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              Adidas AG

              • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
                Formula One Holdings Ltd
                F1’s growing young audience attracts array of consumer brand sponsors

                Kit Kat, Louis Vuitton, and McDonald’s are among the companies attracted to rising awareness around the sport

                Logos of Hot Wheels, KitKat, McDonald’s, Louis Vuitton, Moet Chandon with Lando Norris of Great Britain, driver of  McLaren Formula 1 Team in action
              • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
                Adidas headquarters raided for second day in €1bn tax evasion probe

                German sportswear giant says long-running investigation unlikely to have ‘any significant financial impact’

                Sculpture in front of Adidas headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany
              • Friday, 22 November, 2024
                US & Canadian companies
                Designer Thom Browne did not infringe Adidas trademarks, court rules

                High Court judge says consumers can distinguish between three and four stripes

                Thom Browne wearing his signature suit in London in July
              • Saturday, 2 November, 2024
                Lex
                Adidas is outrunning Nike — and its comeback has legs Premium content

                The question now is no longer how quickly can the German company recover but how long can it keep up the momentum

                Adidas Samba and Gazelle sneakers on sale at a shop in Berlin, Germany
              • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
                Adidas receives €100mn boost from Kanye West settlement

                German sportswear group to make further charity donation after agreeing deal with controversial rapper

              • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
                Visual story
                Inside the race to make the world’s fastest running shoes

                CT scans reveal the technology propelling record-breaking long-distance runners

              • Friday, 19 July, 2024
                Adidas pulls Bella Hadid from campaign after Israeli criticism

                Model was promoting shoes linked with 1972 Olympics during which 11 Israeli team members were killed in terror attack

                Bella Hadid dressed in Adidas sportswear and holding a bouquet of flowers
              • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
                Fashion
                Adidas seeking ‘monopoly’ on stripes, New York designer tells London court

                Thom Browne and German sportswear brand in fresh logo battle

                Designer Thom Browne
              • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
                Adidas raises full-year guidance as turnaround plan takes effect

                German sportswear brand increases profit outlook for second time in three months

                Adidas Gazelle trainers
              • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
                Two employees leave Adidas after probe of China corruption claims

                Sportswear maker is still investigating a whistleblower’s anonymous allegations of embezzlement

                An Adidas store in Beijing
              • Monday, 17 June, 2024
                HTSI
                Is there life after the Samba?

                The classic Adidas sneaker has had a rough time of late. One fanatic wonders what to wear next

                The sold-out Adidas Originals by Wales Bonner scarlet Sambas with contrast topstitching
              • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
                Adidas investigates bribery allegations in China

                Senior managers accused of receiving millions of euros in kickbacks

                Front of an Adidas store in Shanghai
              • Monday, 6 May, 2024
                Rutherford Hall
                Grab your trainers, the non-doms are getting ready to run

                A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist

                Illustration of fictional character Rutherford Hall
              • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
                Adidas delaying launches of premium trainers to maintain exclusivity

                Chief executive says market could ‘overheat’ and suggests rival Nike overpaid in its German football sponsorship deal

              • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
                Adidas scores a hit with first batch of unsold Yeezy shoes

                German group secured over €500mn of orders in online sale after severing ties with Kanye West following antisemitic remarks

                Yeezy shoes on display in a store
              • Saturday, 23 March, 2024
                Scoreboard
                Can a watchdog fix English football? Premium content

                Plus, Nike vs Adidas and Amazon’s sports media bet

              • Thursday, 21 March, 2024
                German national football team ends 77 years of sponsorship with Adidas

                US rival Nike will become main supplier of kits in 2027

                The official jerseys of the German national soccer team for the upcoming European Football Championship 2024
              • Wednesday, 13 March, 2024
                Adidas says China recovery will power growth

                World’s second-largest sportswear brand expects boost from key market as it battles US slowdown

                A close-up image of the top of a blue and white Adidas training shoe
              • Tuesday, 12 March, 2024
                News in-depth
                Bjørn Gulden: the ‘chaotic’ ex-footballer revamping Adidas

                The German sportswear brand is expected to report a profit despite the Yeezy debacle

                Montage of Adidas shoe and Bjørn Gulden
              • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
                Orascom Construction Industries NV
                Egypt’s richest man Nassef Sawiris considers breaking up his empire

                Billionaire says options for OCI Group include selling off all assets and turning it into cash shell for new acquisitions

                Nassef Sawiris
              • Friday, 10 November, 2023
                John Gapper
                Adidas needs to rediscover its creativity after Yeezy

                The German brand cannot just rely on collaborations and sporting heritage to drive sales of its sneakers

                A shopper browses the sport shoes at an Adidas store in Germany
              • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
                Adidas makes tracks in its post-Kanye recovery

                Sportswear brand raises full-year outlook again after breaking partnership with controversial rapper a year ago

                Adidas shoes on display in a shop
              • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
                Business InsightOlaf Storbeck
                The Yeezy standard for accounting

                The debacle over the abortive tie up between Adidas and Kanye West points to a broader need for disclosure

                A pair of Yeezy trainers
              • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
                Kanye West did not mean antisemitic remarks, Adidas CEO claims

                Bjørn Gulden tells podcast that it was ‘unfortunate’ that scandal over controversial rapper ended brand partnership

                Adidas chief executive Bjørn Gulden
              • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
                Adidas pledges to donate €110mn to charity from Yeezy sale

                Second batch of remaining stock from group’s collaboration with Kanye West set to be sold this month

                Yeezy shoes on display in a New Jersey store
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