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    Zalando has announced that Christian Baier and Jan Wilmking, both...

    2019-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Zalando has announced that Christian Baier and Jan Wilmking, both managing directors of zLabels, will be leaving the company. zLabels, the e-tailer's nine-year-old private label division, was closed on April 1, although the company has indicated that it will continue to offer “everyday essential” clothing and footwear products under 11 ...

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    Adidas has filed an appeal in a federal court in...

    2019-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has filed an appeal in a federal court in Washington, D.C., to uphold its rights in its long-standing patent dispute with Nike over their knitted shoe uppers. Adidas is trying to reverse a Feb. 19 ruling by the appeals board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office which found ...

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    Adidas has released a very colorful, kaleidoscopic collection of Ultra...

    2019-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has released a very colorful, kaleidoscopic collection of Ultra Boost sneakers and running apparel in collaboration with Missoni, the Italian fashion house known for its strong color combinations. The line pays tribute to the brand's founder, Ottavio Missoni, born in Dubrovnik, who represented Italy in the 400m hurdles in ...

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    Adidas has unveiled a bra and tights made with the...

    2019-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has unveiled a bra and tights made with the company's Primeknit knitting technology. The knit construction of the new “Don't Rest Primeknit Lux” bra is meant to allow it to mirror the wearer's movements, for targeted comfort, flexibility and support. The new “Believe This Primeknit Lux” tights were developed ...

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    Adidas presents its first fully recyclable running shoe

    2019-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has unveiled the new Futurecraft.Loop, a 100 percent recyclable performance running shoe that is meant to contribute to the global battle against plastic waste. The company has described the shoe as its “first running shoe that is made to be remade.” The Futurecraft.Loop is aimed at enabling a “closed ...

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    Adidas and Reebok have topped the annual Fashion Transparency Index,...

    2019-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Adidas and Reebok have topped the annual Fashion Transparency Index, a ranking of the social and environmental transparency practices of global brands, for the third year in a row. In this latest edition, Patagonia also reached the top of the ranking. Each of these three brands scored 64 percent out ...

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    Adidas teams up with Beyoncé

    2019-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Beyoncé, the popular American singer, dancer and actress, is going to become a “creative partner” of Adidas, helping to design apparel and footwear products that will eventually be co-branded. Adidas will also help relaunch her Ivy Park brand. Adidas has benefited a lot from similar deals with other musical actors ...

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    Instead of extending a contract with Adidas, Naomi Osaka has...

    2019-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Instead of extending a contract with Adidas, Naomi Osaka has preferred to sign a new sponsorship deal for footwear and apparel with Nike. Adidas had reportedly offered to pay between $8.5 million and $10 million per year for the Japanese tennis star, who beat Serena Williams at the U.S. Open ...

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    Adidas is continuing its collaboration with MTV. Part of their...

    2019-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is continuing its collaboration with MTV. Part of their skateboarding line, the company has launched a second “Beavis and Butt-Head” collection with two sneaker models and four apparel styles. The cult comic series has been airing again since April on Germany's free MTV channel.

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    Adidas Golf has extended its partnership with England Golf, which...

    2019-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Adidas Golf has extended its partnership with England Golf, which began in 2015, through to 2020

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    Adidas has partnered with the New Zealand men's rugby union...

    2019-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has partnered with the New Zealand men's rugby union team, the All Blacks, to design new training apparel for the team made from recovered ocean plastic. The jersey is part of the first Adidas Parley rugby collection, which continues the brand's relationship with Parley for the Oceans, the ocean ...

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    Keller Sports, the German retailer for premium sports products, won...

    2019-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Keller Sports, the German retailer for premium sports products, won the “Royal Class” award as the best online retailer in Germany from Internet World Business magazine. The new award recognizes a company's excellence as both a pure player and a multi-channel retailer. Keller was praised for a “perfect” product range ...

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    A record Ebit margin for Adidas

    2019-03-22T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group reported last week a 20 percent increase in net income to €1,709 million from continuing operations for 2018. Excluding losses from discontinued operations – which, as a result of last year's divestiture of Rockport, declined last year to €5 million from €254 million the year before – ...

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    Adidas has named the candidates standing for election to its...

    2019-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has named the candidates standing for election to its supervisory board at the annual general meeting on May 9, as Frank Appel, Katja Kraus and Willi Schwerdtle will not be standing for reelection. New on the board would be Jing Ulrich, managing director and vice chairman for Asia-Pacific at JPMorgan ...

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    Adidas has announced a multiyear partnership with Alex Bregman. The...

    2019-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has announced a multiyear partnership with Alex Bregman. The baseball star from Albuquerque, New Mexico, who plays for the Houston Astros, will be featured in upcoming Adidas brand marketing campaigns. The player will also collaborate on the creation of future baseball products. Bregman made his debut in Major League ...

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    Adidas has announced in a tweet that its sponsored players...

    2019-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has announced in a tweet that its sponsored players on the winning team in the upcoming 2019 Fifa Women's World Cup, starting in France on June 7, will get the same performance bonus as their male counterparts. The announcement was made just hours after it was revealed that the ...

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    Adidas is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Predator football...

    2019-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Predator football boot with three limited-edition boots and a commercial featuring Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham

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    Zalando regains momentum

    2019-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Heavy investments in software, new systems and new distribution centers contributed to a decline in the operating margin to 3.2 percent last year from 4.8 percent, but the management expressed confidence that the margin will reach 13 percent sooner or later. It has set out an ambitious goal for the ...

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    Fanatics has struck a deal to become the exclusive supplier...

    2019-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Fanatics has struck a deal to become the exclusive supplier of licensed sports merchandise on Coupang, the South Korean internet marketplace. The deal takes effect this summer for a term of ten years. South Korea is definitely among the world's top ten e-commerce markets, well behind China and the U.S. ...

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    Shankland will lead the Adidas Group’s operations

    2019-03-06T00:00:00Z

    The 47-year-old Australian native, who has been with Adidas for 22 years, took the place of Gil Steyaert on the executive board of the Adidas Group at the beginning of this week to be charge of global operations. Steyart, a 56-year-old Frenchman who has been sitting on the board for ...