cleanup to meet wikipedia s quality standards . the specific problem is footnotes need to be fleshed out with publication date paper work they appeared in etc. see wp citations please help improve this article if you can . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message fanatics inc. type private founded jacksonville florida 1995 1995 founder alan trager headquarters jacksonville florida u.s. area served united states key people michael rubin chairman doug mack ceo products licensed sports apparel & collectibles owner michael rubin number of employees 1800 parent kynetic website fanaticsinc.com fanatics.com fanatics is an online retailer of licensed sports apparel and merchandise formed in 1995 and headquartered in jacksonville florida . fanatics offers product via its fanatics and fansedge brands as well as sports collectibles and memorabilia through fanatics authentic and sportsmemorabilia.com . fanatics inc. also currently powers the e commerce sites of all major professional sports leagues nfl mlb nba nhl nascar pga ufc major media brands nbc sports cbs sports fox sports and over 150 collegiate and professional team properties . fanatics has relationships with over 1080 vendors including companies such as nike reebok adidas 47 brand majestic new era mitchell & ness under armour rock em apparel and over 1000 others . fanatics inc. also owns fanatics apparel which produces licensed sports apparel exclusively for the fanatics umbrella of sites . additional offices are located in fort lauderdale florida ; deerfield illinois ; conshohocken pennsylvania ; boulder colorado san francisco california 1 and soon san mateo ca. 2 history edit formed in 1995 fanatics inc. was originally started when brothers alan and mitch trager opened fanatics a brick and mortar storefront in a jacksonville mall focusing on jacksonville jaguars apparel . fanatics grew primarily through acquisitions . the first acquisition 2006 was richard perel s marketsville inc sports web sites which included top college e commerce property collegefootballstore.com . at the time marketsville inc accounted for close to 25 % of fanatics online sales as an affiliate . richard perel stayed on board as a marketing executive at fanatics until 2014 helping the company secure funding at a 3.1 billion valuation in 2013 . subsequent acquisitions were rupp shirts based out of tallahassee florida and demand made . in 2011 fanatics inc. was purchased by gsi commerce led by chairman michael g. rubin for 171 million in cash and 106 million of gsi common stock . 3 in 2012 rubin purchased fanatics outright from ebay along with a 70 % stake in rue la la and shoprunner and formed the umbrella company kynetic as a parent company . 4 later that year fanatics acquired florida based rival dreams inc. for 158 million in cash and 25 million in debt . michael rubin is now worth 2.7 billion and owns 72 % of fanatics 5 after the last round of venture capital funding . as of june 2014 fanatics was valued at 3.1 billion . 6 as of april 2014 doug mack is the ceo of fanatics inc. which currently when has about 1 800 employees . 7 fanatics is ranked 42 in the internet retailer top 500 in 2014 . 8 in 2015 the nba announced a multi year partnership with fanatics to operate its 25 000 sq ft flagship store in nyc . 9 since fanatics also powers the online nbastore.com customers to the nyc store are able to browse and purchase from the entire online inventory through in store handheld devices . in march 2016 the nfl and fanatics agreed to a new long term extension to operate nflshop.com . 10 the nflpa also granted fanatics the rights for player merchandise . fanatics will replace nike as the largest maker and seller of player merchandise starting in march 2017 . 11 in january 2015 fanatics began selling a collection of casual womenswear designed by actress ricki noel lander called let loose by rnl . 12 13 notes edit fanatics inc. fact sheet . why the world s largest licensed sports merchandise retailer is moving hundreds of jobs to san mateo . silicon valley business journal . may 4 2016 . retrieved may 13 2016 . jacksonville based football fanatics scores with 277 million sale . newly minted billionaire is spinning ebay scraps into gold . profile michael rubin . score web sports retailer fanatics inc.tops 3 billion valuation . sports apparel purveyor fanatics swipes one kings lane chief . sports apparel e retailer fanatics hires a williams sonoma exec . conshohocken company to run nba flagship store in nyc . more than the curve . retrieved 13 may 2016 . fanatics signs long term extension of nfl deal expanding rights . retrieved 13 may 2016 . e commerce giant fanatics scores a new deal with the nfl . b2b e commerce world . retrieved 13 may 2016 . fanatics website let loose by rnl is a contemporary women s fanwear line designed by american actress model and designer ricki noel lander retrieved august 8 2016 daily mail meet ricki lander 73 year old patriots owner 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