Sportswear Heavyweights Seek Paris2024 Revival Via Record Marketing Spend: Launching Platforms Early, Championing Innovation & Building Hype

The traditional global heavyweights of the sportswear space – such as Nike, Adidas and Puma – have, in recent years, been struggling to maintain market share and world dominance as newer, up-and-coming sports brands – such as On Running and Hoka – have grown rapidly in recent years as their designs, technologies and positionings have… Continue reading Sportswear Heavyweights Seek Paris2024 Revival Via Record Marketing Spend: Launching Platforms Early, Championing Innovation & Building Hype

Adidas & DFB Promote German National UEFA EURO 2024 Kits Via Comically Dry ‘Typical German’ Campaign

Amidst the commercial controversy and national handwringing surrounding Nike’s shock replacement of adidas as the official kit partner of the Deutscher Fussball-Bund (DFB) – the German football association – from 2027, long-time supplier Adidas launched its men’s national team kit marketing ahead of UEFA Euro 2024 through a campaign titled ‘Typical German’ which tells stories… Continue reading Adidas & DFB Promote German National UEFA EURO 2024 Kits Via Comically Dry ‘Typical German’ Campaign

Adidas Expands #YouGotThis Via Trio Of Pressure-Free, Fun-Only Films Featuring Edwards, Fishel, Martinelli, Pereira, Cerundolo & Aliassime

Adidas continued to build its new umbrella ‘You Got This’ marketing platform through February and March with a trio of online films featuring a lineup of young Adidas ambassadors – including Anthony Edwards, Mia Fishel, Gabriel Martinelli and Andreas Pereira, plus Francisco Cerundolo and Felix Auger Aliassime – which all explore how they might play… Continue reading Adidas Expands #YouGotThis Via Trio Of Pressure-Free, Fun-Only Films Featuring Edwards, Fishel, Martinelli, Pereira, Cerundolo & Aliassime

Adidas Digital Tools Help Athletes To ‘Optimize Your Training During Ramadan’

For Ramadan 2024, Adidas launched a digital-first, global running guide series titled ‘Optimize Your Training During Ramadan’. Objective The campaign aimed to be inclusive and educational, to spark conversation, inform people on a topic they might not know about and to help and encouraging people to exercise effectively, efficiently and safely while fasting during Ramadan.… Continue reading Adidas Digital Tools Help Athletes To ‘Optimize Your Training During Ramadan’

Adidas & Dubai’s Onyx FC Create ‘The Female Field’: The World’s First Football Pitch To Have A Gender

To combat the fact that most girls in the Middle East grow up believing that sport isn’t for women and in the UAE most girls give up sports by the age of 14, Adidas teamed up with Onyx FC (the UAE’s first and only all-female owned and operated football team) and Havas Middle East to… Continue reading Adidas & Dubai’s Onyx FC Create ‘The Female Field’: The World’s First Football Pitch To Have A Gender

Adidas & Hailey Van Lith Seek To Quell College Athlete Anxieties In Nil Strand Of ‘You Got This’

A new NCAA March Madness themed campaign starring new endorser and LSU Tigers hoops star Hailey Van Lith sees adidas aim to help young athletes everywhere overcome self-doubt on the court and remember the joy of the sport. Objective This hoops focused chapter of the sportswear giant’s new global ‘You Got This‘ brand campaign –… Continue reading Adidas & Hailey Van Lith Seek To Quell College Athlete Anxieties In Nil Strand Of ‘You Got This’

Adidas Leverages Big Game To Launch Global ‘You Got This’ Brand Campaign With Endorsers & Neuroscientists Helping Athletes Handle Pressure

On 11 February, a day ahead of Super Bowl LVIII, adidas launched a new global brand campaign called ‘You Go This’ featuring a strong line up elite endorsers and amateur athletes which sets out to help athletes handle sporting pressure. The global content series, which is led by a spearhead spot, features a team of… Continue reading Adidas Leverages Big Game To Launch Global ‘You Got This’ Brand Campaign With Endorsers & Neuroscientists Helping Athletes Handle Pressure

Man Utd, Adidas & The Stone Roses Team Up For ‘Roses Are Red’ Manc Capsule Collection

Premier League football giants Manchester United FC and apparel partner Adidas tamed up with iconic Manc scene 90s band The Stone Roses to design a Manchester fashion focused capsule collection called ‘Roses Are Red’. The fashion line is inspired by the ‘Madchester’ music era with inferences and ideas linked to the band’s self-titled album and… Continue reading Man Utd, Adidas & The Stone Roses Team Up For ‘Roses Are Red’ Manc Capsule Collection

Retailer Rebel Sport Backs All Blacks At 2023 RWC Via ‘Light Fern: We’re Up For It’ Campaign

Rebel Sport, New Zealand’s largest sports apparel and equipment retailer and the an  official supplier of the New Zealand All Blacks 2023 Rugby World Cup supporters collection, promoted its partnership and the range through a press and in-store led campaign called ‘Light Fern: We’re Up For It’ that sought to drive sales and build support… Continue reading Retailer Rebel Sport Backs All Blacks At 2023 RWC Via ‘Light Fern: We’re Up For It’ Campaign

Adidas’ US FIFA 2023 World Cup Stars USWNT Stars Lindsey Horan & Trinity Rodman

Leveraging its global FIFA tie-up with the 2023 Women’s World Cup, adidas ran a series of local market specific campaigns in parallel with its global ‘Play Until They Can’t Look Away’ and in the US the creative champions the US Women’s National Team through executions fronted by star players Lindsey Horan and Trinity Rodman.  … Continue reading Adidas’ US FIFA 2023 World Cup Stars USWNT Stars Lindsey Horan & Trinity Rodman

FIFA Partner Adidas ‘Play Until They Can’t Look Away’ Women’s World Cup Work Celebrates Next Gen Icons

FIFA partner Adidas launched its 2023 Women’s World Cup activation with a star-studded film titled ‘Play Until They Can’t Look Away’ which champions the game’s next generation of young super stars and showcases their skills and passion as it seeks to generate global attention and support for the game and the players (plus the brand)… Continue reading FIFA Partner Adidas ‘Play Until They Can’t Look Away’ Women’s World Cup Work Celebrates Next Gen Icons

Adidas TERREX Celebrates Long Distance Hikers & Promotes Free Hiker 2 With ‘United By Summits’ Docu-Short

May saw adidas TERREX promote its hero hiking shoe – the Free Hiker 2 – through a film, influencer and competition led campaign called ‘United By Summits’ spearheaded by a film titled ‘Summit Of The Determined Dreamer’ featuring hiking influencer Arielle Shipe revisiting the majestic Pacific Crest Trail.   Created by agency Iris Worldwide, the… Continue reading Adidas TERREX Celebrates Long Distance Hikers & Promotes Free Hiker 2 With ‘United By Summits’ Docu-Short