








Adolf 'Adi' Dassler registered adidas in Herzogenaurach, Germany, on 18 August 1949, with 47 employees. The name joins 'Adi' with 'Das' from Dassler. The listed adidas AG owns the brand, and its Indian arm has operated since 1995, selling through adidas.co.in, own and franchise stores, and authorised marketplace storefronts.
Brand auditadidas Brand Audit: Cheaper in India Than in Germanyadidas prices the Samba lower in India than in Germany once tax is stripped out. The Dassler split, the Reebok India fraud, and the stud myth checked.Read the full auditWe rate it 7.9/10 (good) after buying and testing it ourselves. What we liked most: Synthetic leather, side textile piping, and rear hairy-suede patch create a rich mix of materials. Could be better: Full rubber cupsole adds noticeable heft, making it slightly heavy on feet.
It’s listed on Myntra and Nykaa. The store buttons at the top of this page open each listing, so you can check today’s price and sizes there.
Insole: Memory Foam; Bottom sole: Rubber; Upper material: Synthetic Leather. See Specifications above for the full details.
We score its comfort 7.5/10 (good), after using it ourselves.
Its value-for-money score is 7.5/10 (good): we weigh what you get against similar products we’ve tested.
No. Adidas is from Germany, founded in 1949.
We have bought and tested 40 Adidas products, and their average FA score is 8/10 (great). The best-rated so far is the ASPYRE 3 STRIPES Sneakers For Men at 9.1/10.
We buy every product ourselves and score it out of 10 on design, material quality, comfort and value for money. The FA score is the average of those scores. No paid placements: brands can’t buy a better score.
AccessoriesFjällräven Brand Audit: Fenix Outdoor’s Swedish Kånken in India, Sold on a Bengaluru-Run Site at ₹8,99912 October 2026
ApparelArc’teryx Brand Audit: No Indian Company, No Delivery, No Listings12 October 2026
Brand AuditsCharles & Keith Brand Audit: Full MRP on All 100 Indian Listings Read12 October 2026Help us improve this audit. Tell us what’s wrong.
ReportingAdidas ASPYRE 3 STRIPES Sneakers for MenOur audit team reviews every report. We’ll fix “” on this page if it checks out.