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Adidas unveils its ‘adidas is all in’ brand campaign

By Gillian Abrahams · AdVantage archive
From the AdVantage archive. This report was published on this domain when AdVantage covered the South African media, marketing and advertising industry as a monthly title. It is kept online for reference and has not been updated; people, prices and companies named in it have moved on.
Adidas unveils its ‘adidas is all in’ brand campaign
Woolworths Johannesburg. Photo: Jeff Attaway · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

has unveiled the newest chapter of its “adidas is all in” brand campaign and invited the world to go all in, too. Featuring brand ambassadors such as FIFA World Player of the Year Lionel Messi, football superstar David Beckham, the NBA’s most valuable player Derrick Rose and pop icon Katy Perry, the campaign concept takes away the boundaries of fame, money, age, gender and geography and showcases that passion unites us all. No matter how or why you go all in right this second someone somewhere in this world is going all in with you.


“In 2011, we brought together the diversity, the breadth and depth of our brand in the biggest marketing campaign we have ever executed. This year, we will take it one step further and invite fans and consumers to be an active part of the campaign activation by inviting them to give voice to their all in moments, their motivations and inspirations. The brand wants to go all in side by side with its fans” says Hermann Deininger, CMO of brand adidas.

adidas is all in – the biggest marketing campaign in the company’s history – was launched in March 2011 showcasing adidas’ distinctive presence across and into different sports, cultures and lifestyles fusing the worlds of sport, music and fashion. The latest chapter will continue in the second half of the year with an Originals chapter.

Filed under: adidas · adidas is all in · brand ambassadors · david beckham · derrick rose · fifa world player of the year · katy perry · lionel messi

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