| Puma Shoes
The roots of Puma shoes brand stretch back to the mid 1920's when Adi and Rudolph registered their family shoe enterprise in Herzogenaurach, Germany, but after World War II, during which Rudi Dassler had spent time in a POW camp, the Dassler brothers began a legendary feud, causing Rudolph to leave the company and found a rival company across town. Rudi Dassler named his company Puma shoes Aktiengesellscaft Rudolf Sport (Puma shoes) while brother Adi incorporated as Adidas. |