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[marco]

Almost every single UK adventure into the USA fails disastrously

I don't know why but it does. Perhaps it's due to management resources and not knowing the market?

This happens all the time in business. A UK company sets up in the USA to expand it's business and ends up selling it's US operation and concentrating on it's core business. Most recent example is Tesco.

Just adding a bit of balance to the discussion!

but works well the other way around wallmart/asda strange one indeed

 

[Blue Coop]

Almost every single UK adventure into the USA fails disastrously

I don't know why but it does. Perhaps it's due to management resources and not knowing the market?

This happens all the time in business. A UK company sets up in the USA to expand it's business and ends up selling it's US operation and concentrating on it's core business. Most recent example is Tesco.

Just adding a bit of balance to the discussion!

Even that being the case, we have the NYY on side too, who know a thing or two about sport and NY.

 

[Marvin]

Almost every single UK adventure into the USA fails disastrously

I don't know why but it does. Perhaps it's due to management resources and not knowing the market?

This happens all the time in business. A UK company sets up in the USA to expand it's business and ends up selling it's US operation and concentrating on it's core business. Most recent example is Tesco.

Just adding a bit of balance to the discussion!

Do you ever post anything remotely positive?

Yes. Usually do. I did say I was just balancing up the argument.

It is certainly true that UK ventures into the USA have almost always been an unmitigated disaster.

 

[BlueCanuck]

FWIW:

New York City FC Ownership, Mayor Bloomberg & MLS Commissioner to Unveil New Club

New York City FC to Announce Club’s First Member of Front Office Staff;
Manchester City FC Players to Conduct Clinic with Students

NEW YORK (Tuesday, May 21, 2013) – New York City Football Club (NYCFC), the new Major League Soccer team owned by global sports powers Manchester City Football Club and the New York Yankees, will be joined by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and MLS Commissioner Don Garber to discuss plans for the new club and announce the first member of NYCFC’s front office staff on Wednesday, May 22.

The event will take place at P.S. 72 Lexington Academy in East Harlem. Manchester City’s U.S. grassroots community youth soccer program, “City Soccer in the Community,” started at Lexington Academy in 2010 which is home to a rooftop soccer field – the first of its kind for a public school. “City Soccer in the Community” coaches work with thousands of public school students across 20 NYC schools each year.

WHO: Michael Bloomberg, New York City Mayor
Don Garber, MLS Commissioner
Ferran Soriano, CEO of Manchester City Football Club
Hal Steinbrenner, Managing General Partner of the New York Yankees
Randy Levine, president of the New York Yankees
New member of NYCFC’s front office staff
Manchester City FC Players including Yaya Touré, Carlos Tevez, and Pablo Zabaleta

WHAT: NYCFC ownership along with Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Garber to discuss New York’s newest team. Manchester City FC players to conduct clinic with P.S. 72 Lexington Academy students.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
10:00 a.m. ET
· 9:15 a.m. Media Check-in begins (Media are encouraged to arrive early to set up)
· 10:00 a.m. Event begins

WHERE: P.S. 72 The Lexington Academy
131 East 104 Street, NY, NY 10029
· Limited street parking
· Media are instructed to enter through the Academy’s main entrance, located through the schoolyard on Lexington Avenue between 104 and 105 Street.
· News conference will take place in the first floor cafeteria. Media will be escorted to the roof-top field immediately following.

"and announce the first member of NYCFC’s front office staff"
Pls dear god, not Becks...

Soriano was directly asked today: "Beckham has not been approached and will not be involved in any form"

 

[Keith Moon]

FWIW:

"and announce the first member of NYCFC’s front office staff"
Pls dear god, not Becks...

Soriano was directly asked today: "Beckham has not been approached and will not be involved in any form"

Thanks, now I can sleep tonight..

 

[jrb]

The Yankees Management will probably negotiate all the commercial deals alongside City. They know the American market better than City.

YES, the team's 34%-owned regional sports channel, is the most profitable RSN in the country with operating income of more than $200 million

The new fan base is already there. The Yankee fan base and the New York sporting fan base.

A new stadium is always a crowd puller, especially with the knowledge and know how of the Yankees taking it forward.(pricing, corporate, sponsorship, etc)

Guessing.

Eventually New York City will be making some serious money, with it being split between City and the Yankees.

Think about it. :-)

 

[badmash]

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[Henkeman]

Almost every single UK adventure into the USA fails disastrously

I don't know why but it does. Perhaps it's due to management resources and not knowing the market?

This happens all the time in business. A UK company sets up in the USA to expand it's business and ends up selling it's US operation and concentrating on it's core business. Most recent example is Tesco.

Just adding a bit of balance to the discussion!

Not true. The United Kingdom is the largest foreign direct investor in the United States. Bigger than China, bigger than Japan. It accounts for around 7% of UK GDP indirectly, and British companies are known for their success in the US. A few highlighted examples in the media where it doesn't work are neither here nor there; the commercial and industrial relationship between the US and the UK is quite incredibly close, and they remain our largest trading partner by a distance.

In other words, for a British company to do this (via Abu Dhabi of course) is both natural and likely to be highly successful.

Quite why people feel the need to slate our own country at something it's actually brilliant at is beyond me.

 

[Deleted member 52846]

Almost every single UK adventure into the USA fails disastrously

I don't know why but it does. Perhaps it's due to management resources and not knowing the market?

This happens all the time in business. A UK company sets up in the USA to expand it's business and ends up selling it's US operation and concentrating on it's core business. Most recent example is Tesco.

Just adding a bit of balance to the discussion!

Do you ever post anything remotely positive?

Well, he doesn't have to. Even though, I'm sure he does.

 

[Keith Moon]

Nike also have a merchandise deal with Yankees..