Adidas CEO calls for People’s Vote on Brexit

The CEO of Adidas, Kasper Rorsted, has voiced his concern about the
damaging impact of Brexit on the European economy, and has urged British
lawmakers to call for a second referendum.

“Europe is about 30 percent of our business. We’re getting most or
entirely all of our growth outside Europe,” Rorsted said in an interview
with CNBC on Tuesday. “[Our] biggest concern is really the European impact
of a potential Brexit because it’s very often discussed as an isolated
event, but it will have an overall impact on the European economy.”

Last week, , saying that a no-deal Brexit should be “avoided at all
costs”.

The official deadline for the UK’s divorce from the EU is 29 March,
2019.

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