Confirming a revised forecast made last May, after the release of strong results for the first quarter, Herbert Hainer, chief executive of Adidas Group, told the Dow Jones news wire a few days ago that the group is on target to raise net earnings by between 10 and 15 percent this year. He indicated that sales have been growing steadily and that the company was trying to tackle rising costs by passing on some of them to consumers, redesigning products and improving efficiencies.

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