Influencers + Thrones = Champion... Adidas stock hit an all-time high courtesy of a 1-2 punch of numbers: China sales jumped 16% and online sales popped 40%. Now Nike's German rival is adding to its influencer partnerships to kick up shoe sales — a "Game of Thrones" collaboration is here, while the new Adidas athleisure partnership with Beyoncé gets launched this year.
Zuck-Fest 2019... Facebook announced that "the future is private" at the social network's 2-day F8 developers conference. So he focused on FB5 — The new, less-public, blue-free Facebook redesign. It's pushing your posts to Groups and private DMs instead of the public newsfeed. Plus the dating feature "Secret Crush" hits the US this year.
Will work for meat-less... Plant protein pioneer Beyond Meat became first of its breed to hit public markets with the biggest IPO day performance of any company since 2000. Shares soared 167% in its first two trading days on hopes its pea-based recipe will become menu standard (Burger King already features Beyond rival "Impossible Burger" nationwide). But first it faces beef industry lawsuits that claim it's technically not a "meat."