CASTORE
STORY SO FAR
Founded in 2015 in Manchester by brothers Tom and Phil Beahon (then aged 25 and 22). Tom had played youth football for Tranmere Rovers and trained in Spain; Phil had played semi-professional cricket. Castore was set up to apply premium materials and a more design-led aesthetic to performance sportswear, under the brand mantra 'Better Never Stops'. The company secured an early profile through tennis champion Andy Murray, who became a kit partner in January 2019 and later took an equity stake. Castore has since signed kit deals with football, rugby union, cricket, Formula 1 and tennis teams and athletes, expanded into golf, and grown into one of the more aggressive challenger sportswear brands of the late 2010s and 2020s.
DESIGNED BY
In-house Castore design team headquartered in Manchester, England. UK-based: Yes.
MADE BY
Per the brand: fabrics are sourced from Italy; product is designed in England; and clothing is manufactured in a network of around 80 factories globally, anchored around seven key partner facilities. The brand specifically calls out production in Portugal — using 3D printing and seamless construction techniques — and visited Italian, Swiss and Portuguese factories in its early R&D. All factories are mapped and independently audited for social compliance. No production at scale takes place in the UK.
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Further information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castore
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