As part of its strategic business plan Route 2015, the Group plans to use the Olympic & Paralympic Games as platform to reach market leadership in the UK.
As the Official Sportswear Partner of London 2012, adidas will outfit Olympic & Paralympic athletes with top performance products, including host nation Team GB.
Adidas has appointed Stella McCartney as creative director for Team GB, and the brand will also be the Official Licensee, providing fans across the UK with both Licensed as well as Event-Branded Olympic fan wear.
Hainer said: ‘I am happy to announce that our preparations for the London 2012 Olympic Games are going according to plan. As the Official Sportswear Partner of London 2012, we will use the Olympic & Paralympic Games to become market leader in the UK’.
Adidas is working closely with the London Olympic Games Organising Committee (LOCOG) in contributing to the sustainability goals of the Games, with 100% of all adidas volunteer uniforms, torch relay outfits and athletes' village wear containing sustainable components.
Hainer added: ‘As part of our environmental strategy we are contributing to making London 2012 the sustainable Games: All 1.5 million products which we will be providing to the volunteers will contain sustainable components’.
‘By launching around 100 multi-sport facilities called adiZones across the UK we make sports participation accessible for everyone and leave a true Olympic legacy’.
Adidas is determined to increase sports participation in the UK and will have set up more than 100 adiZones across the country by the time the Games start.
The adiZones offer people across the UK access to sport and enable them to lead a healthier, more active lifestyle.
Each adiZone is a free-to-use outdoor multi-sport installation incorporating basketball, football and tennis areas as well as a climbing wall and an outdoor gym, and so far 50 adiZones have been set up across England by local communities together with adidas.
Published: 31/05/2011
Source: http://www.sportindustry.biz/news/view/9866/adidas-wants-market-leadership-by-2012
