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Adidas AG is the second largest supplier of sportswear in the world, second only to NIKE, Inc. Founded by Adolf Dassler and named after its founder, the German-based company started making shoes in 1949. Today, the Adidas range of sportswear products include footwear, apparel and accessories for a wide variety of sport disciplines, including soccer, basketball, golf, running, and fitness training. Adidas AG is now part of the Adidas Group, which also consists of Reebok (shoes and apparel), Taylormade (golfing equipment), and Maxfli (golf balls). The Adidas Group now employs over 25,000 employees worldwide, with over 2,000 working at the company's headquarters at Herzogenaurach, near Nuremberg, Germany. The annual turnover for Adidas Group was listed as more than $13 billion in 2006, with a net income of around $650 million. Adi Dassler had a unique vision, and that was to provide every sportsman and sportswoman with the best performance footwear available for their respective sport. Adi Dassler began making shoes in his 20's, and owing to his lifelong quest for making the perfect pair of sport shoes, there are now over 700 patents worldwide registered under Adidas, almost 30 years after his death in 1978. The major turning point for Adidas came in 1954, when West Germany won their first World Cup in soccer, with the German players wearing what was then a true innovation - soccer cleats, or soccer boots with screwed-in studs, invented by Adidas. Screw-in studs allowed the players to change the length of the studs in order to get a firmer grip on either dry (and hard) or wet (and slippery) surfaces. It was considered the greatest innovation in soccer shoes history, and fully demonstrated Adidas commitment to innovate and deliver state-of-the-art sport shoes to the world. Adidas is perhaps best known for their highly visible and publicized sponsorship deals (footwear and sports kit) with various national football teams and soccer clubs from all over the world: National Soccer Teams: Argentina, France, Germany, Spain, etc. Football Clubs: Liverpool, Chelsea, DC United, Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Ajax Amsterdam, etc. Similar searches: adidas shoes, adidas trainer, men's adidas sneaker, women's adidas sneakers, men's adidas sneakers, Adidas Originals, adidas sandals, adidas running shoes, etc. Other search suggestions: adidas footwear, adidas cross-trainers, adidas tennis shoe, adidas soccer shoes, etc. External links: Wikipedia (article on Adidas, the company), History of Adidas.

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