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FRANKFURT, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - Adidas, the second biggest sports equipment maker, posted Tuesday a 12 percent increase in second quarter net profit, although its troubled US unit Reebok saw sales fall by just over 11 percent.

Adidas recorded a net profit of 116 million euros (180 million dollars), in part owing to a reduced tax rate, it said in a statement.

FRANKFURT, July 28, 2008 (AFP) - Adidas, the second-biggest sportswear company in the world, feels that Chinese salaries are now too high and it will transfer some production to more competitive countries, its chief executive said in an interview on Monday.

FRANKFURT, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - German sportswear giant Adidas did better than the national team at the Euro 2008 football championships, sponsoring both runner-up Germany and the new champion, Spain.

LUXEMBOURG, April 10, 2008 (AFP) - Adidas successfully defended its famous three stripes logo on Thursday as a European court ruled that two-stripe imitations could infringe the German sportswear maker's famous trademark.

STOCKHOLM, March 27, 2008 (AFP) - The Swedish high-street clothing chain H&M reported a surge in first-quarter profit on Thursday, saying that an aggressive drive into world markets was paying off.

From December to February net profit rose by 27.7 percent from the figure 12 months earlier to 2.941 billion kronor (312.4 million euros, 493.5 million dollars).

FRANKFURT, Feb 26, 2008 (AFP) - The German sportswear company Puma posted slight increases in 2007 results on Tuesday despite heavy investments and a lack of major sporting events last year.

The company increased sales by 4.7 percent to 2.38 billion euros (3.53 billion dollars), and net profit by 2.2 percent to 269 million euros, it said in a statement.

PARIS, Feb 22, 2008 (AFP) - US sportswear giant Nike has won the contract to supply the France international football team from 2011-18 at a cost of 42.6 million euros a year, the French football federation said Friday.

MILAN, Feb 21, 2008 (AFP) - Italian clothing firm Benetton said Thursday that that full-year net profits rose 16.0 percent to 145.0 million euros (214 million dollars), beating a market consensus of 141.6 million.