pride_of_the_road Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 9 minutes ago, Owling Wolfe said: Yet they don't have to suffer from it. Crap innit. And the win the prem They have to thank Gary Lineker alot for what he did at the beginning! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brayshaw Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 (edited) It's all about what we as a club lack at every level. It's about marketing and commercialism. It's March, 6/7 weeks left, who's still buying shirts? Nobody! So make people buy them, cheap enough not to care, get rid of the stock and build excitement for the new kit/season. The money on kits is made in the first few weeks when the big sales pay for the stock and generate profit. The rest of the sales through the season are pure profit. What do we do as a club? Sit on unwanted stock, at sky high price with zero hope of ever selling any...frankly amateurish business decorum, and zero commercial common sense. Reality is, give people what they want at the right price and they will buy. Nice shiny new kit pre season at high price, everybody wants one, 2 months of the season to go, make the shirts cheap as chips and people will realise they want one. You can't buy players and fund a club with polyester hanging up in the shop, but you can with cash. Edited March 12, 2018 by Peter Brayshaw Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling Wolfe Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, Peter Brayshaw said: It's all about what we as a club lack at every level. It's about marketing and commercialism. It's March, 6/7 weeks left, who's still buying shirts? Nobody! So make people buy them, cheap enough not to care, get rid of the stock and build excitement for the new kit/season. The money on kits is made in the first few weeks when the big sales pay for the stock and generate profit. The rest of the sales through the season are pure profit. What do we do as a club? Sit on unwanted stock, at sky high price with zero hope of ever selling any...frankly amateurish business decorum, and zero commercial common sense. Reality is, give people what they want at the right price and they will buy. Nice shiny new kit pre season at high price, everybody wants one, 2 months of the season to go, make the shirts cheap as chips and people will realise they want one. You can't buy players and fund a club with polyester hanging up in the shop, but you can with cash. Trouble is, if they sell them all the shop will be almost empty 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 I still believe that putting a shirt on pre-order once announced is dynamite in terms of getting record sales sold It's done in every other industry that I can think of Get em on PRE-ORDER!!! Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 Just now, Owling Wolfe said: Trouble is, if they sell them all the shop will be almost empty That's ok - we can get the playoff final commemorative t-shirts back out Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adelphi1867 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 17 hours ago, @owlstalk said: Leicester City have just put a mega sale on this season's kits for their fans Puma too https://shop.lcfc.com/kits/home-kit Yet another stick to beat the club with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 1 minute ago, adelphi1867 said: Yet another stick to beat the club with. Mate - if you can't handle debate stick to the official site The Leicester kit thing is a great idea, we could do it, we should do it Nothing wrong with pointing it out and discussing it whatsoever Unless you're advocating continuing to sell the shirts to our fans at £59? Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brayshaw Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 When saying 'Unless you're advocating continuing to sell shirts to our fans at £59'..........this suggests folks are buying, frankly I'd be staggered if we've sold 50 shirts since the turn of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling Wolfe Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 To be fair it's March, we are terrible at the minute, the shirts we have left aren't gunna sell at £59 are they. Reduce them to a tenner and they will fly out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 Just now, Peter Brayshaw said: When saying 'Unless you're advocating continuing to sell shirts to our fans at £59'..........this suggests folks are buying, frankly I'd be staggered if we've sold 50 shirts since the turn of the year. Agreed That's why saying this post is bashing the club is incorrect It's constructive criticism and offering ideas to improve and win Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brayshaw Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: Agreed That's why saying this post is bashing the club is incorrect It's constructive criticism and offering ideas to improve and win To be fair it's constructively bashing them, and couldn't be anymore deserved. If the shirts aren't slashed damn soon, not a lesson has been learnt from the racks of pin stripe beauties still for sale in the week before Xmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride_of_the_road Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Did they make any announcement on the kit on Saturday as suggested on Friday evening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, pride_of_the_road said: Did they make any announcement on the kit on Saturday as suggested on Friday evening? No but I'm not surprised I'd have not announced it on a downer after the result we got Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Peter Brayshaw said: It's all about what we as a club lack at every level. It's about marketing and commercialism. It's March, 6/7 weeks left, who's still buying shirts? Nobody! So make people buy them, cheap enough not to care, get rid of the stock and build excitement for the new kit/season. The money on kits is made in the first few weeks when the big sales pay for the stock and generate profit. The rest of the sales through the season are pure profit. What do we do as a club? Sit on unwanted stock, at sky high price with zero hope of ever selling any...frankly amateurish business decorum, and zero commercial common sense. Reality is, give people what they want at the right price and they will buy. Nice shiny new kit pre season at high price, everybody wants one, 2 months of the season to go, make the shirts cheap as chips and people will realise they want one. You can't buy players and fund a club with polyester hanging up in the shop, but you can with cash. Spot on mate . Its common sense . You have stock left you need to shift before the new stock arrives in a few weeks. What do you do ? you have a sale with massive discounts to tempt people to take it off your hands so you arnt left with it gathering dust in the stockroom. Not wednesday , we persist in trying to flog it at full price . You couldnt make it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 BREAKING NEWS Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe P. Coltrane Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 5 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: BREAKING NEWS Still too expensive for that rag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 1 minute ago, Andoverowl said: Still too expensive for that rag. Gotta say I'm very surprised they're not down to £10 which MIGHT make that shirt buyable to those who can ignore the horrific design BUT it's an attempt to make the right moves forward I guess. Can't see em shifting many at all at £30 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe P. Coltrane Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 1 minute ago, @owlstalk said: Gotta say I'm very surprised they're not down to £10 which MIGHT make that shirt buyable to those who can ignore the horrific design BUT it's an attempt to make the right moves forward I guess. Can't see em shifting many at all at £30 Agree it's a step in the right direction but not far enough £10 would be about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling Wolfe Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 57 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: Gotta say I'm very surprised they're not down to £10 which MIGHT make that shirt buyable to those who can ignore the horrific design BUT it's an attempt to make the right moves forward I guess. Can't see em shifting many at all at £30 there'll be thousands of them left when the price eventually drops to a tenner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i used to be sc_owl Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Our shirts are way too expensive. Can't justify spending anywhere like that on a football shirt. But yeah, Leicester have Premier League TV money, Champions League money from the other season as well. Different situations entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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