Adidas sales roared ahead in the World Cup – thanks to Timothée Chalamet among others – with Q2 sales reaching a record $7.7 billion (€6.74 billion.) Unfortunately it spent an extra $243 million bringing its total marketing bill to $1.05 billion, a 30% increase on a year earlier. End result? Its shares tumbled 19%, their …

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