Plunging sales of Adidas
Adidas has predicted that sales will fall by 40% in the second quarter, as the impact of the coronavirus takes hold. The German sportswear giant on Monday reported a 19% decline in net sales for the first quarter from the year before, as 70% of its stores worldwide closed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Adidas expects “both top- and bottom-line declines in the second quarter of 2020
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