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1 hour ago, ChippenhamRed said:

Not true, I bought various adidas items including replica shirts at reduced end-of-season prices. The reductions only halted once it was brought in-house. The away shirt I bought this season was the first time I've ever paid full price.

 

41 minutes ago, BS15_RED said:

That's true, but the discounts weren't anywhere near as big as they were when it was Puma.

Problem you have with 3rd party suppliers and these two in particular is they tie you in to a set buy = you get lumbered with the gear regardless. 

They get their money at the start of the deal and you end up recovering as much margin as possible through reductions to reduce your liability. 

If you manage the product in house you control the production and therefore the buy...you also crucially control the margins. 

The advantage of 3rd party suppliers such as Adidas and Puma is you get a full 'catalogue' of designed ranged product and therefore you can buy to your designs; getting the bonus of a sportswear supplier actually designing your kit/training wear. 

Our kits/training wear is in my opinion weak in its design and range.

In a nutshell do you have a reduced range, designed and produced in house, thereby controlling the margin and reducing your liability? 

Or do you have a larger range, produced by a 3rd party, lower margin and increased liability/exposure?

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On ‎13‎/‎11‎/‎2016 at 12:26, WhistleHappy said:

Not current or previous Club shop related...

..however this thread brought to mind memories from way way back 60s 70s when the Grandstand/Williams/West/Landsown Stand car park of yesteryear housed a long narrow shack like temporary building (think it had way in/way out steps at each end?) and was the clubs 'football program shop'....

Stock was unbelievable, all City match day programs from way back were available (home and away I believe?) shed loads of 'other clubs programs'  .. Cup games, Internationals etc etc ... was a regular matchday 'must visit' at the Gate for young WH and countless others, always seemed to have a never-ending line of customers and browsers making there way from one end to the other. It was an Aladdin's Cave of  football porn,... anything and everything seemed to be in there, (wouldn't be at all surprised if there was 'special interest' stuff under the counter in plain paper bags, :) )

It catered for football related printed everything as far as I remember, all laid out like an eye level newsagents 'top shelf mag display' ...

Ahh now those were the days

BBlocks Dad was one of the founders of the original Programme shop - when it started in the late sixties behind the open end.

Its move to the Club shop behind the Williams saw it stocked with Programmes from all around the country and it was a delight for me to work there through the eighties and nineties.

They were great days - I am glad you found it so worthwhile.

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