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Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 01:18:03 pm

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#1 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 01:22:40 pm
Bernrd must be the happiest man alive

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#2 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 01:31:37 pm
maybe they'll finally bring back the old v10s

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#3 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 01:37:23 pm
They purchased Salomon a while ago and have the benefit of their R & D. Some of their products look remarkably similar  :-\

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#4 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 02:06:05 pm
They purchased Salomon a while ago and have the benefit of their R & D. Some of their products look remarkably similar  :-\

I thought they Addidas bought Salomom in the 90s and then sold them to Amer sports about 5 years ago?

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#5 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 02:16:09 pm
Quote
Here at Five Ten, we like the philosophy of adidas’ founder Adi Dassler, with his focus on product quality

ummm

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#6 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 02:17:08 pm
Does this mean we will be able to get Anasazis at knock down prices in JJB Sports?

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#7 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 02:22:54 pm
They purchased Salomon a while ago and have the benefit of their R & D. Some of their products look remarkably similar  :-\

I thought they Addidas bought Salomom in the 90s and then sold them to Amer sports about 5 years ago?

You are probably right, didn't know they had sold them on




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#8 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 02:27:19 pm
A bit of googling reveals Amer own:
Salomon
Wilson
Arc’teryx
Atomic (skis)
Volant (skis)

I always new Arc’teryx was part of Salomon group but I thought Atomic and Volant were independent companies. You live and learn.


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#9 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 02:34:55 pm
Not really random as Adidas have had an involvement in climbing for a while:

http://www.outdoorsportsteam.com/index.php?id=30&L=1

http://www.adidas-rockstars.com/en/

etc etc

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#10 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 02:40:39 pm
Get in! Three stripes and sticky rubber! :bounce:  8)

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#11 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 02:42:21 pm
It wont be the same if you now know what size shoe you are trying on...

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#12 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 02:45:50 pm
Yeah, you will lose that Lotto / Cinderella feeling when trying them on.


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#13 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 02:46:28 pm
Not really random as Adidas have had an involvement in climbing for a while:

Yeah they sponsor Alex Huber




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#14 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 02:52:24 pm
Been sporting the wonderful combo of red/blue 3 stripe trackies and dragons/teams for a while now. Could be good for scally chic fashion conscious sponsees I guess  8)

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#15 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 03:05:44 pm
http://www.outdoorsportsteam.com/index.php?id=30&L=1

The Hubers look like they're contemplating the journey to Mordor...or maybe thinking about their future careers in hair product commercials?





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#16 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 03:14:06 pm
When Adidas wanted to design some hiking boots they got Reinhold Messner involved, that's pretty awesome.

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#17 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 03:23:41 pm
I know Adidas have had a lot to do with climbing and the outdoor world in general for a good while now, and are really pushing to become a major force in the industry. Be interesting to see where things go for them... They certainly have some of the top names in climbing on their team with the Huber bros and Sasha!

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#18 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 03:37:40 pm
Wasn't/isn't John Dunne sponsored by them too?

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#19 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 03:46:51 pm
They’ve [Addidas] got a full page advert in the current Alpinist for some jacket in very pretty colours.

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#20 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 03:58:16 pm
Wasn't/isn't John Dunne sponsored by them too?

He definitely was, not sure if he still is.

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#21 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 04:10:32 pm

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#22 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 04:21:39 pm
Not forgetting 5.10 have a fair market share in the mtb/similar and watersports market and afaik are the dogs danglies in the free-running market. Presumably a very sensible acquisition for the beancounters.

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#23 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 04:42:13 pm
Normally the takeover of a specialist manufacturer is the death-knell for its niche, high-spec output and something to be regretted.  But I can't help but think a bit of large-scale German manufacturing expertise and attention to detail might really benefit 5.10, at least from a quality control perspective.  To get my approval all they have to do is promise to buy a pot of decent glue - some that prevents the rands of Verdes and Anasazi velcros from unsticking from their uppers after a handful of sessions.  I'd be pissed off though if they decided to treat the rock shoe market like that for trainers in terms of number of models.  There are already quite enough misbegotten models clogging up the bargain bins.

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#24 Re: Adidas acquires Five Ten
November 03, 2011, 05:01:51 pm
 :agree:

A bit of influence on quality control and fly colour schemes and we could be onto a winner.

 

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