City merchandise

[John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.]

The green and white checked was awful, which is why it was so good. I was the only kid in my street, school, football team that had it. I might have been the only kid in Hull to have it

It just goes to show how taste differ, I always liked that shirt.

 

[Trumpton Tiger.]

It would cost them a fortune to manufacture in the UK. And I'm not sure you could get any current PL shirt in Sports direct or anywhere else for £25.

Kingswood branch, racks of them.

 

[Newland Tiger]

He will still have to pay their royalty. Kappa approved factories will produce it but there will be a fee added at that end or he has paid a huge fee for the licence and needs to recoup it that way. It costs us about £7 to manufacture a Kappa standard shirt (z692 fabric they use) because we own that facility and use the same fabric. The factory charge Kappa licensees around £12 depending on volume. Acun will likely be paying more or at least that either to the factory or to Kappa. Add in shipping costs, tax, retail staff and bricks and mortar costs for the stores the mark up won't be huge at £45 inc VAT

Interesting , so there isn't actually any advantage to us as a club in all this

We don't even get the shirts until a week before the seson starts

 

[Jim the Tiger]

Interesting , so there isn't actually any advantage to us as a club in all this

We don't even get the shirts until a week before the seson starts

Not really unless Acun buys a factory. He is forced where to make the Kappa product from a select list of factories. His benefit is that he could charge the club peanuts and then make more but its a loss for him personally somewhere down the line.

The unbranded stuff he can make anywhere. From close inspection in the shop I think he is making it in a shed somewhere, it's bloody awful.

 

[originallambrettaman]

You'll be telling me next that the club are doing us all a favour and 'giving it away'. I bought some gear from the club shop for my grandaughter last season and the quality was shocking yet the price was ridiculously high. I bought her the centinary shirt with the sponsor 'Bonus' across the middle. It was stick on,as was the club badge and was peeling off after one wash, shocking quality. Kappa should either employ better quality control or should be reducing prices by 21%.

The top you bought wasn’t Kappa.

 

[originallambrettaman]

Or if you bought any of the last batch of merchandise from Turkey.......orange.
What's up with getting some of this stuff made locally? The price they are charging doesnt reflect what it cost to make. I'd take a punt that the profit margin on this imported stuff is well over 100%. You can also get any PL replica shirt in Sports Direct for £25, also all imported, so why is our stuff so expensive?

Current Premier League replica shirts are £68-80 at Sports Direct, only last seasons are being sold for £22-25.

 

[originallambrettaman]

There were obviously quality issues with last season’s shirts, but it seems these have been resolved now and replica shirts tend to be expensive at all clubs (at least in the top two tiers).