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Adidas said it might report an operating loss of €700 million (US$1.1 billion) in 2023 as it deals with fallout from the dispute with rapper and former partner Ye.

The German sneaker brand said if it had to write off all existing Yeezy inventory, it could report such a loss in 2023. It has previously flagged that its profit and revenue have been hurt by the damage from ending the lucrative line.

New chief executive officer Bjorn Gulden is looking to inject a fresh era of creativity and optimism into a brand beset by crises on several fronts. He’s conducting a strategic review aimed at “reigniting profitable growth” by next year that could cost as much as €200 million in 2023.

“The numbers speak for themselves,” Gulden said in a statement on the company website. “We are currently not performing the way we should.” 

Adidas would put its full focus on consumers along with its athletes, retail partners and employees, Gulden said. The goal is to create “brand heat”, improve products, better serve distributors and become “a great and fun place to work”, he said.

“We need to put the pieces back together again,” he said in the statement. “I am convinced that over time we will make Adidas shine again. But we need some time.”

Gulden started at Adidas in January after nearly a decade running cross-town rival Puma, where he led a turnaround that he also began by resetting profit and sales growth expectations. His main focus at Adidas will be reinvigorating the brand’s lacklustre pipeline of sneakers and apparel and winning back customers in the US, Europe and China. He will also have to figure out if Adidas can sell or repurpose Yeezy designs to customers without the brand name.

Sales will sink at a high-single-digit rate in 2023, the German company forecast late Thursday. That compares with the roughly 4 per cent growth that analysts were estimating.

The sportswear group terminated its lucrative design partnership with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, in late October after he made a series of anti-Semitic and racist remarks.

Adidas had become heavily dependent on the Yeezy line, which it dubbed one of the most successful in the industry’s history, and it took weeks of deliberations inside the company before it finally terminated the partnership. Other retailers such as Gap Inc. moved much quicker to sever ties.

Adidas is also still facing challenges in China where demand for its shoes and clothing has fallen amid a consumer boycott and as a result of COVID restrictions.-smh

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