Fashion
Adidas: The €24.8B Sportswear Giant
Adidas — Herzogenaurach, founded 1949. €24.8B 2025 revenue. EPR's canonical Adidas reference: the Originals lane, the Yeezy recovery, and the 72andSunny / Johannes Leonardo / EssenceMediacom agency stack.
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Adidas
Sports & Gaming
James Harden's PR Profile: The Beard, the Five Trades, the Lifetime Adidas Ambition, and the Bifurcated-Star Problem
James Harden's basketball narrative has deteriorated for six years while his brand narrative has compounded — 13-year $200M Adidas signature line, lifetime-deal ambition, 11 All-Stars across five teams. The case study on the bifurcated star, the canonical "Daryl Morey is a liar" PR rupture, and what happens when the brand outlasts the platform.
Marketing
Adidas vs Nike: The Casual Sportswear Comeback That Reset the Athletic Category
The 2015-2018 Adidas surge, the PR firms behind Adidas, Nike, and Under Armour, the Yeezy unwind, and the 2023-2026 Samba and Gazelle revival that reshaped the athletic apparel category.
Crisis Communications
FIFA in Crisis — June 2015 Note
EPR's real-time June 2015 note on the FIFA DOJ indictment, the Zurich arrests at the Baur au Lac, Sepp Blatter's June 2 resignation announcement, and the sponsor response led by Visa.
Marketing
China's Sneaker Boom
China is in the middle of one of the most consequential sneaker booms in modern global retail. Nike and Adidas continue to dominate. Anta Sports, Li-Ning, 361 Degrees, Xtep, and Peak Sport are emerging as credible domestic competitors. Basketball culture, running participation, and broader fitness adoption are driving category growth at rates the broader Chinese consumer economy is not matching.
Insights & Strategy
Famous Number 2: How Avis, Pepsi, Adidas, and AMD Built Billion-Dollar Brands on Being the Challenger
Avis 1962, Pepsi 1975, Adidas 1986, Burger King 2003, Lyft 2012, AMD 2017, Bing 2023 — the most studied positioning play in marketing history is being #2 to a category-defining leader. The discipline, the wins, the failures, and what the AI Communications era is repeating right now.