02 May 2020 13:28:37
So what's everybodys view on new heavily rumoured kit supplier Castore? Links to the water that gerrard punts. never heard of them myself, they seem more fashion brand. Hoodies are 165 in harrods etc. Aslong as they give us decent coin and the best deal possible.
02 May 2020 14:43:29
Never heard of them either mate.
Apparently Andy Murray and McLaren F1 are investors in them.
Big question is - will they be able to keep up with demand?
02 May 2020 14:46:43
If true I think it’s very interesting and could be commercially attractive.
02 May 2020 14:54:01
Castore's aim is to break into football kit manufacturing and become the best globally. If indeed castore is our new kit makers then we will b the first club in scotland/ britain, to have them as kit manufacturers, which is unique and something completely different! ðŸ‘
As we all know our tennis great scot andy murray is sponsored/ supplied by castore. Their stuff looks quality and really good, hope though our kits by castore are not too expensive for our supporters to buy, as the merchandise they currently make is expensive.
02 May 2020 15:08:36
SGL would be hoping commercially its better than the 10 mill over 3 years hummel had on the table for us. can't see it tho. Some of there stuff looks alright. Pricey like you say for sportswear.
02 May 2020 15:44:12
All positive guys but it let's you know that we struggled to get anyone as our kit supplier, Bet you the Tim’s are making 4 times the cash😡😡😡.
02 May 2020 16:06:47
Lets wait and see if indeed it is castore who become our new kit makers and the money on offer on the duration of the contract. Yately01,
i'd imagine with james bisgrove as our commercial/ marketing director now, that this indeed will be a good deal money wise for our club! 👠We'll need to see what the full deal entails in structure of kit sales and percentages etc mate!
02 May 2020 16:14:43
Yately01,i've just read an article mate stating that the new kit deal eclipses the hummel deal significantly and the deal is into 8 figures! It doesn't yet state the length of the deal! ðŸ‘.
02 May 2020 16:22:56
But what happened to New Balance coop? ðŸ˜.
02 May 2020 17:14:06
Personally quite excited if it is Casotre. Will be very interested to see the design of the tops and other gear. I like the Hummel tops but not a great fan of the grey tracky or in fact any of the grey stuff.
02 May 2020 17:19:02
Castore is a smokescreen. Wait and see what the club announce. Megastore will be jumping. Commercial partners will know the value if SD are out the way too. If we can sell in the store and online, in JD and the like, and internationally, manufacturers will know they can sell millions. We should refuse to deal with SD and not permit them to sell our kit at any point.
02 May 2020 17:19:33
Just a little underwhelming Coop and I thought we could have got better✌ï¸âœŒï¸.
02 May 2020 18:05:04
Not sure about it being 7 figure sum. hummels was it was 10 mill. resd on castore website they have just raised 7.5 mill to branch out.
02 May 2020 18:16:50
Think Coops said 8 figures, will depend on volume and value of sales.
02 May 2020 19:38:47
Castore has less than five years' experience in the market, they might struggle to raise the sort of capital required to run an operation of the size we should be envisaging. It is mainly a digital setup with a couple of flagship stores so it would have to alter its trading outlook somewhat.
However, the two founding brothers seem to have that special something about them, taking on the big guns at the top end of a cutthroat market and sometimes young, vibrant, innovative organisations get away with flying on a wing and a prayer, and with the hundreds of thousands of fans we have worldwide as a potential purchasing base, this could - just could - be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
02 May 2020 22:47:40
Ibrox4Me, if you think castore is a smokescreen, then who do you think is going to be our new kit manufacturers mate? 🤔🤔.
03 May 2020 02:52:14
Well SGL Ibrox for me, said it might be a smokescreen can't he have a guess as well. Afterall you have went thought the full sport manufacturers catalogue--new balance, Nike, under armour etc etc- even though we are not all in the loop like yourself surely we are allowed a guess on a rumour site.
03 May 2020 07:46:20
Most definitely Isle of mull 1.I'm not having a pop pal! ðŸ‘.
03 May 2020 07:58:05
Morning Folks, I am having a good wee chuckle today at all of the expert comments on our potential Retail Partner, lol. I am a bit worried that we are paying for James Bisgrove, a proven talent in this field. Let's just wait and see what happens, we've had everyone from Nike, to New Balance etc mentioned, we won't know until James' announces it, stay well everyone.
03 May 2020 09:34:04
I'm more interested who's wearing the jersey than making them.