Orb International, a leading UK distributor owned by Mike Smith and Karen McBride, have entered into an agreement to purchase the ‘Sports Merchandise Ltd’ business from the shareholders. Joining the board and co owners of Sports Merchandise Global are Jonathan Bailey (formerly Managing Director of CMC), and George Richmond (formerly Sales Director of SML). Mike Smith (co-founder of ORB International) is now CEO of Sports Merchandise Global. Harry Nugent (an original founder of CMC), has once again taken the helm of Corporate Merchandise Company who are one of the UK’s largest distributor companies.