All Adidas articles – Page 38

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    Adidas has pledged to use only recycled plastic by 2024....

    2018-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has pledged to use only recycled plastic by 2024. The announcement was first reported by the Financial Times. The company uses virgin plastic for a number of its products, including T-shirts, sports bras and many others, as this material is lightweight and dries quickly. Meanwhile, the sporting goods giant ...

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    Adidas challenges Rockport’s sale

    2018-07-25T00:00:00Z

    A U.S. equity fund, Charlesbank Capital Partners, has emerged as the only bidder for most of the assets of the bankrupt Rockport Group, including its intellectual property rights for the Rockport, Aravon and Dunham brands, its sales operations in Europe and Asia and its other global wholesale and e-commerce businesses. ...

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    Adidas will be the official supplier of athletic footwear, apparel...

    2018-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Adidas will be the official supplier of athletic footwear, apparel and accessories for the Jaguars, the collegiate teams of Purdue University in Indianapolis (IUPUI)

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    Adidas has signed up two NBA draft prospects, Trae Young...

    2018-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has signed up two NBA draft prospects, Trae Young in Oklahoma and Lonnie Walker in Miami, as well as a 21-year-old NHL star, Mathew Barzal, who plays as the center for the New York Islanders team

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    Adidas said it was made aware on June 26 that...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Adidas said it was made aware on June 26 that an unauthorized party had gained access to customer information from its e-commerce platform in the U.S. A preliminary investigation indicates that a few million records were stolen including contact information, user names and encrypted passwords, but there was no evidence ...

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    Kasper Rorsted, the Adidas Group's chief executive, has expressed concerns...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Kasper Rorsted, the Adidas Group's chief executive, has expressed concerns about potential over-commercialization of football and dilution of the game's quality, due to an increasing number of competitions and participants. In an interview with Kicker, a German football magazine, he said that Fifa's decision to increase the number of teams ...

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    Adidas has launched the AM4LA shoe, the latest release from...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has launched the AM4LA shoe, the latest release from its AM4 (Adidas Made For) series. The shoe, which is made at Adidas' Speedfactory facility in Atlanta, this time utilizes yarns derived from marine plastic recovered from coastal areas. The AM4LA, tailored to the streets of Los Angeles, follows the ...

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    Adidas has announced the extension of its partnership with Uefa...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has announced the extension of its partnership with Uefa through 2021, including its Champions League, its Super Cup, its Youth League and its Futsal Champions League. The Three Stripes has supplied the match ball for Uefa's tournaments since 2001.

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    Adidas will replace Nike as the sponsor of the Nevada...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Adidas will replace Nike as the sponsor of the Nevada Wolf Pack athletic teams at the University of Nevada in Reno

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    Adidas and Parley for the Oceans have announced the return...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Adidas and Parley for the Oceans have announced the return for the second consecutive year of Run for the Oceans, a running initiative to raise awareness of the threat of marine plastic pollution, from June 8 to July 8. Adidas and Parley will be hosting a series of runs in ...

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    Adidas and Skechers face a trial on June 4 in...

    2018-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Adidas and Skechers face a trial on June 4 in the U.S. District Court in Portland over the alleged copying of the German brand's iconic Stan Smith shoe. A few days ago, a U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction barring Skechers from selling its Onix shoe, but it ...

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    Joining the newest flagship stores of Adidas, Nike and Asics...

    2018-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Joining the newest flagship stores of Adidas, Nike and Asics in the same area of New York City, Puma will be opening a 24,000-square-foot flagship store in Manhattan toward the middle of next year. Spanning over three levels, it will be located on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 49th ...

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    Starting next month, Adidas will replace Puma after five years...

    2018-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Starting next month, Adidas will replace Puma after five years as sponsor of the Leicester City football club, which plays in England's Premier League. The duration of the new contract has not been specified. This comes after Leicester City finished ninth in the Premier League, ending the season with a ...

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    Adidas is the brand that is pictured most on Twitter...

    2018-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is the brand that is pictured most on Twitter and Instagram, according to an analysibs by Brandwatch. In April, Adidas' logo appeared in 6,664,170 unique images, which means in 154 new images every minute, or three new images every second, Brandwatch explains. Adidas is followed by Nike, whose logo ...

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    About 200 people moved into Adidas France's new head office...

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    About 200 people moved into Adidas France's new head office last month, in the business district of Strasbourg-Archipel, across from the European Parliament. The office has been transferred there from Landersheim, a small village in the Alsace where Adidas France was built up by Horst Dassler from 1973, after a ...

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    Adidas and Reebok top the 2018 edition of the Fashion...

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Adidas and Reebok top the 2018 edition of the Fashion Transparency Index, which reviews and ranks global fashion and apparel brands and retailers based on how much information they disclose about their value chain and its social and environmental impact. The Index, issued by Fashion Revolution, was first launched in ...

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    Adidas has started serial production of its AM4NYC running shoe...

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has started serial production of its AM4NYC running shoe at its Speedfactory in Atlanta. The shoe, whose name stands for Made for New York City, became available in the U.S. at retail on April 27. As previously reported, the company's American facility and its German Speedfactory in Ansbach are ...

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    Adidas has developed a new yoga collection in cooperation with...

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has developed a new yoga collection in cooperation with Wanderlust, using polyester made of recycled plastic from oceans. 80 percent of the waste that is in oceans and on coasts is plastic. As with some other Adidas products already launched, Parley for the Oceans, the environmental organization that addresses major ...

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    Adidas has signed up the University of Wyoming, covering the...

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has signed up the University of Wyoming, covering the school's 17 athletic team. The Cowboys teams were previously split between Nike and Under Armour.

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    Adidas has signed a five-year sponsorship deal with an Irish...

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has signed a five-year sponsorship deal with an Irish rugby team, Leinster