ABOUT BDS
Twenty years of making sport happen.
BDS Trade Limited is a global sporting goods company. We turn brand ideas into finished products and get them to market.
Who we are
For more than 20 years, BDS has designed, developed and produced footwear, apparel and equipment for international sports and lifestyle brands. What began as a sourcing operation is now a full-service partner with design studios, showrooms and sourcing offices on three continents.
Today we work with licensed global brands, our own house brands and leading retailers, managing every step from concept and design to production, quality control and delivery.
OUR MISSION
To give every brand we work with a faster, smarter route to market, with products that look right, perform well and arrive on time.
HOW WE WORK
What we stand for.
One-Stop Thinking
One team and one process, from sketch to shipment.
Speed With Precision
Fast development without cutting corners.
Partnership First
Long-term relationships with brands, retailers and factories.
Responsible by Standard
Audited factories, certified materials and transparent processes.
BDS IN NUMBERS
20+
Years in sporting goods
100+
Partner factories
12
Production countries
30+
Global retail partners
110
Team members
$100M
Annual turnover
OUR JOURNEY
Milestones
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[Founding year]
BDS is founded as a sporting goods sourcing company.
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2012
Licenses for Champion, Sergio Tacchini and Umbro.
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2013
Ellesse joins the licensed portfolio.
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2015
Launch of house brands Kander and Cocomo.
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2018
Kronos becomes a BDS-owned brand. Production for Under Armour begins.
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2019
Mont is revived. Production for Tomorrowland begins.
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2021
Replay and Kappa become partner brands.
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Today
110 people, 30+ global partners and production in 12 countries.
OUR PEOPLE
The people behind
the product.
110 specialists in design, development, sourcing, quality and logistics, working as one team across time zones.
WHERE WE ARE
Close to brands.
Close to factories.
Design studios in New York, Milan, Düsseldorf, Belgrade, Quanzhou and Seoul, following trends where they start.