paulwantsapint Posted 12 August, 2013 Share Posted 12 August, 2013 Has anyone been in either west quay or mega store recently Did the Adidas shop happen or was it just forum bs? Will the club sell keepers shirts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 12 August, 2013 Share Posted 12 August, 2013 I think it was The9 who was sure about the club shop. I've no idea though, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 12 August, 2013 Share Posted 12 August, 2013 I've been in the Megastore a couple of times recently, they don't have any keeper's shirts in there at the moment - or at least they didn't have on Saturday. Still no training kit yet either... anyone would think they were desperate to shift the stuff they've already got first or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 12 August, 2013 Share Posted 12 August, 2013 How about the Adidas/Club shop joint thingy? I'm sure it was you who said that was happening for sure. Sorry if I've got the wrong bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkoksaint Posted 12 August, 2013 Share Posted 12 August, 2013 I find the whole thing with our shop and merchandising very amateurish. I have the unfortunate pleasure of living in the north west and have recently undertaken the stadium tours at both manchester clubs and liverpool. I hold no candle for these teams and only went to take my little boy. Having said that when it comes to merchandising and marketing they are light years ahead of us. You look at their set ups and realise its things like this that mean we will never trouble the top four no matter how much money is spunked in our direction. Now marketing isnt my thing but we can't even get the basics right and it is so frustrating. With our kit just being launched we should be awash with it and in every different size but instead we have to wait like its us doing the, a favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 12 August, 2013 Share Posted 12 August, 2013 How about the Adidas/Club shop joint thingy? I'm sure it was you who said that was happening for sure. Sorry if I've got the wrong bloke. I didn't say it was definitely happening, I have no idea. Someone on the kit thread seemed pretty sure though - but isn't there something in the old Clinton's where they said it would be already ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 12 August, 2013 Share Posted 12 August, 2013 I find the whole thing with our shop and merchandising very amateurish. I have the unfortunate pleasure of living in the north west and have recently undertaken the stadium tours at both manchester clubs and liverpool. I hold no candle for these teams and only went to take my little boy. Having said that when it comes to merchandising and marketing they are light years ahead of us. You look at their set ups and realise its things like this that mean we will never trouble the top four no matter how much money is spunked in our direction. Now marketing isnt my thing but we can't even get the basics right and it is so frustrating. With our kit just being launched we should be awash with it and in every different size but instead we have to wait like its us doing the, a favour. I did hear a rumour on Saturday from someone who knows one of the regular Megastore staff that adidas had been rubbish at supplying all but 2 of their teams this season (they have 9 in the Prem), but that doesn't tally with the little investigation I did into which clubs had home/away/training kit for sale online before we launched the away kit. Only Fulham came out of it looking worse than Saints, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 12 August, 2013 Share Posted 12 August, 2013 I did hear a rumour on Saturday from someone who knows one of the regular Megastore staff that adidas had been rubbish at supplying all but 2 of their teams this season (they have 9 in the Prem), but that doesn't tally with the little investigation I did into which clubs had home/away/training kit for sale online before we launched the away kit. Only Fulham came out of it looking worse than Saints, anyway. In terms of money, how do the kit 'partnership' deals work at this level? Do we ensure enough advertising/promotion in the Premier League to have Adidas offer to supply us effectively for free (profit from sales notwithstanding) as long as their brand is represented? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananaman Posted 12 August, 2013 Share Posted 12 August, 2013 There were some adidas brand products in the mega store Saturday that weren't saint.. plain adidas shorts, jogging bottoms etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 12 August, 2013 Share Posted 12 August, 2013 There were some adidas brand products in the mega store Saturday that weren't saint.. plain adidas shorts, jogging bottoms etc... True, those black shorts with the white line on the back for one, but they were training kit the team had been wearing - just as you say, not Saints branded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 12 August, 2013 Share Posted 12 August, 2013 I heard about the shop moving to Clintons in west quay but could have been bs. Would be a big old shop if it was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 13 August, 2013 Share Posted 13 August, 2013 I find the whole thing with our shop and merchandising very amateurish. I have the unfortunate pleasure of living in the north west and have recently undertaken the stadium tours at both manchester clubs and liverpool. I hold no candle for these teams and only went to take my little boy. Having said that when it comes to merchandising and marketing they are light years ahead of us. You look at their set ups and realise its things like this that mean we will never trouble the top four no matter how much money is spunked in our direction. Now marketing isnt my thing but we can't even get the basics right and it is so frustrating. With our kit just being launched we should be awash with it and in every different size but instead we have to wait like its us doing the, a favour. It's no surprise that those clubs are better, they've been serving an enormous global base for many years. They're just bigger - if were to reach that level we'd have more customers to serve and more resources to dedicate to getting it right. I popped into the West Quay shop before Sociedad - no keeper or training kits that I could see there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THINWHITEDUKE Posted 13 August, 2013 Share Posted 13 August, 2013 No keeper or training kits, no wallets etc. Did notice that the models/dummies had Adidas football boots of many differing styles but no price tags. Maybe 2+2=5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkoksaint Posted 14 August, 2013 Share Posted 14 August, 2013 (edited) It's no surprise that those clubs are better, they've been serving an enormous global base for many years. They're just bigger - if were to reach that level we'd have more customers to serve and more resources to dedicate to getting it right. I popped into the West Quay shop before Sociedad - no keeper or training kits that I could see there. Duncan This is what I mean. We appear to be waiting for the masses with the attitude maybe of 'we'll get it right then'. For me we should be saying 'we've got everything you want in whatever size, bring ye kids along, kit em out and they're sorted' it's not good enough. My lads desperate for a keepers shirt.he eyed up a United one with De Gea's name on. It had nothing to do with United or him supporting them he just wanted a kit. Now I steered him away from it but if I hadn't and he'd got it then that would have been the start of him possibly looking at United as a team to support simply coz he has one of their kids. Maybe a little simplistic? Interestingly City change their kit every game. The old ones go out to 3rd world countries and are distributed to poor kids. I worked it out at around £65k a season based on rough estimates at retail prices. Small fry to a club like City but something that is very clever and has massive potential. We just can't as I say get the basics right. Edited 14 August, 2013 by bangkoksaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocco boxo Posted 14 August, 2013 Share Posted 14 August, 2013 West Quay very poor shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restark19 Posted 14 August, 2013 Share Posted 14 August, 2013 just looking online and it appears they don't sell the keeper shirt there either! although you can buy a dvd compilation of our goals last season for £17! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 15 August, 2013 Share Posted 15 August, 2013 They'll launch the GK and training kit when it turns up, but don't be surprised if it takes ages, especially if there's an outside chance someone will buy a home shirt instead of waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 15 August, 2013 Share Posted 15 August, 2013 just looking online and it appears they don't sell the keeper shirt there either! although you can buy a dvd compilation of our goals last season for £17! If the quality is similar to the quality of the Saints Player videos then £1.50 would be a fair price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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