{"id":5201,"date":"2012-07-15T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/?p=5201"},"modified":"2012-12-29T01:56:53","modified_gmt":"2012-12-29T06:56:53","slug":"adidas-vs-puma-a-sibling-rivalry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/2012\/adidas-vs-puma-a-sibling-rivalry\/","title":{"rendered":"Adidas vs. Puma \u2013 A Sibling Rivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/071512_1035_AdidasvsPum1.jpg\" width=\"639\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2006 Ruth Elkins reported on a sibling rivalry that\u2026got a little out of hand:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the 1940s, in the German town of Herzogenaurach, two brothers worked as cobblers and produced shoes.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>However they had a falling out. Accounts on exactly what caused their rivalry differ, but some of the possible explanations include:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>One brother slept with the wife of the other.<\/li>\n<li>The wives of the two brothers hated each other.<\/li>\n<li>One was more successful than the other.<\/li>\n<li>During an air raid in WW2 one brother exclaimed &#8220;those pig dogs again!&#8221; and the other brother thought that the first brother was referring to him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Whatever the reason, the brothers split and set up their own sports shoe companies. One started Adidas, and the other created Puma.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Some of the absurd things seen in the town during the height of the rivalry include:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Puma and Adidas employees would not marry one another.<\/li>\n<li>There were Adidas and Puma gangs in the schools.<\/li>\n<li>Pubs allied to one company would refuse to serve employees of the other.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Even in death the two brothers are buried at opposite ends of the cemetery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To read more including a wider history of the companies, the role that an American prisoner of war camp played, how the companies both take credit for the 1954 soccer world cup win, how a fishmonger became a chess piece, why the brothers were like George Bush and Saddam Hussein, which company does better, why there will probably never be a joint shoe history museum, how workers have taken advantage of the rivalry and how the younger generation feels about the family, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/puma-vs-adidas-return-of-the-battle-of-the-boots-475377.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/puma-vs-adidas-return-of-the-battle-of-the-boots-475377.html\">The Independent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/article_19926_5-petty-feuds-that-shaped-modern-world.html\">Cracked<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2006 Ruth Elkins reported on a sibling rivalry that\u2026got a little out of hand: In the 1940s, in the German town of Herzogenaurach, two brothers worked as cobblers and produced shoes. However they had a falling out. 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