Category: sponsorship

Zouma’s Cats Taken Away, Vitality Drops Sponsorship of West Ham

LONDON—West Ham United player Kurt Zouma’s cats are being cared for by animal charity the RSPCA after a video emerged showing the Frenchman kicking one pet across the floor, and Vitality said it was suspending its sponsorship of the Premier League club over its handling of the incident. The viral video, filmed by Zouma’s brother…


Airbnb Asked to Drop Olympic Ties Over China Rights Issues

Airbnb Inc. is being asked to drop its sponsorship connections to next year’s Beijing’s Winter Olympics by a coalition of 150 human-rights campaigners. The coalition is headed by groups that oppose rights violations in China including the detention of Muslim Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region. Airbnb is one of the International Olympic Committee’s leading 15 sponsors….