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100

What size of shoe do we use for displays in footwear? Men? Women? Kids?

Men’s: 9     Women’s: 7     Kids: 12k&3

100

Year in which Stella McCartney started collaborating with the brand to create high performance women's apparel.  

2005

100

Name of the Japanese designer that is in charge of the creative on our Y-3 brand? 

Yohji Yamamoto

100

Probably no model in our line up has been more collaborated with more than the Superstar shoe. But who has was the first to collaborate with the superstar?

    

Run DMC

100

What year did the superstar make its debut?

    

1969, primarily released as basketball shoes

200

In footwear what is the difference between Franchise and Model?

Franchise stands for the Key grouping of a model. (e.g Ultraboost, AlphaBounce)

Models are products that support the franchise.

200

Year in which adidas acquired Reebok. 

August 2005. adidas acquired Reebok for 3.8 billion dollars. 

200

Name of fast food company that is featured in Damian Lillard's upcoming shoe, "Dame sauce". 

McDonald's

200

When and Who created the Badge of Sport logo?

   

 1990, Peter Moore

200

What year was the trefoil created and by who?

    

1971, Adi Dassler’s wife Kathe

300

What is product blocking?

Product blocking is when the same product type is displayed together.

It creates a clear destination are for the customer and it is easy to shop.


300

In what year was the first launch of the avant guard brand Y-3? 

S/S 2003, the collaboration actually began in October 2002. 
300

Name of the company in charge of making the outsole in our 4-D shoes. 

Carbon Inc. 

300

What did the trefoil represent?

    

3 main landmasses, Europe, Africa, and Asia

    The 3 intersecting lines represent diversity

300

Where and who did the trefoil make its first appearance?

    

1972, Olympic Games in Munich Germany

400

Name 3 key item destinations where we use product blocking merchandising?

Bras, Tights, Shorts

400

MILAN BASED BRAND THAT FOCUSES ON WOMEN APPAREL WITH VERY BOLD PRINTS WHOS FIRST COLLABORATION WITH ADIDAS WAS IN THE BEGINNING OF 2019. 

FIORUCCI 

400

adidas collaborator that in order to join the brand asked for a 50 color Superstar collection. 

Pharrell Williams 

400

What year did we officially adopt the Badge of Sport as our company logo?

    

1997

400

What does the logo represent?

    

The form shapes a mountain to symbolize challenges athletes face

500

What is outfit building?


Outfit building is a visual merchandising principle focused on product adjacencies, the rhythm in which we merchandise different types of products together. Merchandising a fixture or space should encourage the costumer to buy multiple articles to create an outfit driving UPT.

500

Year that adidas acquired Runtastic, for how much? 

2015, 240 million dollars. 

Runtastic was founded in 2009. 

500
Designer responsible for the iconic "Gold Wing" shoe along with many similar designs in the "Wings" collection. 

Jeremy Scott

500

Where did the name “Ivy Park” come from?

   

 Ivy- Beyonce’s daughters name “Blue Ivy”

 Park- Parkwood Park in Houston where Beyonce used to workout

500
adidas footballer that got a $160.8M lifetime deal in 2003. 

David Beckham