After severing ties with controversial anti-Semitic rapper and producer Kanye West in late 2022, apparel giant adidas has finally offloaded the last of

And unless retailers were flush with cash going into the pandemic — or had robust online operations to float them before business opened again — the game of survival was suddenly much harder. When things ultimately reopened,

Kanye West's empire is taking a major financial hit. This week, Adidas announced that it had sold its final shoe from his brand, Yeezy. The music mogul was dropped from the partnership after he made some extremely offensive remarks.