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Adidas scores profit boost with World Cup

German sporting goods firm Adidas on Thursday said the World Cup in Russia and strong e-commerce sales lifted net profit in the second quarter, keeping the company on track to meet its 2018 goals. Hover over the graph to learn more. Net profit at the Bavaria-based company more than doubled to 396 million euros ($459 million) between April and...

Fashion

Farfetch launches sportswear range by emerging designers

Farfetch and Buro 24/7 have teamed up with seven emerging designers to launch an exclusive sportswear capsule collection that reimagines the football kit in tribute to the World Cup for the 2018 Buro Fashion Forward Initiative. The capsule collection features a range of menswear, womenswear and unisex pieces from some of the best up-and-coming...

Fashion

In Pictures: Aizel Moscow celebrates FIFA World Cup

Fashion concept store, Aizel Moscow has launched a special collaboration with Russian designers to celebrate the FIFA World Cup 2018. Entitled “The Essentials”, the capsule line features products such as traditional matrioshki dolls, T-shirts and sweatshirts, as well as jewellery, gadgets and beauty essentials, all designed with the aim of...

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Football fever hits the catwalk

Football fever will soon hit the globe, when the World Cup launches in Brazil in 2014. Fashion brands have already embraced the trend and the SS14 and AW14 catwalks were rife with football references. From soccer jerseys to polonecks, athletic shorts and socks, sweats and trackpants, the styling could easily work on the football pitch. Colours...