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    Adidas and Manchester United have declared that the launch of...

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Adidas and Manchester United have declared that the launch of the team's new kit has been the most successful in both the club and the brand's history. The German sporting goods giant replaced Nike as the team's kit supplier on Aug. 1, after signing a ten-year, $1.28 billion partnership deal ...

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    Adidas has agreed a three-year partnership deal with the Chinese...

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has agreed a three-year partnership deal with the Chinese education ministry to support the growth of football at grassroots level across the country. The program will involve 20,000 primary and middle schools and train 50,000 teachers. Adidas will also fund summer football camps for more than 400 students. The ...

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    Sport 2000 International and Adidas have been running since Aug....

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Sport 2000 International and Adidas have been running since Aug. 1 an exclusive marketing campaign on Youtube to introduce the brand's X and Ace series of football boots, pushing traffic and sell-through of the products to the specialist dealers affiliated with the group.

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    Alibaba, the huge Chinese-based internet company that owns Tmall.com, the...

    2015-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba, the huge Chinese-based internet company that owns Tmall.com, the Taobao marketplace and a dozen other operations, has hired a Canadian-born executive, Michael Evans, as president in its bid to expand internationally. He reports to Daniel Zhang, the group's chief executive who succeeded Jonathan Lu in May. His initial task ...

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    Golf drags down the Adidas Group

    2015-08-10T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group has hired an investment advisor, understood to be Gugenheim Partners, to consider options for the sale of two non-core golf brands, Adams Golf and Ashworth, or perhaps even the whole TaylorMade-Adidas Golf (TMAG) segment, whose performance continued to drag down that of the group during the second ...

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    Adidas is looking for a successor for Jan Brecht, who...

    2015-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is looking for a successor for Jan Brecht, who became chief information officer and head of its global supply chain last November, is returning to Daimler in the role of chief information officer. Brecht had already worked for Daimler for 12 years. He joined Adidas as CIO in 2009, ...

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    Adidas filed a suit against Sears in the U.S. District...

    2015-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Adidas filed a suit against Sears in the U.S. District Court of Portland, Oregon on July 28, charging that the two- and four-striped shoes offered by the retailer have been infringing on the Big a's Three-Stripe logo. The lawsuit seeks injunctions, compensation and damages for alleged trademark infringement and dilution, ...

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    Adidas buys Runtastic for €220m

    2015-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Based in Austria, Runtastic is said to be one of the three key digital app companies in the sports sector, with 70 million registered users around the world and 15 million active participants every month who use its 20-plus applications, offered in 18 different languages for a variety of endurance, ...

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    Adidas is launching Standard 19, a new premium training collection...

    2015-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is launching Standard 19, a new premium training collection for young urban consumers, which marks the return of the German brand in the premium sportswear niche just over a year after it discontinued SLVR. The new line is made up of materials including polyester, elasthane and merino wool. Climacool, ...

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    German buying groups oppose Adidas‘s new payment terms

    2015-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is trying to implement new payment terms on its retail customers in Germany – and the local buying groups are not pleased. Both Intersport and Sport 2000 have been negotiating with their top supplier who aims to reduce the traditional cashback discount granted to early payers to only 1 ...

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    According to the Oregonian, Adidas is considering the establishment of...

    2015-07-22T00:00:00Z

    According to the Oregonian, Adidas is considering the establishment of a factory in Detroit to make sneakers for the North American market. The rumor, which could not be confirmed, follows a statement by Nike that it would create 10,000 jobs in the U.S. if the Trans-Pacific Partnership with Vietnam and ...

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    Zalando's listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has been upgraded...

    2015-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Zalando's listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has been upgraded from the SDAX to the MDAX index of the 50 major German mid-cap companies. The market capitalization of the company has risen by 40 percent since it went public last October on the strength of its improved financial results.

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    Adidas wants to double in running

    2015-07-09T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group has outlined plans to double its sales in the running market in constant currencies by 2020, which would amount to more than €3 billion, with a stronger focus on fewer franchises and marked investments in the U.S. market. The details were provided at the group's first investor ...

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    Adidas celebrated its partnership with Parley for the Oceans at...

    2015-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Adidas celebrated its partnership with Parley for the Oceans at the United Nations headquarters in New York on June 29, at the General Assembly Hall, on the occasion of a high-level event on climate change, convened by the President of the General Assembly. The event was the showcase for the ...

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    Nike is to replace Adidas as the sponsor of the...

    2015-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Nike is to replace Adidas as the sponsor of the University of Michigan for its sports uniforms. The organization issued a statement saying that Nike was to become the Michigan Wolverines' official athletic footwear, apparel and equipment provider, starting from the beginning of August 2016 and until 2027, but with ...

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    Zalando takes over Bread & Butter

    2015-06-19T00:00:00Z

    The giant e-tailer based in Berlin has signed a letter of intent to buy the insolvent company that manages the Bread & Butter fashion show in the German capital. The fair is working on a new concept that should involve consumers, which are Zalando's primary target, but it's not sure ...

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    Nike overtakes Adidas in apparel

    2015-06-19T00:00:00Z

    For the first time in its history, the Swoosh overtook the Three Stripes last year in terms of invoiced sales in the global sports apparel market, whose growth accelerated to 4.3 percent from 0.9 percent in 2013. Both companies, as well as the sports apparel market overall, benefited from the ...

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    The Adidas Group appeared puzzled this week by a lengthy...

    2015-06-03T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group appeared puzzled this week by a lengthy German newspaper report containing allegations that workers contracted through temporary work agencies at a logistical center in Rieste, Germany, were treated unfairly. The article in Die Zeit reports complaints from workers that they were asked to be permanently on call without ...

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    Adidas Outdoor has signed on as title sponsor of the...

    2015-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Adidas Outdoor has signed on as title sponsor of the WE-cycle program, a non-profit bike sharing initiative to reduce carbon emissions and traffic congestion in Aspen, Colorado. Adidas Outdoor will be visible on 100 bikes at 16 stations in town. In addition, We-cycle employees will wear Adidas Outdoor footwear and ...

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    Adidas has signed up a 21-year-old French tennisman, Lucas Pouille...

    2015-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has signed up a 21-year-old French tennisman, Lucas Pouille