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Moving on to something constructive for the club.
We are constantly hearing about how poor the choice is in the club shop, so I would like to know what items the fans would like to see and more importantly would BUY from the club shop?

1. I would like to see baby wear.

Items like Babygrows with the club crest on are cute and not that expensive to produce. The Items we've sold before, the little hats and bibs were great and encourage people to make their child/grandchild/nephew/neice a stanley fan wether their parents like it or not!!!

2. I would like to see a larger range of casual wear, jumpers and sweatshirts.

I know the club already do these but at the minute when you buy a sweatshirt, its the only design available and when you've bought it then the likelyhood is you aren't gonna buy another one!!!

3. Casual and Souvineer T-shirts

We have one of the most recognisable names in football and it's going unused at the minute. We could easily do a large range of designs using a good cheap t-shirt supplier and our screenprint heat press (number press).
The club could decide on a choice of logo's / designs that can be easily made in screen or flexiprint and simply apply them to the customers choice of shirt. (similar to what kipax tried earlier in the season but in a smaller scale)



Ladies, gents and those who are yet to make up their minds!!
Can we please keep this thread free of tittle tattle and negative comments, and make it full of positve ideas for the club to look into.

Many thanks

Sarah.

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Don't know if they have had them before,but hows about the good old baseball caps?

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Good Thread, cheers Sparkie, all ideas are welcome.

As for babywear, watch this space :)

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Flags. Lots Of Em

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Gumboots,crockery sets...but to me the most obvious(may've been done,) plastic drink bottles.

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stanley wine....




sorry :)

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It's been said before I know. But how about a car flag with the Stanley Chrest and or an Cross of St George with the Stanley Chrest in the corner. :)

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What about those things your countrymen used to swing round at footy games that made a hell of a raquet=Claxtons??? you know,real loud clicking sound.

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Well i've been after one of those scarves you put in the car windows for ages, they had them in once but can't find any now

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little drums maybe :D

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Deffo the baby wear!! Great thread, Stanley Umbrellas(not joking either)
Accy stanley, birthday cards, gift wrapping.

What about those clear plastic club badges for the rear window of your car, a large(quarter window) one from everton are only a fiver.

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stuff for the kids to make a racket with; plenty of the little plastic horns (blowing type), little wavy flag things etc.

Lets make the Clayton end look like London does around coronation day/St Georges Day/any England winning something day. Lets have volunteers walking up and down the path selling this kind of tat.

In fact lets have a competition who can name that path. 50p a go (oops differnt thread coming up

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Definately Stanley Umbrella`s, i would buy one of those.
I have a car scarf, bought it jonks ago, cant believe they dont have any anymore, as i wanted one to send to a friend in the USA whos`s become a fan from afar.
I also asked my son to buy me a Stanley tie for Xmas as i thought they had them, but alas none left.
I also want a Stanley mug to take to work.

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Accrington stanley crockery sounds good, and maybe the glass ware to go with it.

Also kids bedding and curtains, actually I bet you'd get rid of a few king size sets too!!

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gifty things like coasters, mousemats, place mats and pennants.

also a larger range of enamel badges and fridge magnets

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larger premises!!!!!!!!!!!

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lol!!!! Yeah, nice one macca!!

Keep the ideas coming people, we know the club look at the message board. Maybe some of these things will be arriving in the club shop soon!

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Playing cards.

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I think the umbrella's the best idea yet seems as winters setting in, I even found a supplier :D
http://www.im-pressbrolly.com/index.html

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Club Birthday cards and Special Occasion cards for the discerning fan would be nice, but not tat.

A range of High Quality products would be nice. I noticed a large Key ring in the shop the other day, nice but a little bit to big, something half the size would be perfect.

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That’s Excellent KSH, I wonder if they do one offs?

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Looking at their contacts page it appears its a minimum of 25 and could take up to 8 week, or over 8 week to get the best price

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Here's another 2

http://www.totalmerchandise.co.uk/ne...cat.php?cat=25
http://www.businessgifts-uk.com/busi...?cat=Umbrellas

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bigger choice of t-shirts, including a remake of the early - mid nineties grey one. (I had one and wore it to death, also saw somebody wearing one in the ASDA in the summer, it still looks good).
I think little handheld flags would be great, especially for the kids.
Bedding, curtains, cups and glasses is a brilliant idea.

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that would be spot on that.

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Bedroom curtains :D so i can replace my sons premadonnaship ones with local team splendor hehehehehe & see if he notices the switch round as colours are same LOL & if i could be ar*ed to redecorate his room then the wallpaper would be handy but im not cos he wrecked this one, but might do for a little fans room :D but that is going really merchandised mad pmsl!!!!

Sporty sweatshirts for proper insultation in club style for cold wet months under the roof called sky :D

As others suggested something that would be ideal for a pressie to give someone & varied choice, also enough staff to make sure orders certainly online gets improved:D

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"The Stanley Heritage Range" drawing on our eventful and unique history...replica vintage shirts (OK, I know another company has done it, but WE should be doing it and making the money from it), prints of classic matches from Peel Park, a set of replica cigarette cards, each featuring a famous player, mounted and framed.

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[quote=Redash;345666]bigger choice of t-shirts, including a remake of the early - mid nineties grey one. (I had one and wore it to death, also saw somebody wearing one in the ASDA in the summer, it still looks good).

I remember having one of those grey t shirts it looked great i was never out of it.the shop does need to do a larger selection of t shirts and polo shirts they would sell hundreds.

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Looks like the club are one step ahead and have realised that they where lacking behind slightly and have stocked up for christmas

Noticed that they have now got some new stuff in pin badges, keyrings, wallets, bags, trophies, new books, Celtic cross CD, crackers, party poppers :D, pint glasses, tax disc holder, scarf, as well as the full range of shirts

so plenty of things there to buy for christmas :D

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gloves sweatbands and layered retro teashirts:xena_bana

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Now you are talking Wynonie:D thats a fabulous idea i'd love to have some of the peel park framed mounts as the th'owd peel park pub had hung up - i've always wanted them from being a kid, wonder what happened to all them frames bet they made a mint off them:rolleyes:

Ah hum theres part of my perfect wish list for santa:D

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why not experiment in clothes that go with jeans eg. desinger style tops :p

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Being away at our eldest sons in boston lincs last week my wife and I were unable to attend the victor michael show at the accy stanley club bar last friday night having put a piece about victor on the accy web about three weeks after seeing him at a warners hotel where he got an amazing standing ovation we wondered how he went down at the accy stanley bar knowing he has a quite a following from his previous appearances in the accrington area maybe some one from the vocus group attended and would be kind and let us know how he went down on the night

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Some great ideas on here. My lad would definatley have the bedding and curtains, also a range of casual t-shirts (like most other clubs have). And what about this for a crazy idea......how about selling the new season's kit before Accy fortnight (summer hols) instead of the limited supply available in august. Wearing the new shirt abroad while on your hols is a must (unless you support stanley, when last season's has to make do).

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definitely.........the day before the first game is way too late

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OK, the sensitive types might want to pass over this bit and find something that’s not likely to offend.

What a ******** waist of space and effort. Why bother having the club shop online when you’re not exploiting its potential.

To start with get a couple of nice looking girls to model all of the clothing lines, Shirt’s, Scarf’s, Hats and Rain ware, have an half decent photographer take Photographs around different areas of the club capitalising on what the Ground has to offer. Remember that we are potentially selling to hundreds, if not thousands of willing buyers the world over and for them to see an area of the ground as well as the goods is a bonus.

Photograph the full range of goods on sale and get the images online, clear and detailed, make some effort over it, give better descriptions and provide a little more detail around logos etc, make use of the space available, a little bit of imagination will pay dividends.

I’m not have a cheap shot or taking the ****, but what would it cost to do a little more in order to increase sales of Stanley Merchandise.

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Well I feel develish today so I will read on.


You mean like miss accy stanley that I put forward last season... tried it mate.. never happened... too many female fans took the hump.... the same ones who took the hump when i said drop female supporter of the year and just have supporter... seems they want it both ways :)

Excuse me? where do you think the pics come from..... me and julie went down a couple of months ago and photographed just about every item they have... all now on a cd in someones drawer no doubt :)


eerm they can cant they?

make some effort.... the fairies havent been doing the shop up until now you know... I agree its greatly lacking in stock and run like a cartoon..... but dont presume that means no one has made an effort ..


yes you are.... you could same the same things without the asterixes and references to no effort... I happen to agree with what your saying.. but as somoene who has put some effort in by first making the shop then photographing everyhting and even dragging my kids down there as models. its not my fault if its been run shoddy .... doesnt mean no effort been put in ..


the club are in the paper and having press conferences saying they want more money... yet a golden opportunity exists that they are not exploiting properly... nearly crimbo and everything isnt in the shop... and what is there isnt even available half the time.. the online shop could be a stand alone business in itself... they could be coining it in...

why arn't they?

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Hiya Lee :)

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This is what I keep saying again and again! At this moment on ebay are Stanley mousemats, badges, dog tags, cooking aprons and T-shirts, all unofficial and all diverting money away from where it should go! If the club want an invaluable new income stream THEY MUST SORT THE MERCHANDISING OPERATION OUT!! (and that's meant positively and constructively!). :D

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I think That was what I was trying to say...........:) and it was meant to be positive and constructive...:) I hope your not offended Lee. But think of the lost income.

Q: Whats the wine like?

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Sorry to bring this up again.
Last night I was thinking (week and a half off work, getting bored, perhaps). How about a booth on the away end, with T-shirt printing, similar to the ones at Blackpool prom, where they iron on logos on plain T-shirts. Only ours will have the opposition club crest and underneath in small letters - Accrington Stanley V (whoever we are playing) plus the date. - £10 each.

The transfers can be printed on that T-Shirt paper for Inkjet printers, probably 3 T-shirts per sheet of paper, and Ironed- on, on request. I think 10 - 20 T-Shirts per 3-400 away fans will be possible, not a lot but it may just catch on and it's a 1 or 2 hundred quid quid per match.

just a thought.

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Like this
http://www.mickprocter.f2s.com/County_T-Shirt.jpg

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Think I got the last baby gear :) http://images.kodakgallery.eu.com/ph...2133_0_ALB.jpg

Bring em back :D

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I think that is an excellent idea Redash ! :D It would also make a nice souvenir of the away teams visit to the Fraser Eagle Stadium (or an unpleasant reminder when Stanley thrash 'em !!! :) :D )

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How about having some items modelled by a fit bird, and some modelled by a fit bloke...? That way everyone's got someone they can ogle! Everyone's a winner.

:)

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Haven't posted for a while but seeing an item about the club shop prompts me to ask if any other non-local has had problems with them.Ordered two shirts 2/12 which I was told should be desatched 5/12.Not a dickie !

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- - - hit the enter key before adding phone calls and emails not returned. Second successive Christmas they've let me down. Not good enough.They need to get customer service basics right before dreaming up more revenue spinners to let us down with ! feel a touch of the Victor Meldrews heading Rob's way.

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Complete sympathy with you LongLostSon. The way they run the business really is farcical. Not sending the items is bad enough, but then to not return phone calls and e-mails is just pathetic.

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I feel all items in the club shop are way overpriced...:confused: The mark up is way over 100% on the current Surridge website:confused: i appreciate the garments need to be badged but still the mark up is massive.

Now before you all jump on me no i dont expect the shop to give stuff away `and yes all the profits go into the club...but it needs to reasonably priced.

In general Lancashire is not at the higher end of the wage scale.

What about a sale ??