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FROM PRODUCT TO SYSTEM: HOW FOOTBALL MERCHANDISING IS FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGING
A football shirt is designed, produced, embellished and eventually sold to a fan. For many years, that was the entire story. And to be fair, it worked perfectly well. The purpose of a merchandise product was clear: represent the club, support the brand and generate revenue. Today, however, the landscape is beginning to change. Because the future of merchandising no longer lies in the product alone. Increasingly, it lies in the system behind it. The product used to be the end point Traditionally, merchandise products had a very clear role within a club's commercial strategy. They were: sales items brand [...]
IT'S NOT JUST THE DESIGN: HOW EMBELLISHMENT INFLUENCES THE IMPACT OF A LOGO
A logo can attract attention in many different ways. Sometimes it's the design itself. Sometimes it's the colours. And sometimes it's the embellishment technique behind it. Over the past few years, the possibilities have expanded significantly. Modern heat transfer technologies can do far more than simply display a brand logo. They can create visual effects, add texture, react to light, or even change the way a product is perceived. In this article, we'll take a closer look at some of these possibilities and explore how different heat transfer techniques can influence the impact of a logo. Not every logo needs [...]
QR CODE VS NFC VS RFID: WHICH TECHNOLOGY IS RIGHT FOR YOUR TEXTILES?
Many brands already know that products are becoming increasingly digital. The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is on the horizon. Consumers expect more transparency. Supply chains are becoming more connected. And suddenly, terms like QR Codes , NFC and RFID seem to be everywhere. The challenge? These technologies are often discussed as if they were interchangeable, even though they solve very different problems. As a result, many companies start looking at technologies before defining the actual challenge they want to solve. In this article, you'll learn: how QR Codes, NFC and RFID work where each technology excels the advantages and limitations [...]
WHAT DOES A TEXTILE EMBELLISHMENT PARTNER ACTUALLY DO ALL DAY? A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT A JERSEY LAUNCH
The season begins. The new jersey has arrived. Names and numbers are available. Teamwear has been delivered. Products are ready in the club shop. What many people don't see is that between the first idea and the finished product, there are often months of planning, development, testing and coordination. While clubs focus on jersey launches, sponsors, forecasts, sales figures and preparations for the next season, a wide range of activities are taking place in parallel at the textile embellishment partner. That's why we'd like to switch perspectives for a moment. Because a professional textile embellishment partner is responsible for far [...]
WHAT PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL CLUBS CAN LEARN FROM THE ADIDAS NAMES & NUMBERS PROGRAMME
There's more behind a successful names & numbers programme than a print on a shirt When fans buy a new football shirt, they see a player name and a number. Nothing more. They don't see the design reviews, approval processes, stock planning or in-season replenishments. They don't see the last-minute transfers, the pressure on the club shop during a launch weekend, or the discussions around whether a numbering system will actually perform on a new shirt fabric. And that's exactly how it should be. Because the best names & numbers programmes are usually the ones nobody notices. They simply work. [...]
EMBROIDERY HEAT TRANSFERS WITH FREESTANDING ELEMENTS? NO PROBLEM
Individual stars. Freestanding letters. Separate design elements. These kinds of details have become a natural part of modern embroidery-style heat transfers — whether on football shirts, fashion pieces or merchandise products. But how do these elements actually stay perfectly in place during application? For designs like these, we work with special positioning templates that hold all elements together during the application process and are removed together with the carrier sheet afterwards. In this article, we’ll give you a behind-the-scenes look at how these solutions are created and how standalone elements are applied with modern embroidery-style heat transfers. How standalone elements [...]
