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Adidas facing lawsuit from Art Basel

June 1, 2017 Brandon King

During last year’s Art Basel event in Miami, Adidas gave away 1,000 pair of limited edition “Art Basel” EQT ADV sneakers. The high end art fest was not pleased and Tuesday filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, case MCH Swiss Exhibition (Basel) Ltd., V. Adidas America, Inc. and Adidas AG, 1:17-cv-22002-DPG (FLSD), citing “willful distribution of at least 1,000 pairs of sneakers bearing an unauthorized reproduction of Plantiffs’ registered and incontestable ART BASEL trademark. ‘ The suit also alleges claims of Federal trademark…

70,000 pair of Counterfeit Kicks Seized in Thailand

February 3, 2017February 3, 2017 Brandon King

As reported by the Bangkok Post, Customs officials in Thailand seized counterfeit shoes worth at least an estimated 100 million baht (2856326.93 USD) during a raid in the Muang district of Samut Prakan in Thailand. According to Customs Department director-general Kulit Sombatsiri, the building was used as a warehouse to store 70,000 pair of sneakers, which included “Nikes”, “Adidas”, “Converse”, and “Onitsuka Tiger”. No one was in the building during the execution of the raid. The media was shown all of the shoes Friday, prior to being turned over to…

Adidas and Parley to make shoes from recycled plastic

November 13, 2016November 13, 2016 Brandon King

For over a year, Adidas has been hinting at a release of a shoe composed nearly entirely of plastic trash that was removed from the seas. In June of 2015, an initial prototype, which was created in a joint effort with the environmental organization Parley for the Oceans, was unveiled. In the middle of November, 7,000 pairs will go on sale. The German athletic company says that is just a start. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iisMyJdkyqg We will make one million pair of shoes…

U.S. Sneaker Production Could Become More Prevalent

November 1, 2016November 1, 2016 Brandon King

The tasks of producing much of the footwear we wear left for Asia many moons ago. However, technology could be bringing them back. That is because some of the major players in the footwear world- Nike, Adidas, and even Reebok , could be returning with robot-driven production facilities. Last week, Canton, Massachusetts based Reebok announced it planned to open a high-tech facility in Rhode Island in which sneakers would be produced by robots pouring plastic. Our idea was,if the U.S. Us where the innovation is, let’s make the product that’s…

Kristaps Porzingis Reportedly Agrees to Multiyear Deal with Adidas

October 6, 2016October 6, 2016 Brandon King

As reported by Nick Depaula of The Vertical, Adidas has added Kristaps Porzingis to its roster of players. The Knicks’ power forward indicated that he received offers from several sneaker companies , but ultimately whitled it down to the Swoosh and the Three Stripes. He decided on Adidas because they offered him a better deal, which will pay him between $3 million and $6 million per year. “All I can say is both Nike and Adidas are first-class companies. I would be lucky to align myself with either one. The…

Adidas’ “Speedfactory” coming to the U.S.

August 12, 2016 Brandon King

Late last year Adidas announced the creation of its new “Speedfactory. The purpose of this cutting edge facility is to manufacture products quickly and is operated mostly by robots. As head of technology innovation at Adidas, Gerd Manz said to reporters: Our consumers become more challenging and demanding…Customization to markets and individuals will become the norm. The same high tech facility will now also have a home in Atlanta, Georgia. This new location will be a massive 74,000 square feet, which makes it 1.5 times the size of a football…

Sketchers facing lawsuit…..Again

July 13, 2016 Brandon King

Sketchers is in familiar territory and by that meaning they are getting sued by someone, and it is a familiar foe: Adidas. The Three Stipes levied a lawsuit against Sketchers in Sepetmber of 2015 for it’s “unlawful behavior” over mimicked designs of the their Stan Smith sneaker with their Onix shoe, which is a carbon copy of the Smith. That case is ongoing and Adidas has received a temporary injunction. Monday, Adidas America slapped Sketchers with a lawsuit. The suit alleges the Manhattan, California footwear company is selling shoes, an…

Adidas 3-D printed sneakers: Tailor made for your feet

December 27, 2015December 27, 2015 Brandon King

Cushioning tailored to your foot? Is this crazy, pie-in-the-sky talk? No, according to Adidas; as a matter of fact, the company says this is the future of footwear purchases. Adidas recently unveiled its Futurecraft 3D shoe, a runner with a 3-D printed midsole. The footwear maker says the midsole can be tailored to fit the cushioning needs of the wearer. To accomplish this, clients will run on a special treadmill equipped with foot scanning technology which relays that information to a computer that will fabricate a design for the personalized…

Damian Lillard debuts the likely Lillard 2 before Clippers game

December 2, 2015 Brandon King

In warm-ups before the December 1 game against the Los Angeles Clippers, Damian Lillard didn’t have on the Lillard 1. He was rocking a new silhouette that is thoughts likely to be next model in his signature line. The sneaker , which appears to have a slightly higher collar that of his predecessor, features a white upper which black accents on the midfoot near the laces. It also has red and black hues on the heel with the Lillard “0” logo as well. It also appears to have a gum…

Adidas has confirmed release date for next Yeezy Boost kicks

October 27, 2015 Brandon King

Adidas Originals has cemented the release details for the upcoming Yeezy Boost. From their Twitter feed: The Yeezy Boost 350 releases November 14. An exact colorway is not known. We will pass along more information regarding this release as it becomes available.