Adidas

My husband and I went to this store on a Saturday and it was PACKED. I’m shocked at how full a store like Adidas could get.
There looked to be two sales people helping in the downstairs area while they both had to run up and down the stairs to get shoes that people requested. With so many people, I would have though more people would be working. But the people who were there seemed helpful enough. You had to find someone and ask for your size, but I almost expect that in Amsterdam. But we waited for a long time to be able to talk to someone and then there was a line to even talk to him again to get the box of the shoes we wanted to buy.
We did leave the store with a pair of shoes, but it was more out of necessity than because we liked the store. Of course we found a store with more variety and not owned by a major brand closer to home when walking back. But you live and learn, right?

Obviously they have a pretty decent range of Adidas products in this store but sadly most of them don’t have any prices… it seems to be more of a product demonstration store than a typical retain store. But if you love Adidas it can be a really good place to checkout what new items they have or if you are seeking unique or limited edition Adidas products.

I’m a sneaker connoisseur, and kind of a Puma devotee. I haven’t worn Adidas in years, but was on vacation in Amsterdam and was so entranced by the window displays in the Adidas Original Store that I went in to take a look.
After browsing for a few minutes, I took a photo of a cool shoe that I planned to post on Facebook. An angry salesperson came over and told me that photos were not allowed. I said, OK, and deleted the photo. Then I asked why photos were not allowed.
Angry Salesperson told me that no photos of merchandise are allowed in any Adidas stores and that it was because they didn’t want people stealing their designs. I said, OK. She said, «I have that same phone as you; show me that you deleted the photo.» I was like, OK, here. She then demanded to see my iPhone camera roll.
Several thoughts about this experience:
1. After my interaction with Angry Salesperson, I will not be wearing Adidas products in the future.
2. I have nearly 1000 Facebook friends, many of whom like sneakers. So Adidas missed out on an opportunity to have someone post and praise their shoe. I think it’s very likely that at least one of them would have gone out and bought sneakers with their name stitched into the sides (which was the shoe I had photographed).
3. Really, no photographs of stuff in Adidas Originals stores? Anywhere in the world? I could understand if I had, like, infiltrated their secret design lab in Bavaria and taken photos of sneaker prototypes scheduled for sale in 2015. But this was just a regular Adidas Originals store; I’ve been in several this year in the United States and in Germany.
Anyway, so, #adidasFAIL. I’m going to go put on my Pumas now…