New Kit 19/20

[Jimmypearce7]

The home shirt is gorgeous, the home even better

meh to the third.

I think all three are great. Why not have a competition each year to design the kit?

 

[Jimmypearce7]

Manufacturing lead times will also play a part. The scheduling for the new kit would have been drawn up by Nike long before we even started getting sniffs of what the final design would be, possibly even before it was even decided on and almost certainly before we got to the CL final. The unlikelihood of us making the CL final would have played a part in determining the production schedule too. If we were a club considered likely to get to the final, then a production schedule could have been drawn up to cater for that.

For a massive business like Nike, with thousands of different production lines, each with their own schedule, altering one production schedule solely on the basis of one of their many business clients having a small change in circumstances (from Nike’s point of view) makes absolutely no business sense.

Likewise, the club wouldn’t entertain the possibility either because even if Nike could gear up in time, it would cost the club a hideous amount of money because of the costs involved for Nike to have to produce an unscheduled production run.

Unfortunately, it’s not a case of someone at Nike HQ simply pressing a button and the sweatshop production line then going into action. Even if that were possible, the logistics involved in shipping alone are mammoth and can’t be altered or added to in a very short space of time without massive expense.

Yes, I understand that but Spurs have a history of launching their kit later than other clubs and when i have asked them about it they get very defensive and talk about logistics etc when other clubs manage and it is the club missing out on income.

Summer and Christmas are the peak kit buying times and if the club got the new kits on sale as the season finished and right at the start of the summer they would sell more.

 

[rez9000]

Yes, I understand that but Spurs have a history of launching their kit later than other clubs and when i have asked them about it they get very defensive and talk about logistics etc when other clubs manage and it is the club missing out on income.

Summer and Christmas are the peak kit buying times and if the club got the new kits on sale as the season finished and right at the start of the summer they would sell more.

Oh, for certain, we're often very late in releasing our kits - that's undeniable.

My point was only regarding the possibility of doing an early run for the CL final.

 

[chrissivad]

I think all three are great. Why not have a competition each year to design the kit?

Probably a few reasons.
Who gets to vote?
If its everyone then it's open to abuse from other teams.
Members only? How many fans does that excluded.


But why would Nike make extra work for themselves by making individual kits for teams?

 

[nicdic]

Oh, for certain, we're often very late in releasing our kits - that's undeniable.

My point was only regarding the possibility of doing an early run for the CL final.

We wouldn't have been allowed anyway.

 

[DJS]

Like these a lot. Especially the dark one..
https://i.redd.it/vzqlbwa0nu621.png

Fans definitely should be taken on to design/input kits.

I actually really like all of them! The grey sleeves are a little iffy but not too bad.

And I actually really like that third kit!

Is this real?

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

I actually really like all of them! The grey sleeves are a little iffy but not too bad.

And I actually really like that third kit!

Is this real?

Nah, just some designs some one put on Reddit
Talented though, they have the textured material if you look close.

I like the grey sleeves. It's very subtle and gives the shirt shape.

 

[rez9000]

We wouldn't have been allowed anyway.

No, not for the players - to go on sale to the public. UEFA can't control what merchandise a club sells!

(Although they'd probably like to!)

 

[DJS]

Nah, just some designs some one put on Reddit
Talented though, they have the textured material if you look close.

I like the grey sleeves. It's very subtle and gives the shirt shape.

They should be put in charge of our kits lol.

I do really like that third kit...

 

[Niko]

Let's hope we aren't this template....

 

[Lighty64]

I am a whinger- yes- but if you read what I wrote in subsequent posts I directly said I loved last year’s kit— all three of them!!! I obviously hated/hate the red “AIA,” but I still appreciated that Nike did a great job with what they had to work with (silk purse from a sow’s ear and all that). And I also LOVED the 2016-17 away kit (which I also said)— you know— the dark navy blue and goldish color AIA one....I bought two of ‘em!

So no I don’t “hate” everything— I just despise this season’s shirts; that they’re garbage and that the home kit looks just plain awful when paired with white shorts is beyond debate. And that- to me- is both sad and ridiculous.

so do I apologies or not people, he has only liked 2 kits in 6 years, but still moaned about 1 of those because we are tied into a contract with AIA.

how to vote as they are neutral ratings, if you don't think I should apologise hit me with a WTF, if you think I should apologies then hit me with a doh!

 

[chrissivad]

They should be put in charge of our kits lol.

I do really like that third kit...

 

[Jimmypearce7]

Probably a few reasons.
Who gets to vote?
If its everyone then it's open to abuse from other teams.
Members only? How many fans does that excluded.


But why would Nike make extra work for themselves by making individual kits for teams?

They could sell more- that would be one reason.

 

[chrissivad]

They could sell more- that would be one reason.

They could, but unless your talking a big increase its probably not worth it.

Also if its a similar design picked every year you could see a decrease in sales...

 

[Wig]

Probably a few reasons.
Who gets to vote?
If its everyone then it's open to abuse from other teams.
Members only? How many fans does that excluded.


But why would Nike make extra work for themselves by making individual kits for teams?

"Why would Nike make extra work for themselves by making individual kits for teams?". Well for one reason, to improve customer experience. Encourage fan involvement from the start and then reap rewards from the same fans when they help decide the final design, and then buy the kit. And if fans need to register to both supply design ideas and vote for their preferred design, then that produces shed loads of consumer data.

Here's how I could see it working... Manufacturer (Nike) invite fans to help design the third kit (no fan input into home and away kits). Then the manufacturer and spurs will review the design submissions and create a top 5 or 10 shortlist, thereby removing the crap designs and any ludicrous stuff that might win a fan poll (like "Boaty McBoatface"). Registered spurs fans from around the world can then do a global vote on which of the shortlist designs gets picked to be produced as the "fan's choice" 3rd kit.

 

[DJS]

It’s pure sex and you know it!

 

[chrissivad]

"Why would Nike make extra work for themselves by making individual kits for teams?". Well for one reason, to improve customer experience. Encourage fan involvement from the start and then reap rewards from the same fans when they help decide the final design, and then buy the kit. And if fans need to register to both supply design ideas and vote for their preferred design, then that produces shed loads of consumer data.

Here's how I could see it working... Manufacturer (Nike) invite fans to help design the third kit (no fan input into home and away kits). Then the manufacturer and spurs will review the design submissions and create a top 5 or 10 shortlist, thereby removing the crap designs and any ludicrous stuff that might win a fan poll (like "Boaty McBoatface"). Registered spurs fans from around the world can then do a global vote on which of the shortlist designs gets picked to be produced as the "fan's choice" 3rd kit.

Nike pay a lot of money to have their design and branding as our kit.
How many teams would Nike have to do this with all over the globe?
Then a template for each kit. I'm not sure how they are made, but I'm sure having a couple of templates is cheap and quick to get kits out.

 

[Fredo]

Why do we always release our kits last? Chelsea are with nike and theirs got released ages ago?

 

[chrissivad]

Why do we always release our kits last? Chelsea are with nike and theirs got released ages ago?

We like to take our time and not rush out a poor quality shirt

 

[absolute bobbins]

"Why would Nike make extra work for themselves by making individual kits for teams?". Well for one reason, to improve customer experience. Encourage fan involvement from the start and then reap rewards from the same fans when they help decide the final design, and then buy the kit. And if fans need to register to both supply design ideas and vote for their preferred design, then that produces shed loads of consumer data.

Here's how I could see it working... Manufacturer (Nike) invite fans to help design the third kit (no fan input into home and away kits). Then the manufacturer and spurs will review the design submissions and create a top 5 or 10 shortlist, thereby removing the crap designs and any ludicrous stuff that might win a fan poll (like "Boaty McBoatface"). Registered spurs fans from around the world can then do a global vote on which of the shortlist designs gets picked to be produced as the "fan's choice" 3rd kit.

For all the work that’s involved with this... design, admin, setup, marketing etc, you would not get the increase in sales volume to justify all the effort and cost.