Has adidas Quality Gone Downhill Lately?

Bought a pair of Adidas shoes online, turned up with low quality finishing like glues around the edges, inner sole not glued in properly. Not visually appealing. Then I returned it back. So yesterday I went to the store to buy a pair of runners so that I could physically see what I'm buying. All of the shoes have the same issue. You can see glues around the corners, little unglued missed spots and all that. Anyway I purchased a pair with "minimum glue lines". Tried it alright, brought it home to show it to my friends. Noticed that the inner sole is not intact.
I have a pair of Adidas from 5 years ago, which is still going strong. The only difference is the old ones were Made in Vietnam and the new ones are Made in Indonesia.
Is this the reason why their quality is so poor lately?

Side Note: Adidas at Harbour Town, Adelaide has 50% off on all items including already reduced items. Similarly Under Armour has 30% on Footwear. Puma has 40% on all items/Footwear?? In store only I guess. I couldn't find a right size for me but I'd have gone with UA.

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  • Anyway if you want to knock yourself with one, Adidas store at Habour Town has 50% off on all items including already discounted items.

  • +1

    show it to my friends

    Wow.

    Anyway.

    I would also like to cast a vote that adidas has been downhill for at least the past 10 years.

    I like to look at sneaker rep subs when I’m bored and look at how reps get called out… for being better quality than retails (at least on first inspection) - actual short to long term wear sometimes is horrible anyway.

  • Welcome to OzB.

    If you Google "Adidas innersole glued" you will find some (but not all) are glued and even then only lightly in the midsole area.

  • Not sure the sample size of two pairs of shoes is large enough to reliably indicate a greater trend.

    • +1

      I went to the store to buy a pair of runners so that I could physically see what I'm buying. All of the shoes have the same issue

      That doesn’t sound like a sample size of only 2 pairs.

  • My Adidas and me close as can be
    We make a mean team, my Adidas and me

  • Something definitely unglued here…

  • +1

    OP, how many facez do you have? 👀

  • Tried it alright, brought it home to show it to my friends.

    Are you 12?

  • Why is a drop in quality with Adidas associated with downhill?

    I would have thought downhill was good in a walking/running context and uphill was bad.

  • Definitely not what they used to be. Bought that cheap pair of sneakers off eBay a few months ago, and already the upper is fraying/tearing.

  • Like most things these days. Not made to last like they used so you buy more. It's more of the 'throw away' society we've now become

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