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Slightly OT - searching for fabric
On 12/8/08 4:12 PM, in article , "Olwyn
Mary" wrote: Cheryl Isaak wrote: On 12/8/08 3:01 PM, in article , "Olwyn Mary" wrote: Karen C in California wrote: Marianne T. wrote: I am looking for NHL Hockey team fabric, specifically the San Jose Sharks. I know in the past WalMart has had sports team fabric for the teams appropriate to your location. I just got back from Hancock's, and they have football fabric, basketball fabric and baseball fabric (plus lots and lots and LOTS of LSU Tigers fabric) but no hockey fabric. I looked especially. Olwyn Mary in New Orleans For what ever reason, the NHL hates to sell rights to use the logo for various teams. Cheryl Greed. They want to keep all the profits for themselves, and only sell overpriced readymade stuff in the sports shops. I don't follow any kind of professional athletics, but I can read prices and store stocks. Olwyn Mary in New Orleans. That's the odd thing - baseball and football have no issues with selling their names for EVERYTHING - baby clothing to caskets don't believe me, check out http://bostonist.com/2008/12/01/even...p_sox_fans.php And I can easily buy nearly every other sports franchise as fabric. So - why isn't the NHL casting more bread upon the waters, they get a percentage of what ever sale there is after all. Maybe Ellice has some insight here. Cheryl (afraid that certain relatives will want to be buried in a Red Sox coffin) |
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Slightly OT - searching for fabric
On 12/8/08 5:32 PM, "Cheryl Isaak" wrote:
On 12/8/08 4:12 PM, in article , "Olwyn Mary" wrote: Cheryl Isaak wrote: On 12/8/08 3:01 PM, in article , "Olwyn Mary" wrote: Karen C in California wrote: Marianne T. wrote: I am looking for NHL Hockey team fabric, specifically the San Jose Sharks. I know in the past WalMart has had sports team fabric for the teams appropriate to your location. I just got back from Hancock's, and they have football fabric, basketball fabric and baseball fabric (plus lots and lots and LOTS of LSU Tigers fabric) but no hockey fabric. I looked especially. Olwyn Mary in New Orleans For what ever reason, the NHL hates to sell rights to use the logo for various teams. Cheryl Greed. They want to keep all the profits for themselves, and only sell overpriced readymade stuff in the sports shops. I don't follow any kind of professional athletics, but I can read prices and store stocks. Olwyn Mary in New Orleans. That's the odd thing - baseball and football have no issues with selling their names for EVERYTHING - baby clothing to caskets don't believe me, check out http://bostonist.com/2008/12/01/even...p_sox_fans.php And I can easily buy nearly every other sports franchise as fabric. So - why isn't the NHL casting more bread upon the waters, they get a percentage of what ever sale there is after all. Maybe Ellice has some insight here. LOL - the other pro leagues have such lucrative other deals, and do so well with merchandising that companies wish to buy the rights. I've been working on and off w/ the CAPS about getting licensing to do a series of stitcher kind of gifts. It's not trivial. The NHL allows teams to do a certain amount of "local" specific licensing. Which means a small company, like me, can work with the local franchise to arrange specific licensing, without paying the huge license fee that would apply for doing all the teams. It still involves fees, and percentages. That said, most of the NHL merchandising is centralized and large companies pay to produce products that are identical, or close to, for each team. WRT fabric, it's entirely possible that the mills themselves do not wish to pay the licensing fee, and sales percentage back. I don't know. I believe that I have seen some hockey fabric with multiple logos on it. But, I won't swear to it. I do have a fair stock of hockey generic fabric - flannel, polar fleece (soon, Cheryl), some cottons, etc. I've cotton hockey fabric, really cute, at G-Street Fabrics - which is a great, huge, shop. Much nicer than anything I've seen at JoAnns or Hancock. Anyone shopping might also try equilter.com, they have a huge supply of fabrics. I haven't noticed fabric on the NHL team store, and as season tix holders we get a bunch of mailing from them, their catalog, and from USA Hockey as well. Personally for hockey memorabilia stuff, we shop River City Sports in Canada. Cheryl (afraid that certain relatives will want to be buried in a Red Sox coffin) HAH, I know that feeling but about CAPS stuff. I fear this was a very dim bulb for shedding any light. But, I'll do some asking in the CAPS business crew. Ellice |
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Slightly OT - searching for fabric
On 12/8/08 6:21 PM, in article , "ellice"
wrote: On 12/8/08 5:32 PM, "Cheryl Isaak" wrote: On 12/8/08 4:12 PM, in article , "Olwyn Mary" wrote: Cheryl Isaak wrote: On 12/8/08 3:01 PM, in article , "Olwyn Mary" wrote: Karen C in California wrote: Marianne T. wrote: I am looking for NHL Hockey team fabric, specifically the San Jose Sharks. I know in the past WalMart has had sports team fabric for the teams appropriate to your location. I just got back from Hancock's, and they have football fabric, basketball fabric and baseball fabric (plus lots and lots and LOTS of LSU Tigers fabric) but no hockey fabric. I looked especially. Olwyn Mary in New Orleans For what ever reason, the NHL hates to sell rights to use the logo for various teams. Cheryl Greed. They want to keep all the profits for themselves, and only sell overpriced readymade stuff in the sports shops. I don't follow any kind of professional athletics, but I can read prices and store stocks. Olwyn Mary in New Orleans. That's the odd thing - baseball and football have no issues with selling their names for EVERYTHING - baby clothing to caskets don't believe me, check out http://bostonist.com/2008/12/01/even...p_sox_fans.php And I can easily buy nearly every other sports franchise as fabric. So - why isn't the NHL casting more bread upon the waters, they get a percentage of what ever sale there is after all. Maybe Ellice has some insight here. LOL - the other pro leagues have such lucrative other deals, and do so well with merchandising that companies wish to buy the rights. I've been working on and off w/ the CAPS about getting licensing to do a series of stitcher kind of gifts. It's not trivial. The NHL allows teams to do a certain amount of "local" specific licensing. Which means a small company, like me, can work with the local franchise to arrange specific licensing, without paying the huge license fee that would apply for doing all the teams. It still involves fees, and percentages. That said, most of the NHL merchandising is centralized and large companies pay to produce products that are identical, or close to, for each team. WRT fabric, it's entirely possible that the mills themselves do not wish to pay the licensing fee, and sales percentage back. I don't know. I believe that I have seen some hockey fabric with multiple logos on it. But, I won't swear to it. I do have a fair stock of hockey generic fabric - flannel, polar fleece (soon, Cheryl), some cottons, etc. I've cotton hockey fabric, really cute, at G-Street Fabrics - which is a great, huge, shop. Much nicer than anything I've seen at JoAnns or Hancock. Anyone shopping might also try equilter.com, they have a huge supply of fabrics. I haven't noticed fabric on the NHL team store, and as season tix holders we get a bunch of mailing from them, their catalog, and from USA Hockey as well. Personally for hockey memorabilia stuff, we shop River City Sports in Canada. I'm hoping to hit one of the local fabric places soon...Too beat from work and hockey stuff to do anything ever remotely "fun" right now. Cheryl (afraid that certain relatives will want to be buried in a Red Sox coffin) HAH, I know that feeling but about CAPS stuff. The DH wants a CAPS casket? (say that out loud three times fast) I fear this was a very dim bulb for shedding any light. But, I'll do some asking in the CAPS business crew. Ellice As a money maker, it'd almost be a no-brainer. Unless hockey isn't viewed as popular enough for anyone to buy the right Cheryl |
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