Club Statement
- Thread starter Lord Summerisle
- Start date
just not from SD
Wednesday, 01 July 2020, 21:04
by Rangers Football Club
RANGERS & Castore are delighted to confirm the new Ibrox Retail Store will officially open on 1st August 2020, which will be operated by Castore as the clubs official retail partner.
The new Rangers Ibrox Retail Store will be complimented with a number of other key retail sites in Glasgow and further afield, now identified by Castore and Rangers and close to agreement. The Ibrox Retail Store will undergo a £250,000 renovation and become a key venue for all Rangers supporters and on matchdays will be supported with further pop up stores within the Stadium.
Following the today’s unveiling of the 2020/21 home jersey, Rangers continues to look forward to their long term exclusive partnership with Castore, which, for the avoidance of doubt, is a direct agreement between those two companies with no other persons party to the deal.
As previously stated, it offers a fresh start for the Club and a chance to purchase high quality clothing and other products that directly benefit Rangers.
As is common practice in teamwear retail, Castore will form a number of wholesale supply arrangements with high street retailers in the UK and overseas because that is key to the global aspirations of both Castore and Rangers but the purpose of these arrangements will always be to maximise the availability and sales channels for Rangers products.
Rangers exclusive partnership with Castore ensures that Rangers always directly benefits with a royalty from the sale of all of the Rangers products manufactured, distributed and retailed by Castore. This includes all products distributed by Castore to high street retailers.
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The Pontiac Bandit
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hopefully it calms people down.
Buy direct.
Buy direct.
Couldn't. Went on Facebook instead
So Sports Direct, who have nothing to do with Rangers or Castore, have bought shirts to sell in their stores. Rangers will still make money from these shirts, but also make sports direct profit. In other words, dont.
Sound about right?
Sound about right?
KensitasClub
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Simple. Buy direct.
Orange fonts out, alls well troops!
Stu69
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No need to go there other options.
Forzapapac
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Not good enough for me. They shouldn’t be anywhere near our strips. It still stinks if you ask me
MSF
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Drink your soup. We’ll give you free tops to give out...
insanicdrunk
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Nope we have a deal with Castore, no one else.
Nathan9719972
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What’s happening with the store at st Enochs
Yorkhill_True_Blues
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Honestly dont know why they didnt state this at day one. We would have all then made our peace with still having those cunts selling our strips at all.
The Predator
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Makes sense. As I assumed would have been the case. They are arseholes, but they are still one of the biggest sports retailers in the UK. So of course they will distribute stuff. Common sense says don't buy from the fat cvnt of course
Nathan9719972
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https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/club-statement-96/ further updates
lcpl_1st_bt_1872
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why would a company who wants to be "premium sportswear" have a shithouse like SD selling their stuff? It makes no sense. I fear there is more to this than what we have just been told
Big D
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They will only benefit if our supporters buy from them. If that happens, I don't think the blame lies with the club.
Sometimes in life you have to compromise. What would you rather, tied to Ashley completely?
Jelle1880
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A shithouse which happens to be the largest sports shop in the UK.
That's why.
Stevethebluenose90
Claims to be ITK - Is not ITK
Now release the training gear and take my money 
Kingdom Bear
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To be fair you can see why people were worried ... it’s not like we’ve not been out manoeuvred by Ashley before
LD5
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Because it basically has %^*& all to do with us, it is Castore's deal. At the end of the day, it makes us money while we don't have a single business relation with SD, can't exactly complain about that.
M
MearnsUnionist
Guest
There should be a few bans handed out for some of the posts on the other thread.
Absolutely mentally challenged riddled and some disgusting comments about our club and our board.
Can you buy from the club/castore directly? Yes
Do we have the store back? Yes
Do we get all money entitled from every shirt? Yes
That's all that matters for me
chilebear
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Were not directly or indirectly dealing with them at all.
M
MearnsUnionist
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lcpl_1st_bt_1872
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largest because it sells cheap shite
The Lone Sniper
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We make profit from selling to them. That profit buys us players etc.
T WATP
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So let me get this right, the single use of a word in the SD social media channels had fans on here threatening to return their items without even waiting on an update from Rangers? Those who did should be ashamed of themselves.
As is normal in almost all Clubs across the U.K. stock is going to be supplied by retail outlets such as SD to maximise income revenue, the message is clear - buy direct at OUR store or online.
As is normal in almost all Clubs across the U.K. stock is going to be supplied by retail outlets such as SD to maximise income revenue, the message is clear - buy direct at OUR store or online.
coinflipper
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The thing that worries me and I guess a lot of people is that sports direct are selling it ‘exclusively’. It’s Like Castore have struck a deal with them. Thankfully most supporters are well drilled to buy direct.
So Castore are letting them sell the kits on their behalf? We still get our same % regardless?
Hope Castore know what they are doing because he’ll try and sting them somewhere. I also hope Bears don’t buy strips from SD even if they are 5-10 quid cheaper. You’ll always get some though.
Hope Castore know what they are doing because he’ll try and sting them somewhere. I also hope Bears don’t buy strips from SD even if they are 5-10 quid cheaper. You’ll always get some though.
vancy
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So hopefully Sports Direct get charged for the stock, nobody buys them, we still make our money and they are left with unsold stock. That would be the dream.
IndianaRanger
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Wonder if SD used the word exclusive just for this kind of reaction. Hope the club take them to task over it.
Jelle1880
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They sell their stuff cheap, but they stock all the large brands.
I get people hate SD, I hate them too but from a financial perspective it makes perfect sense.
ClubDeck4JH
Active Member
I’ll sleep easier tonight.
mdingwall
Administrator
What I suspect is that case is this - with their capacity for sales Sports Direct could not be written out of Castore selling them product. If they were then the "matching" element of the old contract would kick in - or at least be arguable in court.
The date if 1st August must be significant - I presume that is when the old contact to sell old stock runs out.
If Sports Direct buy stock from Castore then they are doing so like any other business. Their risk if it doesn't sell.
Dado's Bandage
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Give us peace. It’s a wholesale arrangement. They have to pay to buy the stock and won’t be able to sell it. It’s nothing more than them having a final pop at morons who are happy to jump off a bridge panicking over nothing.
mdingwall
Administrator
Instead of making vague accusations - put in a report - Report button is on every single post in the forum.
