Footwear manufacturer Adidas recently announced that it will build a state-of-the-art distribution facilities in Spartanburg. The footwear facility will be approximately 1.1 million square feet and an apparel facility measuring approximately 800,000 square feet. The $150 million project is expected to create 1,200 jobs in Spartanburg County.
The adidas Group will consolidate the adidas brand’s apparel distribution center and the Reebok brand’s apparel distribution center and footwear distribution center into new facilities in Spartanburg, S.C., by fall 2009. The decision to develop an integrated distribution network will strengthen the Group’s competitive position and operational efficiencies, as well as contribute to the synergies created by the integration of adidas and Reebok.
The adidas Group is one of the global leaders within the sporting goods industry, offering a broad range of products around three core segments such as adidas, Reebok and TaylorMade-adidas Golf. Headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, the Group has more than 26,000 employees and sales of over €10 billion.
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