Adidas CEO explains why he doesn't worry about Kanye West being bad for business

  • 📰 BusinessInsider
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 1 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 4%
  • Publisher: 51%

Business News News

Business Business Latest News,Business Business Headlines

Adidas' global CEO, Kasper Rorsted, doesn't see the behavior of collaborators like Kanye West as a problem for the company. While he admits that there's always some liability, the high creative output is worth the risk.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

TeamKanyeDaily He ain’t complaining cos Yeezys are still flying out of the factories

“Who determines the level of appropriateness” Adidas Boss. Possibly the best response to the Kanye situation.

Just like Rosanne Barr I'd imagine.

Sorry adidas my dollars won't be going your way. Aligning with a crazy person who thinks slavery should be legal versus isn't wise. ImWithKap nike

Nike didn’t have to explain Kaepernick....ijs.

Tupac woukd b**ch slap this dumb m**herf**ker for saying so many stupid things... No wonder he had to end up marrying a pornstar, any intelligent woman wouldn't be able to handle a relation with such a stupid man lol CNN wef UN

Lol I always get a kick out of people who try to pretend that stupidity is somehow next level genius... It's a difference between 'misunderstood genius' and 'plain stupidity' let's not blur the lines....

that's kinda lame

He’s not worried because it hasn’t affected his bottom line!!

someone who loves should buy him a filter and explain time and place

Give me Nike any day.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 729. in BUSİNESS

Business Business Latest News, Business Business Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Adidas CEO explains why the company's relationship with Amazon can be a 'battle'Adidas partners with Amazon to sell online in the United States, and it is looking at expanding the partnership. Still, Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted has some concerns over data sharing and protecting Adidas' brand.
Source: BusinessInsider - 🏆 729. / 51 Read more »

Adidas CEO on earnings, trade and midterm elections'I think free trade globally has been great for the global economy. So whenever you put barriers in, it does have, over a given period of time, a more negative tone to it,' says Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted on what trade tensions mean for his company. Free trade is dead, thanks to China and misguided US politicians, multinationals & Wall Street bankers. It’s time for “Strategic Trade” to be our focus just like the rest of the world. That definitely doesn’t mean accepting China’s predatory mercantilism but instead ending it. Poor Sara she seems so confused nowadays You keep forgetting the S.China Sea.
Source: CNBC - 🏆 12. / 72 Read more »

Adidas CEO explains how the company pulled off a startling American turnaround, what the future of sportswear is, and why Kanye West is still good for businessBI PRIME: Three years ago, Adidas shifted its entire global strategy to try and capture more of North America, the largest market for sportswear. Business Insider sat down with CEO Kasper Rorsted and Adidas' head of North America, Zion Armstrong, to talk about how the company got to where it is. BIPrime Wow....
Source: BusinessInsider - 🏆 729. / 51 Read more »

Watch: Ivanka Trump, Walmart CEO McMillon and IBM CEO Rometty speak at Business Roundtable summitLockHerUp CrookedIvanka Why is she there?
Source: CNBC - 🏆 12. / 72 Read more »

Facebook confirmed Mark Zuckerberg's beef with Apple CEO Tim Cook in an official company statementThere's no love lost between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook. Zuckerberg telling his employees to use Android instead of iPhones because his feelings were hurt is one of the most petty things I have ever heard in my life.
Source: BusinessInsider - 🏆 729. / 51 Read more »