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Adidas and Manchester United unveil new retro-inspired adicolor collection
Mumbai: Adidas and Manchester United introduce an all-new adicolor collection, blending retro aesthetics with modern comfort. This latest launch revives the iconic styles of the 70s and 80s, reimagined in Manchester United’s classic red and black colorways, bringing fans a fresh take on the club’s historic kits.
The collection includes a slim-fit track top crafted in premium pique material, featuring adidas’ engineered three stripes tape, a ribbed collar and cuffs, and zipped side pockets. A bold Trefoil logo and the iconic United club crest flock-printed on the chest enhance the look, while matching pique track pants complete the set with tailored details, including three stripes tape and zipped side pockets. Finishing the collection is a crew neck tee with short sleeves and the same Trefoil and crest details, offering supporters a casual yet stylish option.
Inspired by Manchester United’s kits from the 1980-90s, the adicolor range honors the team’s heritage while introducing vintage design elements. The collection features the classic club crest and 80s-inspired lettering on the track top’s back, adding a nostalgic flair for fans.
NATIONAL: Amazon Ads has laid out a sharply tech-led vision for the advertising industry in 2026, arguing that artificial intelligence, streaming TV and creator partnerships will combine to turn brand building into a more precise, performance-driven business.
At the heart of the shift, the company says, is the fusion of AI with Amazon’s vast trove of shopping, browsing and streaming signals, allowing advertisers to move beyond blunt reach metrics to campaigns designed around real customer behaviour.
“The future of advertising is not about reaching more people, but the right people with messages that resonate,” said Amazon Ads India head and vice president Girish Prabhu. “By combining AI with deep customer insights, we help brands move from broadcasting campaigns to having meaningful conversations wherever audiences spend their time.”
One of the biggest changes, according to Amazon Ads, will be the collapse of the wall between media planning and creative development. Retail media, powered by first-party data, is increasingly shaping everything from brand discovery to final purchase, pushing marketers to design campaigns around audience insight rather than internal instinct.
AI is also moving from a support tool to a creative engine. Agentic AI, which automates and accelerates production, is expected to make high-quality creative accessible even to small businesses, compressing weeks of work into hours and giving challengers the ability to compete with larger brands on speed and scale.
Behind the scenes, AI-driven analytics will take on a bigger role in campaign optimisation, identifying patterns, spotting opportunities and recommending actions that would previously have required teams of analysts.
Streaming TV is another big battleground. With India’s video streaming audience now above 600 million and connected TV users at 129.2 million in 2025, advertisers are set to treat streaming not just as a branding channel but as a performance engine, measured increasingly by sales, sign-ups and bookings rather than just reach.
Finally, Amazon Ads sees creators and contextual advertising reshaping how brands tell stories. Creators will act less like influencers and more like long-term partners, while scene-aware ads on streaming platforms will allow brands to insert hyper-relevant offers into the flow of what viewers are watching.
Taken together, Amazon Ads argues, these shifts mark a move towards advertising that is both more human and more measurable, where AI handles the complexity, and creativity does the persuading.
