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Da Coach

Da Coach

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They need to let you not put writing underneath the BU Braves logo, think it looks to generic with that writing.
 
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keep the orders coming...and requests

keep the orders coming...and requests

I'm glad to see that the posters on bradleyfans.com are ordering some hats and such through the new online store opportunity. I want to stress that this partnership with Club Colors is in its infancy. I believe that if Bradley fans show that they will order online through the BUBraves.com website, Club Colors will be more than happy to increase their offerings on the store. So, keep the orders coming and the requests for specific types of merchandise. We get 5% commission on all orders and I get leverage to ask them to increase their inventory of Bradley gear with each order.

Thanks,
BU Marketing
 
I ordered a new hat. However, I am planning on making some "custom" Bradley wear to support my favorite player! Can you guess who that might be?
 
I am guessing it is the superstar in your avatar photo.:D

Whatever happened to that kid? Does he know your are using that picture?
 
Hey-- I just saw someone who resembled the kid in your avatar....and he now appears to have a whole lot MORE muscle!!
 
Can someone explain how this is better than ordering from the Bradley Bookstore? I'm sure there's a reason, but I'm just not clear on what it is.
 
The #1 reason is that the Bradley Athletic Department gets a portion of all the sales! (see the post above by BUmarketing).
This is good for the recruiting budget!
 
My hat was delivered yesterday and I don't think it looks "generic" at all. In fact, I'm quite happy with the way it looks and look forward to wearing it to the tailgate tomorrow.
 
BU Merchandise

BU Merchandise

This thread concerning Bradley merchandise is a perfect place for me to share a
recent experience. I went to Steve and Barry's out at the Old Pekin mall location to buy a
Bradley sweatshirt. All they had was long and short sleeve Bradley t-shirts. The U of I and
Illinois State not only had t-shirts ,but sweatshirts and jackets as well. I then went to another sports store in Pekin where I found tons of ILLINI merchandise but no Bradley merchandise .I then went to Walmart to look for Bradley merchandise.I didn't find anything
for Bradley when I got to Walmart,but I did find more ILLINI merchandise.
The next day some family members of mine went to 3 stores looking for Bradley
merchandise and weren't able to find any.They then decided to give up hope of finding
Bradley merchadise at an outside store and headed for the BU Bookstore.Unfortunately when
they arrived there they found out that it was only open 9-5 Monday through Friday.The lack
of weekend hours in my opinoin makes it hard for Bradley fans that work traditional hours
to purchase Bradley merchandise.
I guess the whole point of this rant is that I'm frustrated that an ILLINI fan in Peoria
has almost innumerable merchandise to choose from while a Bradley fan almost has none to
choose from.If Bradley wants to grow their fan base they need to get a wider array of
merchandise to stores such as Steve and Barry's. Bradley also has to work at getting at
least a minimal amount of Bradley merchandise to all sports stores in the Peoria area.While
winning is important to growing a fan base,merchandise is equally as important to growing a
fan base.I feel that Bradley will make less revenue selling merchandise through the bookstore
and online than if they spread the merchandise out throughout stores in the Peoria area.
If 20 different stores in the Peoria area carried Bradley merchandise as opposed to basicly
just the bookstore and online I can't help but think that Bradley merchandising revenues would go up.The convience factor alone of being able to buy merchandise close to home
rather than always having to travel to the Bradley bookstore would be great.Greater revenues from a greater distibution of Bradley merchandise in stores would lead to more
money for the recruiting budget.More money for the recruiting budget should help us to
impress recruits more and possibly land a "blue chipper" done the road.
I'm also worried taht 10 year old kids somewhere out there will choose to be
ILLINI fans over a Bradley fan just because their merchandise is so much easier to buy.I'm
sorry but Bradley's merchandising effort is "Mid Majorish" compared to that of ILLINOIS.
 
beyondthearc14 said:
This thread concerning Bradley merchandise is a perfect place for me to share a
recent experience. I went to Steve and Barry's out at the Old Pekin mall location to buy a
Bradley sweatshirt. All they had was long and short sleeve Bradley t-shirts. The U of I and
Illinois State not only had t-shirts ,but sweatshirts and jackets as well. I then went to another sports store in Pekin where I found tons of ILLINI merchandise but no Bradley merchandise .I then went to Walmart to look for Bradley merchandise.I didn't find anything
for Bradley when I got to Walmart,but I did find more ILLINI merchandise.
The next day some family members of mine went to 3 stores looking for Bradley
merchandise and weren't able to find any.They then decided to give up hope of finding
Bradley merchadise at an outside store and headed for the BU Bookstore.Unfortunately when
they arrived there they found out that it was only open 9-5 Monday through Friday.The lack
of weekend hours in my opinoin makes it hard for Bradley fans that work traditional hours
to purchase Bradley merchandise.
I guess the whole point of this rant is that I'm frustrated that an ILLINI fan in Peoria
has almost innumerable merchandise to choose from while a Bradley fan almost has none to
choose from.If Bradley wants to grow their fan base they need to get a wider array of
merchandise to stores such as Steve and Barry's. Bradley also has to work at getting at
least a minimal amount of Bradley merchandise to all sports stores in the Peoria area.While
winning is important to growing a fan base,merchandise is equally as important to growing a
fan base.I feel that Bradley will make less revenue selling merchandise through the bookstore
and online than if they spread the merchandise out throughout stores in the Peoria area.
If 20 different stores in the Peoria area carried Bradley merchandise as opposed to basicly
just the bookstore and online I can't help but think that Bradley merchandising revenues would go up.The convience factor alone of being able to buy merchandise close to home
rather than always having to travel to the Bradley bookstore would be great.Greater revenues from a greater distibution of Bradley merchandise in stores would lead to more
money for the recruiting budget.More money for the recruiting budget should help us to
impress recruits more and possibly land a "blue chipper" done the road.
I'm also worried taht 10 year old kids somewhere out there will choose to be
ILLINI fans over a Bradley fan just because their merchandise is so much easier to buy.I'm
sorry but Bradley's merchandising effort is "Mid Majorish" compared to that of ILLINOIS.
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Beyondthearc, I have some experience with a previous job with ordering sports merchandise for a regional retail chain. This really isnt Bradley's fault. The major manufacturers of sports merchandise that the retailers buy from mostly cater to the larger schools that will in turn, generate the most profit and quickest turnover for the manufactures. With my experience, I can tell you that there were very few companies that a regional retailer could order from that carried merchandise from a smaller school such as Bradley. I doubt that a national retailer such as a Walmart would even consider ordering Bradley merchandise. As a matter of fact, I delt with one manufacturer that had an NCAA license which in turn allowed me to design a Bradley sweatshirt so that our chain would have Bradley sweatshirts for the Christmas season. I am proud to say that the Bradley sweatshirt I designed did sell out. To be honest, the quality of the sweatshirt material wasnt that great and I am not sure if the manufacturer is still in business. I would guess that the Bradley bookstore has a relationship with some manufactures which will allow the manufacturers to produce Bradley merchandise as the bookstore would order this merchandise in some type of quantity. I am fairly picky about the Bradley merchandise that I purchase. Before we made the Sweet 16 run a couple of years ago, I did find a nice looking Bradley hooded sweatshirt at Bergers at the new mall. Again, the sweatshirt that I bought was not made by a major manufacturer.... For this to change, a couple of things have to happen. One thing is that we have to keep winning... Everybody loves a winner and you would be surprised how many people jump on a winner's bandwagon. Secondly, Bradley has to get a better logo of some type. By saying this I am not advocating us changing the Braves name, but I am stating that we need to get away from the current boring logo that Bradley uses.
 
If you need a place to find some good Bradley merchandise, there is a store in the old mall and the new mall in Peoria called Campus town (I Think). It's where the old Aladin's castle (arcade) used to be in the old mall, and is up across from Old Navy in the new mall. They have the best selection of Bradley stuff outside of finding it on campus.
 
Walmart always has a few items with local high school logos, so they (Wal-mart) do micro-market certain school apparel in the local stores. I'm sure I've seen a few Bradley items available at different times.

Dave and Barry's in Peoria once told me that they do not have any Bradley kids sizes due to licensing agreements, but they had a few adult Bradley t-shirt type items.

I've seen a (small) Bradley section in Gordmans, and got a Bradley 3x5 rug at Menards this summer. I've actually thought that there is now much more Bradley stuff in many local stores now in comparison to several years ago when your only choice was the Bradley bookstore.

The Illini will have a biger selection as larger manufacturers have bigger B10 agreements than MVC so B10 has a bigger selection available.
 
ph said:
Walmart always has a few items with local high school logos, so they (Wal-mart) do micro-market certain school apparel in the local stores. I'm sure I've seen a few Bradley items available at different times.
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I was in a Walmart this past weekend and saw a few Bradley shirts and sweatshirts. They didn't have many, but they were carrying them.
 
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