After cutting ties with Kanye West, the company faces a financial and ethical dilemma over the profit-driving sneakers

Melt them down and turn them into Crocs? Scrape off the label and hope no one notices?

What Adidas should do with all its unsold Yeezys is a €1.2bn ($1.3bn, £1bn) question that no one seems to have a very good answer for. The brand is in danger after it cut ties with Kanye West in October over his antisemitic comments.

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