Re: 150th Anniversary Kit... : Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:35 am  

*1865* wrote:

Great to see Lauaki back in the game after his mental health problems.

Will go well in tbr championship

Re: 150th Anniversary Kit... : Fri Dec 26, 2014 11:48 am  

fc baldy wrote:

Indeed and people was slagging our merchandise team off after Jenkinson? Buggerd off to leeds......we have a far superior set up and locations to 1 certain Lancashire club who like pies.They have a small retail unit at the back of their main shopping centre.

Always been surprised that Leeds don`t have a city centre store, massive sales gone begging there. Wonder why that is..

[Mild Rover]

Re: 150th Anniversary Kit... : Fri Dec 26, 2014 1:53 pm  

The Judge wrote:

Always been surprised that Leeds don`t have a city centre store, massive sales gone begging there. Wonder why that is..

To play devil's advocate, these shops pretty much have a monopoly on their loyal but niche customer base. Like a lot of retailers they'll now be making a fair proportion of their sales online, I suspect.

The move towards online shopping will have depressed rents, I guess, but maybe also city centre footfall. And there'll certainly still be cheaper options; when you consider that stuff like mugs and key-rings must have pretty low margins, that could be crucial.
Shirt launch and Christmas will be the big money spinners, and you could maybe cater for those with a pop-up?

City centre is maybe more about profile than (direct) profits?

Re: 150th Anniversary Kit... : Fri Dec 26, 2014 3:37 pm  

Brilliant effort by the club to sell so many shirts so early. Timely boost ahead of the season.

Re: 150th Anniversary Kit... : Fri Dec 26, 2014 4:12 pm  

The Judge wrote:

Always been surprised that Leeds don`t have a city centre store, massive sales gone begging there. Wonder why that is..

Haven't they still got a shop in the St John's centre? It's quite well placed, really. No less so than Saville Street, I'd say.

Incidentally, the FC polo shirt that Santa brought me this year is a really decent shirt, really well made in my opinion. Should last a while!

Re: 150th Anniversary Kit... : Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:56 pm  

beetwaste wrote:

Haven't they still got a shop in the St John's centre? It's quite well placed, really. No less so than Saville Street, I'd say.

Incidentally, the FC polo shirt that Santa brought me this year is a really decent shirt, really well made in my opinion. Should last a while!

Took a mate of mine to get a Rhino`s shirt last saturday and rang the club to see if they had a centre store and they told me they had`nt got one.

Re: 150th Anniversary Kit... : Sat Dec 27, 2014 2:04 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

To play devil's advocate, these shops pretty much have a monopoly on their loyal but niche customer base. Like a lot of retailers they'll now be making a fair proportion of their sales online, I suspect.

The move towards online shopping will have depressed rents, I guess, but maybe also city centre footfall. And there'll certainly still be cheaper options; when you consider that stuff like mugs and key-rings must have pretty low margins, that could be crucial.
Shirt launch and Christmas will be the big money spinners, and you could maybe cater for those with a pop-up?

City centre is maybe more about profile than (direct) profits?

Maybe that's why the rovers' city centre shop appears to be available to rent?

Re: 150th Anniversary Kit... : Sat Dec 27, 2014 4:27 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

Maybe that's why the rovers' city centre shop appears to be available to rent?

No Jake, its because their 20,000 fans have turned up and bought all the stock. They sure know how to shift sh*t.

Re: 150th Anniversary Kit... : Sat Dec 27, 2014 4:30 pm  

They want someone to take over their lease in Savile Street another year to run I believe.

[Mild Rover]

Re: 150th Anniversary Kit... : Sat Dec 27, 2014 6:55 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

Maybe that's why the rovers' city centre shop appears to be available to rent?

There was a quote (or possibly a question in a fan survey) that suggested that it wasn't doing much/any more trade than the previous Holderness road store, so it's no surprise. I guess it could be in part because times have got tougher since the move, masking any benefit.

I wonder how much merchandise is worth to clubs - it usually seems to be expressed in terms of revenue rather than profit. Any ideas on what the profit per shirt is, roughly?

I shall do some internet research...

Edit: A report from 2011 has replica football shirts reaching retailers at £14 and being sold on for at least £35.

So roughly £25 quid on a club RL shirt gross profit nowadays, maybe.