In 1919, two brothers began making revolutionary sports shoes. The Dasslers were changing the game, until they had a massive falling out and started two rival companies... Adidas and Puma. This is the story of a feud that split an entire town and created two of the largest sports brands in the world. Featuring special guest Kirsty Webeck!

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.adidassler.org/en/life-and-work/chronicle

https://allthatsinteresting.com/adolf-dassler

https://www.cnbc.com/2013/10/09/sporting-rivals-adidas-originals-puma-herzogenaurach.html

https://dasslerbrothers.weebly.com/

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-puma-and-adidas-rivalry-divided-their-founding-town-for-70-years-2018-10?r=US&IR=T#dress-code-divides-the-city-into-two-camps-even-today-8

https://www.adidas-group.com/en/about/history/

https://about.puma.com/en/this-is-puma/history

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