Yesterday I saw something that gobsmacked me, and left me quite chuffed at the same time. Browsing through Sports and Soccor shop in Hounslow, right on the top rail where the football shirts are were ... the brand new QPR shirts...Adults retailing at £35 and kiddies at £28, and to top that they also had the 2nd strip and 3rd strip available too. I was also under the impression only the QPR club shop were allowed to sell official QPR shirts...? Gladdened my heart to see the QPR shirts, alongside Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, etc. Stan
I was in soccer scene in Carnaby St the other week and had the same feeling ... mind you they were upstairs and not downstairs with the rest of the premier league kits! I was in Milan just after the lotto deal was signed and they had one in the airport shop with no sponsors on it .... they were tucked away at the back on the rails so I moved them all to the front .... sadly they only had large so nothing to fit me as I am over 12 years old!!
Nice one. Everytime I go shopping in Kingston I have a look in the sports shops to see if our kits have arrived alongside the prems finest. (sic) Sadly to of no avail. It's good to see that they're starting to appear now. For a club who's new owners seem so keen on marketing and branding, they've appeared a bit slow out of the blocks, regarding this opportunity to increase shirt sales. Especially as the only outlet was the club shop, whereby getting into there on a matchday is more difficult than getting your hands on an away match ticket.
They have them in Stratford Westfield, but agree they should have a store in the W12 Westfield. The Raving Irons have a store in Stratford - empty when i walked past though
There's a few empty shops on Uxbridge Rd that would be a good oppotunity for a club shop too. ( Sorry Megastore.)
