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Adidas pips Nike with first knitted football boot

28/02/2014

Adidas has launched the Samba Primeknit – the world’s first knitted football boot and which reportedly retains the strength of a conventional boot. The German company has been up against US rival Nike in the knitted shoe stakes – both companies launching their innovative footwear (Nike’s Flyknit and Adidas’ Primeknit) within a few weeks of each...

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