A sign advertises Yeezy shoes made by Adidas at a store in Paramus, N.J., on Oct. 25, 2022. After cutting ties with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, Adidas now plans to sell its stock of unsold Yeezy shoes and donate the proceeds to charity. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Boxes containing Yeezy shoes made by Adidas are seen at Laced Up, a sneaker resale store, in Paramus, N.J., on Oct. 25, 2022. Adidas' breakup with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West and the inability to sell his popular Yeezy line of shoes helped batter the company's earnings at the end of last year. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Kanye West holds a Yeezy shoe as he speaks on stage at the "Kanye West and Steven Smith in Conversation with Mark Wilson" at the on Nov. 7, 2019 in New York City. Brad Barket/Getty Images for Fast Company hide caption
Adidas announced on Tuesday it is severing its partnership with Ye in light of the rap superstar's anti-Semitic comments. Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images hide caption
Ye, then known as Kanye West, holds a Yeezy sneaker while speaking onstage at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in 2019. Brad Barket/Getty Images for Fast Company hide caption
The Telstar 18 is the official match ball for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Sneaker company Overkill teamed up with Adidas and BVG, the German public transit authority, to create a shoe that has a built-in metro ticket. Via Overkill hide caption
Adidas apologized for its "insensitive" choice of words in a marketing email to customers sent a day after the 121st Boston Marathon. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption
Adidas has pledged to help high school teams that want to change their mascots from Native American imagery. President Obama praised the effort, while the Washington football team shot back, calling the company's move hypocritical. Christof Stache/AP hide caption
The JS Roundhouse Mids. Facebook.com/adidasoriginals hide caption