Houston, Texas – Tennis Specific introduced that Brad Blume, Founding father of Tennis Specific, has re-acquired full possession within the retail and on-line enterprise.
Beforehand, Blume had offered a majority curiosity in Tennis Specific to Signa Sports activities United (SSU) however had remained President of Tennis Specific and a minority shareholder. Blume stated that given current monetary challenges confronted by SSU, each SSU and Blume agreed it could be in one of the best curiosity of the corporate for Blume to re-acquire Tennis Specific. The change in possession was dealt with privately and went into impact November 10, 2023.
“Lately, a number of information shops mistakenly reported that Tennis Specific was nonetheless a part of SSU and was concerned in chapter proceedings,” Blume stated. “After all, that is utterly inaccurate. I’m the only real proprietor of Tennis Specific and have re-established our long-standing partnerships with our distributors.”
“We’re wanting ahead to a powerful vacation season and a sturdy 2024 as we construct on the entrepreneurial spirit that has efficiently helped Tennis Specific turn into one of many world’s largest tennis retailers,” stated Mr. Blume. “Buyer satisfaction stays our primary precedence, and we try to ship a WOW expertise to every buyer.”
As a cornerstone to the Houston enterprise neighborhood for greater than 20 years, Tennis Specific was named certainly one of Houston’s Quickest Rising Firms in 2021 and 2022 by Houston Enterprise Journal. Their headquarters, warehouse, and superstore are housed in a 90,000+ square-foot constructing that has turn into a vacation spot for leisure, junior, and collegiate gamers in addition to ATP and WTA tour professionals. A full-size, indoor tennis court docket hosts seasonal occasions together with new merchandise trunk gross sales, clinics, coaches and captain conferences, in addition to branded demo days.
Tennis Specific gives a wide array of tennis, pickleball, and padel gear to customers throughout America. Acknowledged as an business chief, the corporate leverages its shopping for energy to supply the best number of tennis sneakers, racquets, luggage, attire, and gear for all ranges of gamers. Tennis Specific affords free, 2-day delivery on most orders, in addition to a hassle-free return coverage, and a value match assure.
Tennis Specific proudly helps the tennis neighborhood on each the nationwide and native stage as a long-time companion of a wide range of organizations together with the US Tennis Affiliation (USTA), Houston Tennis Affiliation (HTA), Nationwide Junior Tennis League (NJTL), Houston Girls Tennis Affiliation (HLTA), West Houston Girls Tennis Affiliation (WHLTA), Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), Serve Up a Remedy Breast Most cancers Consciousness, in addition to numerous faculties, golf equipment, non-profits, and humanitarian organizations.
Tennis Specific additionally promotes environmental accountability and is honored to work with RecycleBalls.org, a non-profit program that collects and converts used tennis balls into recycled supplies.
In keeping with the USTA, tennis participation has grown by 1 million gamers in 2022 leading to 23.6 million gamers worldwide. It’s the third consecutive 12 months that the game has seen a rise since 2020, throughout the pandemic.
Mr. Blume shares that Tennis Specific has seen constant progress and stays a thriving enterprise. He’s excited in regards to the future and invitations customers to study extra by visiting www.TennisExpress.com or following Tennis Specific throughout all social media channels together with Instagram, Fb, TicTok, X (previously often called Twitter), Pinterest, Snapchat, and YouTube.