Me dad went in to club shop last week to get me a medium home shirt as a birthday present. Sold out. Back in stock? End of September. I'll probably still get it is I want it more for playing in but I wonder how many won't want one two months in to the season. Doesn't seem to be right good planning to have run out of stock in August when I imagine their's the biggest demand.
I presume the reason they run out is they don't want to over-order and be left with surplus stock. If that's the case why don't they allow other outlets to sell them with perhaps an agreement that they can't sell them cheaper and/or only sell at a higher price. Just a thought.
It's OK not wanting to be left with surplus stock but what is stopping them from being left with surplus stock when they get the new shipment in at the end of September? I would wager there is a far higher chance of being left with surplus stock using their current 'policy' for two reasons. 1. They miss the peak summer trading period for t-shirts. 2. They have fewer trading days I which to sell them
I know the shirts are ordered in September for the following year - crowds were falling last September and it looked like we had another season in league one ahead
That begs the question. Why are they ordered almost a year in advance when other clubs haven't even designed their kits by that point?
Don't understand why it takes 2-3 months to replenish stock. Surely it should take 7-10 days at most?
Most clubs do order a year in advance apparently- how do you know they haven't sat down and gone through the design?
I would imagine the new shipment won't be many more than what's been pre-ordered, therefore little surplus. My point is just to comment of the possibility of allowing other outlets to sell to meet the demand of the fans if they don't want to change the way in which they stock (or not stock or not this case)their merchandise.
Because several clubs have held competitions to design the kit or choose from a selection of kits. We did this ourselves a few years ago and managed to get the kit out in time. Doncaster's away kit for this season was designed by a fan and was still a fan made drawing in February. How could that have possibly have been ordered in September the year before? Also if a club did order it's kits a year before hand (in many cases before knowing the supplier or sponsor) what would be stopping that club calling the supplier in march and saying that they have seen an upturn in fortunes and would like to increase the order please? In fact the more I think about a mass produced football kit having a lead time of almost a year the less sense it makes. Who told you they had to order in September and that most clubs order a year in advance?
The point about the shirts has been discussed on facebook and was confirmed by someone at the club. Of course they don't know the sponsors - does it take long to print a shirt?No! Look at the kits by Puma and they are pretty much similar - we had exactly the same kit as Swindon last year. Might just be the number of kits that is ordered.
But that's exactly my point. They don't know the sponsors so can't be having them printed a year in advance and the kits are identical off the peg kits with a sponsor printed on it so why would there be a lead time of a year? I understand that somebody at the club told you that but it doesn't mean that it makes sense. Surely you can see that logically a years lead time is a bit laughable and as I've said, many times the kit isn't even designed until much much closer to the release date.
I know next year's shirt has been worked up. I also am a bit baffled at the contract we have that means extra orders take so long. Like beadh towels out of stock before the summer and back in for Christmas
Why do folk want to buy a shirt anyway? I know I don't. Well done to the club for not ordering too much stock.
Agreed. With only a hint of snobbery ar lass refers to football shirt and trainers as a council estate uniform. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk