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Lion: Partnership
Australian Open has signed a multi-year deal making Lion's Hahn the official beer of the Australian Open and Australian Summer of Tennis, with Stone & Wood also activated across the precinct.
Source: B&T Magazine
- What happened
- Australian Open has signed a multi-year deal making Lion's Hahn the official beer of the Australian Open and Australian Summer of Tennis, with Stone & Wood also activated across the precinct.
- Who
- Lion · Australia
- When
- 2026-10-22
- Source
- B&T Magazine
- So what
- Alliances broaden the commercial surface, and the leadership need follows.
The leadership read
Alliances broaden the commercial surface, and the leadership need follows. Lion's partnership in the sector widens demand for commercial and alliance leaders who turn an agreement into realised value. Across Oceania, watch whether dedicated senior ownership is put on it; unowned alliances quietly lapse.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 122.7 (Hot) (up 17.8 month-on-month), Oceania is at easing (-24.9pts) on signal share.
Lion: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow; 3 tracked across 160 days.
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Where this lands in our work
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