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Supply Chain Innovation

Fanatics

As the global leader in licensed sports merchandise, Fanatics is changing the ways fans purchase their favorite team apparel and jerseys through an innovative, tech-infused approach to making and selling fan gear in today's on-demand culture. Powering multi-channel commerce for the world's biggest sports brands, Fanatics offers the largest collection of timeless and timely merchandise whether shopping online, on your phone, in stores, in stadiums or on-site and the world's biggest sporting events.

Company Commitment:  Like many internationally recognized brands, Fanatics Apparel views the workers along its supply chain as its extended workforce.  We appreciate that this workforce is vital to the creation of our product, and that ensuring quality product and worker welfare are not mutually exclusive.  As a brand uniquely attuned to its sports fan customer base, Fanatics Apparel also recognizes the growing interest among consumers in factory working conditions.  This growing interest cannot go ignored.

Products Covered by FLA Affiliation:  All Fanatics Branded and RNL products.

 
Fair Labor Association Accredits Fanatics Brands

The Fair Labor Association (FLA) announced today that its board of directors voted to accredit the social compliance program of Fanatics Brands, the private label division of Fanatics, Inc., a global leader for licensed sports merchandise headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, that specializes in licensed fan apparel for the world’s most popular leagues, brands, and collegiate and professional teams.

Fanatics Brands Assessment for Accreditation

The Fair Labor Association accredited the social compliance program of Fanatics Brands, the private label division of Fanatics, Inc., a global leader for licensed sports merchandise headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, that specializes in licensed fan apparel for the world’s most popular leagues, brands, and collegiate and professional teams, in June 2021.

Fair Labor Association Accredits Fanatics Brands
The Fair Labor Association (FLA) announced today that its board of directors voted to accredit the social compliance program of Fanatics Brands, the private label division of Fanatics, Inc., a global leader for licensed sports merchandise headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, that specializes in licensed fan apparel for the world’s most popular leagues, brands, and collegiate and professional teams. Fanatics Brands manufactures its products at three owned and operated facilities located in Tampa, Florida, Easton, Pennsylvania, and Norman, Oklahoma, and sources from 94 contracted...
FLA Affiliates Respond to COVID-19
The Fair Labor Association (FLA) expects its affiliates to account for the impact of business decisions on workers in their global supply chains. The FLA recognizes that during the COVID-19 pandemic, companies of all sizes face challenges and difficult choices that will affect many – including the most vulnerable workers. Based on the extraordinary circumstances of COVID-19 and with the well-being of workers as a priority, the FLA on April 6 issued a series of recommendations based on the application of FLA principles during the pandemic. The FLA’s Principles of Fair Labor...
123 Apparel and Footwear Companies Sign New "AAFA/FLA Apparel & Footwear Industry Commitment to Responsible Recruitment"
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – October 22, 2018 – Today, 123 apparel and footwear companies signed the new “AAFA/FLA Apparel & Footwear Industry Commitment to Responsible Recruitment,” reflecting the industry’s commitment to the fair treatment of workers in the global apparel, footwear, and travel goods supply chain. Developed in conjunction with the American Apparel & Footwear Association and the Fair Labor Association, the Commitment is a proactive industry effort to address potential forced labor risks for migrant workers in the global supply chain. Each...
Letter to The Honorable Daniel Ortega Saavedra
On June 29, 2018, the Fair Labor Association joined with seven leading companies and the American Apparel and Footwear Association to send a letter to the President of the Republic of Nicaragua expressing concern about the nation’s political and social crisis threatening the rights, livelihoods, and physical safety of workers and others and the capacity of Nicaragua’s industries that export around the world.
Fanatics Brands Assessment for Accreditation

The Fair Labor Association accredited the social compliance program of Fanatics Brands, the private label division of Fanatics, Inc., a global leader for licensed sports merchandise headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, that specializes in licensed fan apparel for the world’s most popular leagues, brands, and collegiate and professional teams, in June 2021.

Decotex International (El Salvador)

On April 18, 2021, the Fair Labor Association (“FLA”) received a Third Party Complaint (“TPC”) filed by the union federation Federación de Asociaciones o Sindicatos Independientes de El Salvador (“FEASIES” or “the Complainant”) alleging specified labor rights violations at Decotex International LTA de CV (hereinafter, “Decotex” or “the factory”), a facility owned and operated by Tegra LCC, a corporation based in Atlanta, Georgia.  The TPC followed on communications between FLA staff and FEASIES representatives after the publication of

Bay Island Honduras

The FLA engaged the independent experts who conducted this Safeguards investigation at the request of FLA-affiliated companies Fanatics and adidas as well as adidas licensee Streetwear, Inc.