Updates: Herbert Hainer was CEO until 2015. My years were wrong on 2014, but the statement is still correct. Kasper Rorsted became CEO in 2016. I shared this graph yesterday showing adidas’ growth over the last twelve years. I needed a baseline for the data, so I chose to look at two-year increments from…
Building on the design language of NMD S1, adidas Originals and Humanrace™ unveil NMD S1 RYAT, a boot that empowers wearers to walk their own path and stems from Pharrell Williams’ Source: adidas Originals and Pharrell Williams’ Humanrace™ Unveil NMD S1 RYAT Black: the Latest Colorway of the Hiking-inspired Boot adidas is dealing with…
Just ahead of the fall season, adidas Originals and Pharrell Williams return to launch an array of new colors of their gender-neutral Humanrace Premium Basics Collection. Source: adidas Originals and Pharrell Williams Drop New Fall Colorways of their Premium Basics Collection It’s been almost two years since Jerry Lorenzo tatted the Three Stripes down…
Through the Confirmed app, people can register and participate to be a part of this experience. Spending a night in Puerto Rico and briefly encapsulating the ultimate summer, travelers will then ride on a custom wrapped baby blue airplane from Puerto Rico to New York. The plane will have all things baby blue and give each invitee the…
Having first collaborated on the iconoclastic SST Ammonite shoe as part of the brand’s Catalyst for Change program in 2020, adidas Originals and MRBAILEY have come together once again Source: adidas Originals and MRBAILEY Announce their Collaborative Partnership In recent weeks Kanye has called out adidas for “stealing” his design ideas. The claim isn’t without…
adidas and VICE TV are coming together to celebrate our differences, break down barriers, and create a platform to elevate Black athletes’ voices. In honor of Juneteenth and our new documentary series, Running While Black, VICE Media group and adidas are coming together for an all-day event in New York City with the Black running community, and you’re…
Electric Theatre Collective delivered what could eventually become an ad for adidas. Pharrell’s latest song features his signature four count drop into a speaker rattling 808 with bars delivered by 21 Savage and Tyler, the Creator. The video FX appear to be claymation, but the detail is so incredible it’s hard to think that the…
Signing moves brand into next phase of equitable and wide-sweeping NIL program with individual student-athlete partnerships Rose Zhang enters the U.S. Women’s Open this week as the best female amateur Source: World No. 1 Women’s Amateur Golfer Rose Zhang becomes First Student-Athlete to Sign NIL Endorsement Agreement with adidas Stanford is undoubtedly a Nike endorsed…
Source: The Athlete’s Foot partners with adidas and brings back ‘The Athlete of the Mic’ contest with the winner to perform at ‘Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash’ in Atlanta The Athlete’s Foot (TAF) became a bookmark in sneaker culture as the chain diminished in numbers across the country and stores like Jimmy Jazz, DTLR, Villa and…
Source: adidas – adidas and Foot Locker, Inc. Announce New Long-Term Strategic Partnership (adidas-group.com) adidas is one of my favorite brands. When they are in their bag, the result is considerable growth and an attachment to sneaker culture and regular consumers that rivals any brand. When the company isn’t in their bag and they…
Today marks another important milestone in the adidas x Allbirds’ collaboration – the launch of the ADIZERO X ALLBIRDS 2.94 KG CO2E. An evolution of the FUTURECRAFT.FOOTPRINT, which launched last year. With more pairs available than ever before, the launch represents a personal best for both brands, highlighting how quickly innovation can advance when two…
Check out Trent’s books on Amazon: How Sneakers Saved My Life: https://amzn.to/34tdUGj How Sneakers Ruined My Life: https://amzn.to/3CCRPSo In this long interview I dive into 10 Questions with Trent the founder of Exclucity and the author of a memoir and business book series that opens the door to how both Nike and adidas’ moves to…
Today, adidas will become the first major sports brand to enact a wide-sweeping, equitable and inclusive Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) network for student-athletes. Tied to this year’s 50th anniversary of Title IX, the new program will be laser focused on achieving an enduring goal from the brand: creating a more equitable future in sport. Source: Imagining A More…
Source: https://amzn.to/3CCRPSo In my book Nike’s Consumer Direct Offense, Amazon and StockX: The Disruption of Sneaker Retail, I recounted the story of a small chain in Mississippi that eventually sold to Jimmy Jazz. I explained how Nike’s CDO, now CDA, wasn’t something that was incidental. I recently talked about another small chain in this post:…
Today, adidas announces the appointment of Alasdhair Willis to Chief Creative Officer. The Chief Creative Officer is the lead within the adidas design community Source: Alasdhair Willis to Shape Future of adidas as Chief Creative Officer In December 2020 adidas set the sneaker culture and fashion world on fire with the announcement that they were…
adidas’ basketball landing page has been updated. I, like many others, expected a Fear of God x adidas showing at All-Star Weekend after the Innersect launch/teaser, but a year and half into the relationship, with offices moved to L.A., the footwear and apparel side of FOG has been over the top secretive. The brand has…
Eight months after adidas announced its partnership with Finnish textile material company Spinnova, the brand has unveiled its first product made in part with Spinnova fibres. Composed of a minimum of 25% wood-based fibres and 75% organic cotton, the adidas TERREX HS1 is a mid-layer for hikers that sees adidas exploring a more sustainable textile solution. Source: ADIDAS UNVEILS…
adidas Women in Sport: https://news.adidas.com/american-football/adidas-creates-new-possibilities-for-women-in-sport-with-its-biggest-ever-commitment-to-innovation–/s/866bd72a-e669-4d6c-b01f-6e566d8f572b Under Armour Black History Month Collection 2022: https://www.underarmour.com/en-us/t/black-history-month/ I did this video to explain how Black history and the treatment of women historical concepts aren’t in black and white. The mistreatment and issues with race are recent and continue to take place, in some instances, intentionally and in others by…
TODAY, WE ARE MARKING OUR INTENT FOR WEB3 WITH INTO THE METAVERSE: AN EXCLUSIVE NFT DROP OF DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL PRODUCTS. Erika Wykes-Sneyd – VP of Brand Communications, adidas Originals: Source: INTO THE METAVERSE: HOW WE GOT HERE AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED Unfortunately, the prices for NFTs aren’t the only thing that’s huge: They…
Just eight months after the breakthrough concept was introduced, we are announcing the commercial launch of FUTURECRAFT.FOOTPRINT. Taking our brands’ collaborative concept shoe from moonshot project t Source: SCALING UP COLLABORATION TO LEAVE A LASTING FOOTPRINT ON THE SPORTSWEAR INDUSTRY WITH ALLBIRDS When adidas partnered with Allbirds to develop a more carbon neutral running shoe,…
The arrival of inventory is slow due to the supply chain disruptions and manufacturing shut downs in countries where footwear production takes place. This will shape retail throughout the holiday season. While many of the coveted sneakers have already arrived and will be available, those shoes tend to be in the high to premium price…
There are many who claim GOAT, but there is only one ACE. The City of Chicago officially celebrates the extraordinary life achievements of basketball icon Candace Parker with a proclamation marking to Source: THE CITY OF CHICAGO PROCLAIMS SEPTEMBER 16 “CANDACE PARKER DAY” AHEAD OF HER NEWEST COLLECTION There isn’t any secret that I’ve longed…
