2. Adidas is a German sportswear company, which is
stated by Adi Dassler, in Bavaria in 1924. In the fact,
the brand he set up was Gebrüder Dassler
Schuhfabrik, Adidas was used as a brand name until
1949 (adidas, HISTORY). There is also another famous
Germany sportswear company, Puma, which is set up
by Adi Dassler’s brother, they conflicted each other
for over 80 years (BARRETT, 2008). What an
interesting story!
Birth of Adidas
4. Nowdays, Adidas have become the second largest
sportswear company in the world and the largest in
Europe, and the revenue of Adidas is 17.67 billion US
dollar in 2014 (Portal).
Scale of Adidas
From http://thehundreds.com/nike-vs-adidas-saga/
5. During the 1992 to 2000, Adidas divided the brand
into three main small brands: Adidas
Performance was for the athlete; Adidas
Originals was designed to focus on fashionable life-
style ; and Style Essentials, for the fashion market; Y-3
is the main brand of it (Y-3 is a cooperation brand
between Adidas and famous Japanese fashion
designer Yohji Yamamoto - the Y meansYamamoto
and the 3 means the main logo of Adidas) (Group,
2002).
Marketing
http://www.vooberlin.com/brand/y-3/menhttp://modesens.com/product/designer/adidas_originals/women/
http://www.slideshare.net/Vetustioribus/adidas-
performance-liquids-setup
6. http://blog.adidas-group.com/category/strategy-updates/
Adidas group has 53,731 workers in more
than 167 countries. Over 660 million items is
produced a year and created €14.5 billion in
2014. (Adidas)
The supply chain
Adidas’ supply chain is international and
multilevel, with a lot of different kinds of
business companions, some of them are
straightly contracted factories, some are
not.
In 2014, the top five countries which have
the biggest number of supplier sites were:
The Americas: United States, Brazil, Canada,
Argentina and Mexico
Asia: China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan and
Indonesia
EMEA: the UK, Germany, Turkey, Spain and
Italy. (group, 2015)
7. adidas. (n.d.). HISTORY. Retrieved Jan 26th, 2016, from http://www.adidas-
group.com/en/group/history/
Adidas. (n.d.). profit. Retrieved 01 28, 2016, from http://www.adidas-
group.com/en/group/profile/
BARRETT, J. (2008, 04 14). THE HISTORY OF ADIDAS AND PUMA. Retrieved Jan
26th, 2016, from http://europe.newsweek.com/history-adidas-and-puma-
86373?rm=eu
Group, A. (2002, 10 08). THIRD ADIDAS DIVISION REVEALED IN PARIS:ADIDAS SPORT
STYLE Y-3 DESIGNED BY YOHJI YAMAMOTO. Retrieved 01 28, 2016, from
http://www.adidas-group.com/en/media/news-archive/press-releases/2002/third-
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