{
  "id": 8020040,
  "title": "Fanatics, King of Online Sports Retail, Eyes More Brick and Mortar",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/fanatics-king-of-online-sports-retail-eyes-more-brick-and-mortar",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-17T11:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sportico",
    "slug": "sportico",
    "url": "https://www.sportico.com/business/commerce/2026/fanatics-collectibles-paris-shop-revenue-1234945204/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Michael Rubin has built Fanatics into the world’s largest online seller of licensed sports merchandise over the past 15 years. Now his company is eyeing brick-and-mortar retail opportunities. Fanatics announced Thursday morning that it will open a collectibles store next month in Paris, on Rue Saint-Lazare in an area popular with tourists. It’s the second […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}