Monthly Archives: May 2012

Melanie Deschner
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“Women & Work 2012” …and the winner is…

“Women & Work 2012” …and the winner is…

This weekend, the adidas Group team had the opportunity to represent our organization at the Women and Work Conference, held at the World Conference Center in Bonn, Germany. As part of our approach to diversity and inclusion, this is one of many steps taken to support women in the workplace.

Gender balance is very important on all levels of the organization. To ensure we have a healthy balance we need to tackle the topic of gender diversity on many levels. One important piece of this equation is our ability to attract the right talent into the organization. Our work on this topic is paying off. This weekend we won first place – ‘Female recruiting Award’- for our efforts in recruiting women into the workplace.

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Frank Thomas (Moderator)
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Click-Tip: “TaylorMade soars as rest of golf industry swoons”

Click-Tip: “TaylorMade soars as rest of golf industry swoons”

My today’s click-tip is dedicated to the star player in the golf sector: TaylorMade-adidas Golf. In 1998, the year after we acquired TaylorMade, sales in this sector were 263 million Euro. During the reporting of the adidas Group’s financial full-year results 2011, it was announced that TaylorMade-adidas Golf recorded 1.044 billion Euro sales. This quadruplication within the last 14 years is a tremendous achievement and made TaylorMade-adidas Golf the global number 1 of the golf industry. In his article “TaylorMade soars as rest of golf industry swoons” Kurt Badenhausen analyses for Forbes.com the reasons for this success. It’s a very interesting read – so check it out.

Anni Griffin
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A page from a diary of a Functional Trainee in Vietnam

A page from a diary of a Functional Trainee in Vietnam

My Name is Anni Griffin and I’m now Material Developer in Reebok Canton. Before that I have been a Functional Trainnee with Global Operations and now I want to share my experiences from this time, from my rotation in LO Vietnam and my key learnings with you. My Functional Trainee Program (FTP) began at the Reebok HQ in Canton. Through the programme I received the opportunity to travel to Vietnam and work with our factories and colleagues from the LO.

Now back in Reebok Canton, I look out of the window and notice the brick red track that circles around Reebok. Like Reebok’s track, the FTP is circular and fluid. In order to run a mile I must circle the Reebok track four times. Similarly, to execute my programme I must complete four rotations.

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Frank Thomas (Moderator)
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Infographic: the adidas Group’s first quarter 2012 results

Infographic: the adidas Group’s first quarter 2012 results

In an ad-hoc announcement the adidas Group already announced on Monday that our Group’s revenues increased 14% on a currency-neutral basis or 17% in euro terms to € 3.8 billion. This morning the adidas Group published the detailed first quarter 2012 figures.

The infographic below will provide you with an overview of some of the most interesting and most important facts and figures of today’s announcement. You are very welcome to share and/or to download this visualisation.

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