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German sportswear brand Puma is using this year\u2019s Olympic Games and its partnership with sprint champions Jamaica to focus on speed as it jostles with Adidas and Nike to carve out space in an increasingly competitive running and lifestyle market.<\/div>\n
Puma CEO Arne Freundt aims to boost sales of \u201cperformance\u201d products like running shoes and soccer cleats, and has revamped Puma\u2019s \u201cForever Faster\u201d message in its first brand campaign in a decade on Wednesday in Paris, host of this\u00a0year\u2019s games\u00a0.<\/div>\n
The campaign features top athletes, including pole-vault record holder Armand Duplantis and 400-metre hurdles champion Karsten Warholm.<\/div>\n
Puma is trying to win over more everyday and serious runners, and its sponsorship of Jamaica\u2019s Olympic team and some of the world\u2019s best sprinters like Shericka Jackson and Elaine Thompson-Herah helps to associate the brand with speed, said Geoff Lowery, analyst at Redburn in London.<\/div>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re never going to sell very many running spikes, but in terms of properly iconic teams that credentialise you as a performance brand and associate you with some of the most exciting athletes, Puma have a super-strong relationship there,\u201d Lowery said.<\/div>\n
Freundt visited Jamaica at the end of March, attending the country\u2019s top high school track and field meet for the first time to launch the Jamaican Olympic kit at the event seen as a testing ground for young athletic talent.<\/div>\n
\u201cWe need to be very clear that Puma is about speed,\u201d Freundt, who has been\u00a0in the top job\u00a0just over a year, told Reuters in an interview ahead of the campaign launch. \u201cThat\u2019s something we need to strengthen further in the consumer mindset.\u201d<\/div>\n
Like other sportswear retailers that sponsor Olympians and pour marketing money into the Games, the bet is that athletes breaking records in Puma gear will nudge spectators towards its whole range of products, creating a potential \u201chalo effect\u201d for everything from marathon shoes to everyday sneakers.<\/div>\n
Puma\u2019s latest running spikes for its Olympic sprinters and hurdlers are in a bright orange hue tinged with pink, which was picked for the distinct contrast it creates against the blue of the athletics track, according to Puma\u2019s senior head of innovation Romain Girard.<\/div>\n
Brands like Puma, Adidas, and Nike will also be allowed to celebrate their Olympic athletes\u2019 medal wins on social media during the Games for the first time, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) plans to relax rules governing online marketing in a \u201cpilot project\u201d with the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry.<\/div>\n
\u201cWith the new IOC regulations we will be able to use that moment in a better way, to congratulate them [athletes] also via social media, I think that\u2019s a win-win for both the Olympics as well as us,\u201d Freundt said.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Puma is focusing on speed at the Olympic Games and partnering with Jamaica’s sprint champions to boost sales of performance products like running shoes and soccer 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