I have spent three months trying to negotiate with Castore so that my new book could be sold through the Club Shop. I offered them an attractive deal whereby they would make £10 per copy sold and the books would be supplied on a 'sale or return' basis. They finally responded and it was no surprise that they do not want to sell the book. (No reason was given). As anyone who has visited the shop lately is already aware, they only want to sell their high priced clothing. I am therefore picketing the shop on match days and will be handed out leaflets. Prospective customers will be directed to the stall in Ransom Walk. It is only a few yards away and will in future be selling my book along with a full range of Charlton memorabilia. Christmas is coming and it will make an ideal gift for your loved ones.
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Good luck with the book sales and the picketing, KJL.
But - the wider story here - get the book online, in a way that benefits the author the most - @killerjerrylee perhaps you could ‘guide’ us on that ???
Alongside that - well folks - how do businesses that rely on retail sales fail - easy answer - people stop buying from them - I ain’t saying that Charlton fans not buying from the club shop will being Castore down (although I think they will go the same way as Woodworm in cricket personally) - but it will see them say ‘fuck this, what a bad move to do the Charlton kit’
Fucking madness - you can’t even get a scarf ……
TS has gone from A1 (on the back of big words) to grade A c***
Good luck on the book sales
If so how do we pay ?
The club/TS hasn’t paid the debt owed to Castore, so they are refusing to hand over the lesser see. away kit.
Castore refuse to stock anything new/likely to sell well as it would mean profit going to club/TS
Just a thought
Will do that tomorrow mate
Castore pay Charlton, not the other way round.
Castore run the shop not Sandgaard.
Charlton get a lump sum and then a percentage of sales (at least that has been the case previously) so it's to the club's advantage for the shop to sell as much stock as possible.
Castore haven't supplied other club's shop either so a lot of this is on them.
What we don't know are the details of the deal with Castore.
My fear is that the club took a bigger cash upfront deal and didn't factor in the value of whole package which is the amount of free kit supplied to all the teams, not just the men's first team but the women, all the academy sides, even the community trust.
If they took a smaller amount of free kits as part of the deal that would explain why many of the academy sides seem to still be wearing hummer. Extra kit has to be bought albeit at wholesale, not retail, prices.
Or it could be that Castore have just over committed to too many teams and can't physically get the kits they agreed to supply to Sparrows Lane.
This is not to excuse Sandgaard and his staff. They should have taken more precautions to avoid this situation, should have looked at how high the retail prices were, Castore's track record elsewhere and they should be saying more about what is and isn't happening now but Castore are certainly a big part of the problem.
The club could and should, IMHO, have brought the club shop operation back in house, same with the catering, but I think they saw two cash payments upfront and not having to manage the staff as an easier option.