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Sports

What Comes After Adidas’ Samba?

The women’s sneaker market is growing alongside rising interest in women’s sports and casualised dress codes that prioritise comfort. Yet there’s more to addressing female sneaker shoppers than just releasing another trendy low-profile silhouette.

Sports

What Comes After Adidas’ Samba?

The women’s sneaker market is growing alongside rising interest in women’s sports and casualised dress codes that prioritise comfort. Yet there’s more to addressing female sneaker shoppers than just releasing another trendy low-profile silhouette.


Sustainability

Why Can’t Fashion Eliminate Labour Exploitation From Its Supply Chains?

Brands like Patagonia, Nike and Lululemon have been working for years to address the exploitation of migrant workers at key fabric suppliers in Taiwan. Despite some progress, the issue has persisted.

Sustainability

Why Can’t Fashion Eliminate Labour Exploitation From Its Supply Chains?

Brands like Patagonia, Nike and Lululemon have been working for years to address the exploitation of migrant workers at key fabric suppliers in Taiwan. Despite some progress, the issue has persisted.


Retail

Adidas Launches New Premium Line, A-Type

The collection, which will feature high-end reworkings of Adidas’ most iconic items, arrives as the brand’s archive helps to drive its global popularity.

Retail

Adidas Launches New Premium Line, A-Type

The collection, which will feature high-end reworkings of Adidas’ most iconic items, arrives as the brand’s archive helps to drive its global popularity.


Technology

How Much Does Sneaker Innovation Matter?

With so many brands peddling new performance technologies, it can be hard for shoppers to understand what makes one product better than another. It's on brands to nail the right mix of form and function.

Technology

How Much Does Sneaker Innovation Matter?

With so many brands peddling new performance technologies, it can be hard for shoppers to understand what makes one product better than another. It's on brands to nail the right mix of form and function.


Beauty

Why Your Trademark Is Your Most Valuable Asset

Brands of all sizes and statures can suddenly find themselves in costly, time-consuming legal disputes over what one expert calls their “primary corporate asset.” Knowing when to fight back is hard.

Beauty

Why Your Trademark Is Your Most Valuable Asset

Brands of all sizes and statures can suddenly find themselves in costly, time-consuming legal disputes over what one expert calls their “primary corporate asset.” Knowing when to fight back is hard.


Sports

Has Fashion’s Convergence With Sports Gone Too Far?

The deluge of sports-inspired product releases and collaborations between brands and sports teams or athletes has saturated the market and started to spur a backlash. But insiders say there is still room for tie-ups which go beyond simple logo swaps or licensing deals.

Sports

Has Fashion’s Convergence With Sports Gone Too Far?

The deluge of sports-inspired product releases and collaborations between brands and sports teams or athletes has saturated the market and started to spur a backlash. But insiders say there is still room for tie-ups which go beyond simple logo swaps or licensing deals.


Sports

How Marathons Became Fashion Shows

This year’s New York City Marathon will witness an unprecedented slew of fashion-related activations like branded run clubs, sneaker drops and even a beauty sponsorship as the industry goes all in on running culture.

Sports

How Marathons Became Fashion Shows

This year’s New York City Marathon will witness an unprecedented slew of fashion-related activations like branded run clubs, sneaker drops and even a beauty sponsorship as the industry goes all in on running culture.


Sports

Case Study | The Strategy That Brought Adidas Back From the Brink

Adidas has mounted one of the more remarkable turnarounds in recent memory after facing a crisis two years ago from the end of its Yeezy business. BoF spoke to chief executive Bjørn Gulden and other members of Adidas’ leadership to unpack how a series of bold decisions on products like its Samba sneaker, a move to refocus the brand on athletes and internal shifts brought Adidas back from the brink.

Sports

Case Study | The Strategy That Brought Adidas Back From the Brink

Adidas has mounted one of the more remarkable turnarounds in recent memory after facing a crisis two years ago from the end of its Yeezy business. BoF spoke to chief executive Bjørn Gulden and other members of Adidas’ leadership to unpack how a series of bold decisions on products like its Samba sneaker, a move to refocus the brand on athletes and internal shifts brought Adidas back from the brink.


Retail

This Week: Adidas, Prada Offer a Respite From a Grim Earnings Season

A slew of brands should report strong results even amid an unpredictable economy and slumping luxury sales.

Retail

This Week: Adidas, Prada Offer a Respite From a Grim Earnings Season

A slew of brands should report strong results even amid an unpredictable economy and slumping luxury sales.


Sports

A Memo to Elliott Hill on His First Day at Nike

The new CEO has a monumental task ahead of him as he begins work on Nike’s turnaround strategy. Success means resetting expectations, showing evidence of meaningful innovation, recapturing the attention of sneakerheads and earning the trust of retailers.

Sports

A Memo to Elliott Hill on His First Day at Nike

The new CEO has a monumental task ahead of him as he begins work on Nike’s turnaround strategy. Success means resetting expectations, showing evidence of meaningful innovation, recapturing the attention of sneakerheads and earning the trust of retailers.