Going shopping for Adidas stuff

[yamahonkawazuki]

Adidas...you're a trip man. 

But, I still think you're awesome!

+2

[ruifrsilva]

Didn't know you were in my neighborhood, I live in the Ironbound. Which restaurant did you eat at?

[adidasguy]

Brasilia.

Seems whenever I post I'm going somewhere I don't hear from people.

I'll be back there for a few days week of May 13th. let me know if you want to get together and I'll adjust my plans. Haven't made plane reservations yet. I can be there extra days or do whatever I want.

I stay at 111 Mulberry (Renaissance Towers). At Market and Mulberry. So it doesn't cost me anything to be there. Only expense is airfare, food and the PATH or NJT to go shopping at the adidas store 136 Wooster and at Broadway and Houston.

[Toogoofy317]

Really? Really! I'm away for a couple of months and you guys are talking fashion!?!? I know it got a little cold but sheesh guys talking fashion? That's wrong!

BTW Adidasguy you need to come to Orlando I need a new pair of Adidas shoes LOL besides I'm graduating next month and my birthday is in June 

Mary

[yamahonkawazuki]

Ill be damned. congrats on the graduation 

[pumadude]

Why would anyone buy Adidas gear? Puma is so much better.

[adidasguy]

I'm not that against Puma. Did you know Puma and adidas are related? Long ago there was a family squabble - one went off and started up Puma. Both have roots back to the Dassler family. (adi Dassler - hence adidas).

Oh, you know that, don't you? Being in Germany.

Never been in your area. Love Berlin. Minich has excellent schweinshaxen, though there is a brew pub in the Sony Center in Berlin that is really good. Been to Mintz.

Hofbrauhaus Munich


Me at the Berlin Musik Museum

[BockinBboy]

Why would anyone buy Adidas gear? Puma is so much better.

Can't decide if this is someone messing with adidasguy, or adidasguy playing chess with himself. 



- Bboy

[yamahonkawazuki]

I'm not that against Puma. Did you know Puma and adidas are related? Long ago there was a family squabble - one went off and started up Puma. Both have roots back to the Dassler family. (adi Dassler - hence adidas).

Oh, you know that, don't you? Being in Germany.

Never been in your area. Love Berlin. Minich has excellent schweinshaxen, though there is a brew pub in the Sony Center in Berlin that is really good. Been to Mintz.

Ill be damned on the adidas name ( adi-dassler )

[pumadude]

I'm sorry. I was trying to be a troll (no harm meant) and failed.

Disregard.

[yamahonkawazuki]

I'm sorry. I was trying to be a troll (no harm meant) and failed.

Disregard.

i own alot of puma items. prefer adidas, but o2wn puma as well.

[adidasguy]

I'm sorry. I was trying to be a troll (no harm meant) and failed.

Disregard.

Oh, no problem. You're new here and we weren't sure if you were as insane and crazy as the rest of us.

Now e know you are! So lets let the fun begin!

FORTUNE -- Cain and Abel. Romulus and Remus. Adidas and Puma? The rivalry between two of the world's most recognizable brands went far beyond mere corporate competition. It was a vicious family feud that not only pitted two brothers against one another, but also divided the inhabitants of their hometown into warring factions -- and lasted 60 years.

In the 1920s, the brothers were partners in the Dassler Brothers Sports Shoe Company, operating out of their mother's laundry room in the small German town of Herzogenaurach. Adolf ("Adi") Dassler was the quiet, thoughtful craftsman who designed and made the shoes, complemented by the older Rudolph ("Rudi") who was the extroverted salesman. Although the brothers joined the Nazi party when Hitler seized power in 1933, it didn't stop them getting legendary African-American track star Jesse Owens to wear their shoes as he competed and won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics. Owens' victory gave the shoes international exposure, and sales of the Dasslers' product exploded.

But the success created new tensions in the brothers' relationship, already strained by the fact that their families lived in the same villa despite their wives not getting along. There were several incidents that were said to have precipitated their conflict, but the most widely accepted one took place during World War II when the Allies were bombing Herzogenaurach. As Adi and his wife climbed into a bomb shelter already occupied by Rudi and his wife, he exclaimed, "The dirty bastards are back again," referring to the Allied forces. Rudi was convinced the remark was directed at him and his family. A feud -- one of the most epic and, well, Biblical in business history -- was born. (Not surprisingly Adidas vs. Puma is No. 20 on Fortune's list of the 50 greatest business rivalries of all time.)

When Rudi got called up for service, he suspected Adi and his wife had schemed to get him sent to the front so they could have him out of the way at work. Later, Rudi was arrested first for deserting his post and then by the Allies on suspicion of working for the Gestapo. On both occasions, Rudi was convinced that Adi was the one ratting him out, his suspicions confirmed by a report filed by an American investigating officer. While Rudi languished in a prisoner of war camp, Adi rebuilt the business, selling shoes to American G.I.s.

MORE: The 50 greatest business rivalries of all time

The conflict escalated as the brothers split the company in two in 1948, dividing the assets and the employees between themselves. Adi named his company "Adidas," a combination of his first and last names. Rudi attempted the same by first naming his company "Ruda" but eventually changed it to the more athletic sounding "Puma." The two built competing factories on opposite sides of the river Aurach and quickly became responsible for much of Herzogenaurach's economy, with nearly everyone working for one company or the other.

As the entire town got caught up in the Dassler family feud, the rivalry reached ridiculous proportions. There were local businesses that served only Adidas or only Puma people, dating or marrying across company lines was forbidden, and Herzogenaurach became known as "the town of bent necks" since people first looked at which company's shoes you were wearing before deciding to talk to you.

While Rudi had the sales staff and was better at moving product, Adi had the technical know-how and better relationships with athletes who could provide exposure, tipping the scales in favor of Adidas, with Puma constantly playing catch-up. However, in focusing so heavily on each other, both the companies were slow to react to the threat of Nike (NKE), which would come to dominate the athletic footwear industry, leaving them far behind.

It wasn't until 2009 when employees of both companies symbolized the end of six decades of feuding by playing a friendly soccer match. By then, the Dassler brothers had both died, within four years of each other. Even in death, the animosity continued as the brothers were buried at opposite ends of the same cemetery, as far away from each other as possible.

[adidasguy]

Must have cats!


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[Janx101]

I'm sorry. I was trying to be a troll (no harm meant) and failed.

Disregard.

... bahahahaha.... you have entered ... the ... Hangout Zone!! 

now pay attention for a while... there may be an exam.... later... next year .. possibly... 

[adidasguy]

Why would anyone buy Adidas gear? Puma is so much better.

Well, you can't look like this wearing Puma   

[Janx101]

     ... like a boss!!

[codajastal]

I hope you didnt scare him off Adidas?

[yamahonkawazuki]

I'm sorry. I was trying to be a troll (no harm meant) and failed.

Disregard.

... bahahahaha.... you have entered ... the ... Hangout Zone!! 

now pay attention for a while... there may be an exam.... later... next year .. possibly... 

No no no my friend, get it right, its the second tuesday of next week, upstairs in the basement 

[Toogoofy317]

Hey Adidas,

Know who made that chain of your's famous hmmm?

BTW I've kinda gone to the dark side. When I got my new glasses the only ones that fit my requirements were Nike. Adidas didn't have any glasses there. Of course you have to match 



Mary

[adidasguy]