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Adidas has promoted Arthur Hoeld to the position of senior...
Adidas has promoted Arthur Hoeld to the position of senior vice president of brand strategy and business development. The manager, who has been with the group since 1998, is getting rewarded for his successful work as general manager of its fast-growing Adidas Originals segment since 2011, first as senior vice ...
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Adidas has filed a lawsuit against Puma in the federal...
Adidas has filed a lawsuit against Puma in the federal court of Portland, Oregon, charging that the four stripes on the Empower Vigor 1 Camo FG cleated shoe create confusion in the market with its own three-stride trademark. The stripes on Puma's shoe appear as extensions of the lacing system, ...
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Adidas will replace Nike as the official supplier of Rutgers...
Adidas will replace Nike as the official supplier of Rutgers University and its Scarlet Knights team from next July
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Adidas and Burberry won a “Gold Class” award in the...
Adidas and Burberry won a “Gold Class” award in the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) carried out by RobecoSAM among 840 companies that are included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Both companies got a score of 60 points or more. Kering, parent company of Puma, qualified for Silver Class with ...
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The Adidas Group has set up a “Storefactory” at a...
The Adidas Group has set up a “Storefactory” at a pop-up store in Berlin, Knit for You, where customers can design their customized merino wool sweater and have it made for them in the store within a few hours. Knit for You takes advantage of technologies such as body scanning ...
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Adidas AG has completed the third tranche of a share...
Adidas AG has completed the third tranche of a share buyback program initiated on Nov. 7 and terminated on Jan. 31 as scheduled. The company bought 2,128,200 shares at an average share price of €140.96, for a total price of €299,999,851, including purchasing costs. These treasury shares represent 1.02 percent ...
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Adidas and Wanderlust are launching a new co-branded yoga and...
Adidas and Wanderlust are launching a new co-branded yoga and training apparel collection, building on the multi-year partnership the two companies began in February 2016. The 42-piece collection includes tanks, tights, bras, pants, hoodies and a range of accessories. The color palette is inspired by the active calm of yoga ...
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Roland Auschel, chief sales officer of the Adidas Group, will...
Roland Auschel, chief sales officer of the Adidas Group, will participate with other personalities including Kim Roether, president of Intersport Germany and Intersport International, in a symposium on digitalization in the industry on Monday during the Ispo trade show in Munich
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Zalando grows less than expected
Zalando put out nice preliminary figures for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, although they came in below its latest forecast for the period. Breaking the magic €1 billion range for the first time, the quarterly turnover reached a level estimated at between €1,086 million and €1,094 million, representing an ...
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Alibaba seals a strategic tie-up with the IOC
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has sealed a long-term partnership with the Alibaba Group, under which the Chinese online giant will become part of The Olympic Partner, the IOC's global sponsorship program. The deal, which was unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this month, marks a far-reaching ...
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Adidas has unveiled a new multi-season partnership between its football...
Adidas has unveiled a new multi-season partnership between its football division and Gosha Rubchinskiy, the fashion maker from Moscow. The Adidas Football x Gosha Rubchinskiy collection debuted on the runway of the former Königsberg Stock Exchange in Kaliningrad, Russia on Jan. 12, at Rubchinskiy's fashion show for autumn-winter 2017/18. Adidas ...
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The Adidas Group has teamed up with two popular young...
The Adidas Group has teamed up with two popular young Chinese athletes to launch One in a Billion, an advertising campaign made for the Chinese market. The two athletes are Ning Zetao, a freestyle swimmer, and Hui Ruoqi, a volleyball champion. The campaign fits with Creating the New, the five-year ...
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Keller Sports has become a retail member of the Sport...
Keller Sports has become a retail member of the Sport 2000 buying group in Germany. The partnership will give the company access to the private label offerings and special make-ups of Sport 2000. With a premium positioning in the market, Keller Sports offers a narrow selection of branded products online ...
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Zalando’s margins beat forecasts
Beating forecasts, Zalando reported higher profits for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, thanks to higher efficiencies in inventory management and other processes, although the growth of its turnover slowed down to 17.1 percent year-on-year from the 25 percent rate enjoyed in the previous quarter. It generated an adjusted Ebit ...
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Under Armour, Fanatics and Major League Baseball (MLB) have signed...
Under Armour, Fanatics and Major League Baseball (MLB) have signed a 10-year partnership that makes Under Armour (UA) the official uniform provider to MLB. The agreement marks UA's first-ever uniform deal for a professional league. The partnership will begin in the 2020 MLB season. Majestic Athletic, which has long been ...
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José Manuel Albentosa, a former sales manager for Adidas, Reebok...
José Manuel Albentosa, a former sales manager for Adidas, Reebok and Under Armour in Spain, has become sales director of Sport HG, a Spanish supplier of sports apparel
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Business Insider reports that Adidas has opened what the publication...
Business Insider reports that Adidas has opened what the publication describes as Europe's first interactive virtual-reality store, in conjunction with the re-opening of the brand's flagship store in central Stockholm. The accompanying website, 360conceptstore.com, is in Swedish. It takes the viewer on a tour of the flagship store filmed with ...
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As part of its investments in the U.S. market, Adidas...
As part of its investments in the U.S. market, Adidas has sealed an extension of its partnership with Kris Bryant, third baseman of the Chicago Cubs, the World Series champion. Bryant is also the 2016 National League MVP, and a two-time All Star player. Bryant is to continue taking part ...
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Adidas has launched the first versions of its ACE and...
Adidas has launched the first versions of its ACE and X soccer boots for female players. Using the insights provided by players, both boots have been designed to fit the female foot through a combination of shape and traction, according to the German brand. The tests showed, for example, that ...
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Adidas put up for sale a limited number of 3D-printed...
Adidas put up for sale a limited number of 3D-printed running shoes on Dec. 15 in London, New York and Tokyo
