Puma Eco Suede Pack
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For any people that have been living in caves, heres a bit of history on Puma
Puma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German global company that produces high-end lifestyle athletic footwear and other sporting wear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by two brothers, Adolf and Rudolf Dassler , relationships between them deteriorated until the two agreed to split in 1948, forming two separate entities, Adidas and Puma. Puma is currently based in Herzogenaurach Germany.
The company is globally known for its shoes and has sponsored acclaimed footballers, including Pelé, Enzo Francescoli Diego Maradona,Kenny Dalglish, Didier Deschamps and Gianluigi Buffon Puma is also the sponsor of the Jamaican track athlete Usain Bolt In the United States, the company is probably best known for the suede basketball shoe it introduced in 1968, which eventually bore the name of New York Knicks basketball star Walt "Clyde" Frazier and for its endorsement partnership with Joe Namath.
Since 1996 Puma has focused its activities in the United States. Puma now owns 25% of American brand sports clothing maker Logo Athletic, which is licensed by American professional basketball and association football leagues. Since 2007 Puma AG has been part of the French luxury group PPR.
Japanese fashion guru Mihara Yasuhiro teamed up with Puma to create a high-end and high-concept line of sneakers
Puma is the main producer of enthusiast driving shoes and race suits. They are the prime producer in both Formula On and NASCAR especially. They had also successfully won the rights to sponsor the 2006 FIFA World Cup champions, the Italian national football team ,with them making and sponsoring the clothing worn by the team.
In 2008, Puma commemorated the 40th anniversary of the "King" model of boots with a special anniversary edition,the King XL a tribute to Portuguese footballer Eusébio, who shot 42 goals with the King model of boots in 1968, winning the Golden Boot Award as Europe's leading scorer. The King model also was the favourite shoe of players like Pelé Mario Kempes Rudi Völler Lothar Matthäus and Diego Maradona.
As well as sponsoring football they are also actively involved with other sports, the New Zealand cricket team wear Puma apparel and in Australian rules football, Puma has longstanding marketing relationships with the Hawthorn Football Club and West Coast Eagles along with the Brisbane Lions With Hawthorn especially, Puma has been the club's apparel sponsor since the 1980s, during the club's most successful era.
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