"Puma (brand) Puma SE, branded as Puma, is a German multinational company that designs and manufactures athletic and casual footwear, apparel and accessories, which is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany. PUMA is the third largest sportswear manufacturer in the world. The company was founded in 1948 by Rudolf Dassler. In 1924, Rudolf and his brother Adolf Dassler had jointly formed the company ""Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik"" (Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory). The relationship between the two brothers deteriorated until the two agreed to split in 1948, forming two separate entities, ""Adidas"" and ""Puma"". Both companies are currently based in Herzogenaurach, Germany. Puma"
"Adidas Adidas AG (; stylized as ɑdidɑs since 1949) is a multinational corporation, founded and headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, that designs and manufactures shoes, clothing and accessories. It is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe, and the second largest in the world, after Nike. It is the holding company for the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade golf company (including Ashworth), Runtastic, an Austrian fitness technology company and 8.33% of German football club Bayern Munich. Adidas' revenue for 2016 was listed at €19.29 billion. The company was started by Adolf Dassler in his mother's house; he"
"criminal"" for destroying ""precious habitat"" in Indonesia's rainforest. In 2011, when Adidas cancelled its contract with Asia Pulp & Paper, Greenpeace Executive Director Phil Radford commended Adidas for efforts made towards forest protection, for ""taking rainforest conservation seriously."" Adidas executive James Gatto has been indicted in the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal. Adidas Adidas AG (; stylized as ɑdidɑs since 1949) is a multinational corporation, founded and headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, that designs and manufactures shoes, clothing and accessories. It is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe, and the second largest in the world, after Nike. It"
"followed by two layers of jute fibers, and a firm corked footbed. The last layer is the footbed line which is a soft suede. Birkenstock Birkenstock Orthopädie GmbH & Co. KG is a shoe manufacturer headquartered in Neustadt (Wied), Germany. The company sells Birkenstocks, a German brand of sandals, and other shoes notable for their contoured cork and rubber footbeds (soles), which conform somewhat to the shape of their wearers' feet. Representative products include the two-strap ""Arizona sandal"" and the ""Boston clog"". The Birkenstock brand traces its roots to Johann Adam Birkenstock, registered in 1774 as a ""vassal and shoemaker"""
"Birkenstock Birkenstock Orthopädie GmbH & Co. KG is a shoe manufacturer headquartered in Neustadt (Wied), Germany. The company sells Birkenstocks, a German brand of sandals, and other shoes notable for their contoured cork and rubber footbeds (soles), which conform somewhat to the shape of their wearers' feet. Representative products include the two-strap ""Arizona sandal"" and the ""Boston clog"". The Birkenstock brand traces its roots to Johann Adam Birkenstock, registered in 1774 as a ""vassal and shoemaker"" in local church archives in the small Hessian village of Langen-Bergheim. In 1896 Johann's great-great-grandson Konrad Birkenstock developed the first contoured insole for use"
"the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg. Herzogenaurach is the birthplace of two sporting goods giants: Adidas and Puma, founded by the two brothers Adolf Dassler and Rudolf Dassler, after an acrimonious familial split in 1948. Both companies' headquarters are still located in the town, originally on opposite sides of the Aurach River, and brand loyalty was sharply divided as well. For years, Adidas and Puma workers would not associate and even when Adolf and Rudi died, they were buried in opposite ends of the town Cemetery. These differences cleared up over the years. Also the headquarters of Schaeffler Group are located in"
"the United States. Sales in 2015 were 203.7 million euros. It has developed computer applications such as software to model clients' legs in three dimensions for accurate fitting. For the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Bauerfeind supplied not only compression stockings but 750 pairs of health shoes manufactured by their Berkemann subsidiary. Hans Bauerfeind himself holds more than 60 patents and in 2007 was awarded an honorary professorship by the Fachhochschule Münster for his and the company's role in the establishment of the course of study in technical orthopaedics at German technical universities and the company's extensive financial support for"
"in Germany. Besides the hand-crafted shoes, Bruetting is producing shoes in the following markets: Brütting Brütting is a German shoe manufacturer, located in Küps, Bavaria. GEKA Sport Limited is a division of Brütting. Brütting was founded by shoe modeler Eugen Brütting in 1946, when he opened his first shoe factory in Nuremberg. He produced high fashion women shoes under the name ""Maestro Eugenio"" and had a number of patents which were used by Rudolf Dassler. He quarreled with Dassler and set up his own sports section. As the demand for high fashion shoes is very seasonal, his company had surplus"
"Deichmann SE Deichmann SE (formerly Heinrich Deichmann-Schuhe GmbH & Co. KG) is a major German shoe and sportswear retail chain.In 2017 Handelsblatt newspaper called it the biggest shoe vendor in Europe. Established in 1913 by , the company is still headquartered in its birthplace of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Deichmann can be found in 22 countries in Europe and the United States. Bold - the 10 countries with the most outlets. Deichmann’s United States operations are limited to one store, in the Towson Town Center, in Towson, Maryland, and previously operated a store in the Holyoke Mall, in Holyoke, Massachusetts."
"Deichmann SE Deichmann SE (formerly Heinrich Deichmann-Schuhe GmbH & Co. KG) is a major German shoe and sportswear retail chain.In 2017 Handelsblatt newspaper called it the biggest shoe vendor in Europe. Established in 1913 by , the company is still headquartered in its birthplace of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Deichmann can be found in 22 countries in Europe and the United States. Bold - the 10 countries with the most outlets. Deichmann’s United States operations are limited to one store, in the Towson Town Center, in Towson, Maryland, and previously operated a store in the Holyoke Mall, in Holyoke, Massachusetts."
"yellow, silver, gold and even pink. Big name companies such as Nike, Adidas, Puma and the like have made an impact on the market with record sales. Nike's flagship shoes are the Hypervenoms, Magistas, Tiempos and The Nike Mercurial worn by Cristiano Ronaldo and others. German company Adidas are responsible for the Predator range worn by David Beckham, Gary Neville, and Steven Gerrard, as well as the long-surviving Copa Mundial. The entire German national side wore Adidas boots during the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Another German firm Puma flagship shoes are the Kings, Evospeed, Evopower and Evotouch worn by Sergio"
"in Graz and lays the foundation for today's holding company ""Leder & Schuh International AG"" with its headquarters still at the same premises. Soon ""D.H. Pollak & Co"" manages numerous factories and stores and produces 20,000 pairs per week, thus becoming the biggest producer of shoes in Central Europe. The company opens stores in Prague, Budapest, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Trieste, Meran, and Temesvar and even exports its shoes to Africa, America, Australia and India. “D.H. Pollak & Co” are global players, which also manifests itself in the new name: ""Goodyear Welt-Schuhfabrik — D.H. Pollak & Co"" (“Goodyear World Shoe Factory —"
"Brütting Brütting is a German shoe manufacturer, located in Küps, Bavaria. GEKA Sport Limited is a division of Brütting. Brütting was founded by shoe modeler Eugen Brütting in 1946, when he opened his first shoe factory in Nuremberg. He produced high fashion women shoes under the name ""Maestro Eugenio"" and had a number of patents which were used by Rudolf Dassler. He quarreled with Dassler and set up his own sports section. As the demand for high fashion shoes is very seasonal, his company had surplus capacity four times every year. He set up ""EB-Sport-International"" as a separate company, which"
"Five Ten Footwear Five Ten is an American manufacturer of outdoor and athletic footwear. Founded in 1985 by Charles Cole, Five Ten is one of the top-selling climbing shoe manufacturers worldwide. The company's headquarters are located in the city of Redlands, California, 50 miles east of Los Angeles. The company's European offices are in Herzogenaurach, Germany. In November 2011, Adidas purchased the company for $25 million USD in cash. Five Ten actively sponsors events and athletes. Five Ten has a number of professional athletes and teams to focus attention on their products. Five Ten has signed top athletes such as"
"Munich (sport shoes) Munich (, ) is a Spanish company and brand specialized in sport and fashion shoes. The company headquarters are located in Capellades, province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Munich produces more than 850.000 pairs of shoes per year, 46% of sports type, and 54% of fashion type. The company has reached a privileged position in the field of fashion, growing in many European and Asian countries, mainly Japan. The X symbol is what makes its shoes special and identifiable. The company was founded by Luís Berneda in year 1939 at the city of Sant Boi de Llobregat, with"
"changed its name to PUMA Schuhfabrik Rudolf Dassler in 1948. PUMA and Adidas entered a fierce and bitter rivalry after the split. The town of Herzogenaurach was divided on the issue, leading to the nickname ""the town of bent necks""—people looked down to see which shoes strangers wore. In 1948, the first football match after World War II, several members of the West German national football team wore PUMA boots, including the scorer of West Germany's first post-war goal, Herbert Burdenski. Rudolf developed a football boot with screw-in studs, called the ""SUPER ATOM"" in collaboration with people, such as West"
"current location overlooking the Danbury Airport. Barden is a member of the multinational Schaeffler Group, which specializes in bearing technologies and precision products for aerospace, industrial plant and automotive industries. Schaeffler is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, and oversees three main brands: FAG, INA and LUK. The group has approximately 61,000 employees at more than 180 locations worldwide, recording consolidated sales of approximately $10 bn for 2009. The Barden headquarters is located approximately sixty miles from New York City and is the home office of the CEO of Schaeffler Aerospace. Barden Corporation resides in the North American organizational region of Schaeffler"
"Continental AG Continental AG, commonly known as Continental, is a leading German automotive manufacturing company specializing in, brake systems, interior electronics, automotive safety, powertrain and chassis components, tachographs, tires and other parts for the automotive and transportation industries. Continental is based in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. Continental is the world's fourth-largest tire manufacturer. Continental was founded in 1871 as a rubber manufacturer, ""Continental-Caoutchouc und Gutta-Percha Compagnie"". In 1898, Continental started development and production of the vehicle tires with plain tread, which was the major success of the brand. In 1904, Continental became the first company in the world to manufacture"
"a family brand that offers comfortable, high- quality shoes for every age group. Consequently, its collections consist of models for men, women and children and include casual, business and evening shoes as well as sandals and slippers. Erich Rohde GmbH has an own creative centre at its headquarters where all models of the company's two brands are designs and distributed via a dispatch centre. Every year, the company introduces two new collections and presents them on the international shoe fair GDS in Düsseldorf. Rohde Shoes Erich Rohde GmbH is a German shoe manufacturer headquartered in Schwalmstadt (Hesse). It is the"
"of a shoe, including the sole, flap, heel and cords. When Munich receives the order, the factory produces those shoes, and delivers it within 2 weeks. ""Munich My Way"" also offers the possibility of buying a different size of the right shoe compared to the left one. This is specially useful for soccer and futsal players who often require a bigger size for the shoe used to shoot. Munich (sport shoes) Munich (, ) is a Spanish company and brand specialized in sport and fashion shoes. The company headquarters are located in Capellades, province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Munich produces"
"smithy producing spikes, Adi was able to register Gebrüder Dassler, Sportschuhfabrik, Herzogenaurach (Dassler Brothers Sports Shoe Factory, Herzogenaurach) on July 1, 1924. By 1925 the Dasslers were making leather Fußballschuhe with nailed studs and track shoes with hand-forged spikes. Two factors paved the way for the transformation of the business from a small regional factory to the international shoe distributor it would become. First was the interest showed by former Olympian and then coach of the German Olympic track-and-field team, Josef Waitzer. On learning of the plant and the experiments of Adi, Waitzer travelled from Munich to Herzogerauchnach to see"
"Statue of Adolf Dassler The Statue of Adolf Dassler is a life-size sculpture, which was erected in May 2006 at the Adi Dassler stadium in Herzogenaurach. The sculpture portrays the founder of the sporting goods company Adidas, and was created by sculptor Josef Tabachnyk. The statue sits like a spectator on a stand within the stadium, which is located next to the main entrance of the Adidas headquarters in Herzogenaurach. After the sculpture opening in 2006, the sculpture of its founder has often been used as a symbol for the company and its roots in producing sports shoes in the"
"Nike, Inc. Nike, Inc. () is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing, and worldwide marketing and sales of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories, and services. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world's largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$24.1 billion in its fiscal year 2012 (ending May 31, 2012). As of 2012, it employed more than 44,000 people worldwide. In 2014 the brand alone was valued at $19 billion, making it the most"
"Since 1998 the company expanded and became part of the Egana Goldpfeil Group which included premium luxury brands such as Joop and Comtesse and Salamander Shoes, the largest shoe company in Germany. As well, Goldpfeil was involved in a separate venture into the ultra premium watch business in Switzerland called Goldpfeil Geneve, where Goldpfeil created its own line of watches in limited production, commissioning some of the finest watch makers in Switzerland to create their own unique design of Goldpfeil wristwatch. In Europe, Goldpfeil's leather bags and accessories were sold through Goldpfeil shops which were located in major cities throughout"
"Leder und Schuh The Leder & Schuh Group, one of the largest shoe companies in Europe, employs over 2,321 people in about 206 locations and gains total revenue of 374 million Euros. The corporation is not listed on the stock exchange. According to its account Leder & Schuh is the market leader in Austria and Slovenia and number two in Hungary and Slovakia. The main business areas are Humanic and Shoe 4 You. The Executive Board consists of Mag. Werner Weber and Thomas Weber. The history of ""Humanic"" begins with a shoe factory. In 1872 ""D.H. Pollak & Co"" settles"
"of sculptures“ unveiled the first statue, ""The Modern Football Boot"" in the Spreebogenpark opposing the new central station. The sculpture was built by the company EDAG Ltd. in Fulda. It depicts a pair of modern soccer shoes, as developed by the Dassler family. In 1953, Adolf Dassler (the founder of Adidas) developed soccer shoes with flexible screw-in studs that provided a particularly firm grip on soft, rain-soaked ground. This development revolutionized soccer equipment. The German national soccer team wore these shoes during the World Cup which saw their victory in 1954 in Bern (Switzerland). The shoes are said to have"
"the company name was changed into BVB Stadion Holding GmbH at the commercial registration. The domain www.goool.de is now deserted. Goool.de Goool.de was a German brand of Goool.de Sportswear GmbH, selling sports and leisure clothing, sporting goods and most notably, team kits. The company was a subsidiary of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. From 2000 to 2008, Borussia Dortmund established its own brand of sportswear to compete against industry giants like Adidas, Puma and Nike. This is the first and so far only attempt of this type by teams in the Bundesliga. The company, Goool.de, mainly manufactured and sold clothing for"
"made available for men and women. Athletic shoes were used by competing athletes at the Olympics, helping to popularise athletic shoes among the general public. In 1936, a French brand, Spring Court, marketed the first canvas tennis shoe featuring signature eight ventilation channels on a vulcanised natural rubber sole. Adolf ""Adi"" Dassler began producing his own sports shoes in his mother's wash kitchen in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, after his return from World War I, and went on to establish one of the leading athletic shoe manufacturers, Adidas. He also successfully marketed his shoes to athletes at the 1936 Summer Olympics, which"
"(a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, golf company (including Ashworth), and Rockport), Coca-Cola (a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries), TAM Airlines (Brazil and Latin America's largest airline) and Panasonic, a Japanese multinational consumer electronics corporation headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan. Supporters of Santos FC Santos FC is a football club based in Santos, that competes in the Campeonato Paulista, The supporters of Santos have played an important part in the formation of the club's cultural association with"
"the Centre's concerns into account. They claimed that they no longer informed consumers that there were ""three items available"" when more than three were available. Zalando Zalando SE is a German electronic commerce company based in Berlin. The company maintains a cross-platform online store that sells shoes, fashion and beauty items. The company was founded in Germany in 2008, and since has begun operating in fifteen European countries and worldwide with spin-offs and subsidiary companies. Swedish company Kinnevik is the largest owner with 32%. Zalando was created in 2008 by Rocket Internet, Ruysen Fee and David Schneider, initially under the"
"sold worldwide (including 2 million in Europe alone) under the company’s brands, Silhouette, adidas Sport eyewear and neubau eyewear. The company reported €170 million in revenue. Silhouette garnered worldwide acclaim with the introduction of its “Titan Minimal Art” eyewear, characterized by its incredible lightness and optimal comfort. Since 2017, the company is full-service provider of made-in-Austria lenses and frames. Since 1993, Silhouette International has been producing sports eyewear under the licensed brand adidas Sport eyewear. In 2016, the neubau eyewear brand is launched, with urban lifestyle and sustainability as its core elements. Silhouette (eyewear) Headquartered in Linz, Austria, Silhouette International"
"and technology for footwear companies such as Adidas, Reebok and New Balance. The idea for Wolf & Shepherd came when Schneider wanted to update traditionally uncomfortable dress shoes. A friend of Schneider’s made complaints about the discomfort his wood and nails dress shoes caused him on his commute to work. Schneider began designing prototypes and experimenting with different technologies. Wolf & Shepherd shoes are designed using HDEVA cushioning, found in running shoes, a proprietary blend of memory foam and a carbon-fiber stability arch to provide stability and reduce the weight of the shoe. Schneider took the $25,000 grand prize at"
"Switzerland. While Raichle had been making boots for about 100 years, , former Raichle products are now marketed as Mammut. Mammut Sports Group Mammut Sports Group AG is a Swiss multinational mountaineering and trekking company headquartered in Seon, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1862 by Kaspar Tanner in Dintikon. , Mammut belongs to Conzzeta AG. Amongst others, ""Raichle"" (mountain and trekking shoes), Ajungilak (sleeping bags) and ""Toko"" (ski wax) belong to Mammut Sports Group. In 2011, Mammut obtained a sales volume of 210.8 million CHF. The company is world leader in terms of climbing ropes, together with German company"