For a portion of Manchester United’s summer tour to the United States, the Red Devils kits will be branded with Nike’s swoosh, and the rest of they will have Adidas’ three stripes. United’s current kit providers, Nike, is in the last three months of a 303 million ( $453 million USD) deal. Adidas steps in after the current deal expires after coming to terms for a massive 10 year, 750 million which goes into effect August 1.
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90,000 workers strike at factories that produce Nike and Adidas Footwear
Workers at a Taiwanese factory in Ho Chi Minh City vowed to strike for a sixth day over a Vietnamese government pension-policy change as officials moved to quell the nation’s worst labor unrest since May’s anti-China riots. As many as 90,000 workers at the Vietnamese subsidiary of Pou Chen Corp. went on strike last week, VnExpress reported Tuesday. The company makes footwear for Nike Inc. and Adidas AG, according to its website. Read the rest at the Oregonlive.com
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