Southampton store and online closed

[saint lard]

Apparently. 🤷🏻‍♂️

https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2022-11-21/southampton-football-club-update-on-retail-operations

[Yorkshire Saint]

We never seem to get our merchandising right. This week of all weeks and in the Peak retail period as well. 

Surely with JD sports as a partner there is a fast solution....

[bangkoksaint]

It can’t be as calamitous as when we ended up producing our own kit! The quality was shocking. 

[dronskisaint]

Sounds like it's Hummel that's in trouble...affecting a number of other clubs too. Terrible time of year to be closing the shops and online store .

[FarehamSaintJames]

20 minutes ago, bangkoksaint said:

It can’t be as calamitous as when we ended up producing our own kit! The quality was shocking. 

I disagree, the 14/15 kit wasn’t that bad. And actually I think the 15/16 kit was my favourite (adidas I think).

Rather we produced our own again than have another kit as crummy as this seasons.

[Lord Duckhunter]

They were a complete and utter shambles this time last year as well. I ordered my Grandson a kit for Xmas in the middle of Nov & it still hadn’t arrived 4 days before Xmas. I chased and chased it, we just wanted to know if it was coming (because we’d have got him something else). They kept saying it was but in the end I had to kick off with the club. To be fair to them, they arranged for us to pick one up from the shop, and it was free of charge. The ordered one eventually arrived in Jan.  They apologised profusely & said they had issues with the online  partners but they’d be sorted for this year. Clearly not. Shocking fucking service….

[Dorchester Saint]

I remember not too long ago when we were a slick operation in all areas…..

[Saint_clark]

20 minutes ago, Dorchester Saint said:

I remember not too long ago when we were a slick operation in all areas…..

You mean when Cortese was in charge?

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 hour ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

They were a complete and utter shambles this time last year as well. I ordered my Grandson a kit for Xmas in the middle of Nov & it still hadn’t arrived 4 days before Xmas. I chased and chased it, we just wanted to know if it was coming (because we’d have got him something else). They kept saying it was but in the end I had to kick off with the club. To be fair to them, they arranged for us to pick one up from the shop, and it was free of charge. The ordered one eventually arrived in Jan.  They apologised profusely & said they had issues with the online  partners but they’d be sorted for this year. Clearly not. Shocking fucking service….

Same with a delivery this year. I know it might not be the club's fault, but the delivery company they use is absolute bollocks. Lying about trying to deliver the ordered stuff, taking blurred pics of my supposed driveway and then claiming they couldn't find the address. Shit show all round.

[JRM]

2 hours ago, dronskisaint said:

Sounds like it's Hummel that's in trouble...affecting a number of other clubs too. Terrible time of year to be closing the shops and online store .

Don't think it's hummel, it's an outsourced distribution company, probably thought we'd save a few quid using them but another poor commercial decision. 

I remember the LD Sports shirts that became obsolete as the company didn't exist, more great due diligence that was - never been properly explained by Semmens. Ended up making more kits (Not UA) probably lost money on them

 

[Daft Kerplunk]

The commercial department is a bit of a joke. From one shit show to another whether it’s kit being late/or bad quality, getting a drink at a game, large numbers of opposition fans in the home areas, £500 hospitality tickets that don’t sell out (no surprise, the team has still been shit), sponsorships that fall through or don’t pay…and on to the next mistakes.

[Turkish]

59 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

You mean when Cortese was in charge?

No not when Cortese was in charge. Then we had Virtually zero income from corporate revenue, an adidas template kit that you could buy with out the saints badge on for £15, a sponsorship deal with the largest recruitment company In Chilworth, a training ground worth £20m that cost £40m and was 2 years late, hundreds of thousands of pounds spent in out of court settlements. Shall I go on? 

Edited 21 November, 2022 by Turkish

[St Chalet]

Is Plan B to get the first team to work in the shop whilst we are on a world cup break?

[saint1977]

2 hours ago, St Chalet said:

Is Plan B to get the first team to work in the shop whilst we are on a world cup break?

Adam Armstrong would get a bad back from all the times he’d try to give you your change but miss your hand and have to pick it up off the floor. Lots of the stock wouldn’t make the shop floor as the midfield wouldn’t be strong enough to carry the boxes from the stock room.

[bugenhagen]

16 hours ago, Dorchester Saint said:

I remember not too long ago when we were a slick operation in all areas…..

Even extending to catering and radio station...

[SaintsLoyal]

Replies from fans on the same club article via facebook mention a lot of issues with bad quality of the hummel kits. 

 

[ecuk268]

Is Pirate Paul still around?

 

[SuperSAINT]

 

[Master Bates]

[Nolan]

how to spot a Wind up Twitter account.

look at the "Joined" date. 

Look to see if their profile image is used anywhere else, or has a watermark stamp across it.

Look to see how many people they have following or are following.

 

 

 

Edited 24 November, 2022 by Nolan

[Bad Wolf]

2 hours ago, SuperSAINT said:

 

They won't lose out if they've ordered via the club as their contract of sale is with the club and not Hummel.

[Kenilworthy]

I ordered something on Sunday and much to my surprise it was delivered today.

[Weston Super Saint]

On 24/11/2022 at 11:40, Bad Wolf said:

They won't lose out if they've ordered via the club as their contract of sale is with the club and not Hummel.

Surely their contract of sale is with Elite Sports Group and not the club?  

[Bad Wolf]

On 27/11/2022 at 08:24, Weston Super Saint said:

Surely their contract of sale is with Elite Sports Group and not the club?  

Depends where they purchased it. If they purchased it via the club website then the contact is with the club. Obviously if they got it direct from ESG then it's with them.

[Verbal]

On 24/11/2022 at 09:33, Master Bates said:

And here he is in a different guise. It's horseshit.

 

[skintsaint]

15 hours ago, Verbal said:

And here he is in a different guise. It's horseshit.

 

Packed on the timber quickly has old Finchy.

[SaintsLoyal]

At least some moderation is going on twitter

 

https://twitter.com/Keenan_Finch

 

Edited 29 November, 2022 by SaintsLoyal

[alehouseboys]

Form a nice orderly queue at the door...

https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2022-11-30/retail-store-reopen-southampton-football-club-2022-23

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

The best product I bought from the Saints Store was the large umbrella. Black with the Saints emblem in gold. Looked quite classy. I liked it so much that when it got stuck in my golf bag, I sawed the bag in half to salvage the brolly - sadly, I also sawed through some of the spokes. Now, I don't think they even sell oversized brollies.

[John Boy Saint]

14 hours ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

The best product I bought from the Saints Store was the large umbrella. Black with the Saints emblem in gold. Looked quite classy. I liked it so much that when it got stuck in my golf bag, I sawed the bag in half to salvage the brolly - sadly, I also sawed through some of the spokes. Now, I don't think they even sell oversized brollies.

I’m guessing you sawed through the cloth too 😳

if you are emotionally attached beyond grief these could fix it for you - you might need to get a firm grip on the top of your trousers before enquiring 😂

https://www.foxumbrellas.com/blogs/news-and-information/umbrella-repairs-and-restorations

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Anyone know if they are getting anymore kits in? Kids sizes are pretty much out of stock online. 

[SuperSAINT]

Anyone know who they use to ship stuff?  Forgot about the Royal Mail strikes.

[alehouseboys]

I didn't know they had a store in the Marlands shopping centre until walking through last weekend - in the old Disney store and quite a bit larger than the previous West Quay one. Probably been there for some time!

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 hour ago, SuperSAINT said:

Anyone know who they use to ship stuff?  Forgot about the Royal Mail strikes.

Pretty sure it's Evri