SA profile on Bloomberg
- ↑ a b La marca argentina Topper tiene un nuevo socio brasileño by Alfredo Sainz, La Nación, 4 Nov 2015
- ↑ History of Topper on Alpargatas Argentine website Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Denme una zapatilla de lona y moveré el mundo on Argentine Marketing blog, 3 Apr 2006
- ↑ Brasil ya manda en seis sectores clave de la economía argentina, Clarín, 2007-02-26
- ↑ Camargo Correa relanzará Topper on Infobae Profesional, 2008-01-25
- ↑ a b "Topper demanda a Estudiantes por 13 millones de pesos", Diagonales.com, 28 September 2012
- ↑ "Demanda millonaria de Topper contra Estudiantes", AreaCapital.net Template:Webarchive
- ↑ "Topper demanda a Estudiantes por el cambio Template:Not a typo Adidas", ArteySportweb
- ↑ Alpargatas conclui venda de fatia na Topper by Paula Selmi on Valor (Económico), 4 Dec 2018
- ↑ ALPARGATAS CONCLUI VENDA DA TOPPER E RAINHA PARA CARLOS WIZARD MARTINS by Estadão Conteúdo, 3 May 2016
- ↑ Accesorios on Topper website (ARG), 4 Jul 2019
- ↑ Camiseta Newell's 2014 on Marca de Gol, 2 Mar 2014
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- ↑ Balanço 2016: patrocínio fixo, pontual. Quanto o Bota lucrou com marketing? on Globo Esporte, 30 Mar 2017
- ↑ À espera de acerto com nova fornecedora, Botafogo desenha uniformes para 2022 on Globo Esporte, 10 Dec 2021
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- ↑ Em meio a acusações on SportBuzz, 28 Nov 2019
- ↑ Relembre todos os fornecedores de material esportivo da história do Inter on Gauchazh, 07 May 2019
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- ↑ El valor de Los Pumas on Clarín, 25 Oct 2001
- ↑ Los Pumas, de Adidas a Nike on La Voz del Interior, 27 Dec 2011
- ↑ Como o rúgbi tornou-se queridinho dos patrocinadores no país do futebol? on UOL, 10 Nov 2018
- ↑ El CASI presentó su camiseta on A Pleno Rugby, 2012-7-12
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External links
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- Sporting goods manufacturers of Argentina
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- Athletic shoe brands
- Sportswear brands
- Argentine brands
- Brazilian brands
- Clothing companies established in 1975
- Multinational companies headquartered in Brazil
- 1975 establishments in Argentina