GSI Commerce to Acquire Fanatics, Inc.

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. & JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GSI Commerce Inc. (Nasdaq: GSIC) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fanatics, Inc., an online retailer of licensed sports merchandise. Fanatics operates over 250 e-commerce websites, including www.footballfanatics.com, and over 60 e-Commerce stores for collegiate and professional sports partners and media organizations. The combination of Fanatics with GSI’s online licensed sports merchandise business, which operates the official e-commerce websites for NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, NASCAR and ESPN, will create a leader in the online licensed sports merchandise industry.