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Adidas Adizero Rose 2.0New Reebok Womens Easytone Black Goldenrod ShoesAdidas is known for their high tech functional clothes and the perceived quality is high. Stella McCartney is a trendsetter and famous for her designs, the combination of the two brands and their brand associations is very interesting and sure to get attention. Adidas call their new positioning “perfect fusion of performance and style”. The customers that feel loyalty towards Stella McCartney are likely to transfer that loyalty to the new line and this will increase the tolerance for and the positivism towards Adidas.In order to further analyse whether or not Adidas’ acquisition of Reebok resulted in a sustainable competitive advantage over rival and current industry leader,
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