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We pride ourselves on offering our customers the best value clothing on the web. In the last few months we have introduced our lowest wholesale price guarantee and Free Delivery on all orders over £50 to ensure we are second to none.
We therefore regret to announce that we have had to increase our prices due to all the major suppliers increasing the cost of their products. This is due to a sharp increase in cotton and energy prices, as well as the loss of value of sterling against the dollar. Unfortunately we have been unable to absorb this increase.
Although we have been forced to increase prices, we have taken steps to maintain maximum value for our customers:
Price Freeze on Bestsellers
We have frozen the prices on bestsellers until August 1st 2010 to give you an opportunity to purchase your favourite items at current pricing for as long as possible.
Price Freeze Products include:
Stedman Mens Budget T Shirts
Stedman Childrens Budget T Shirts
Fruit of the Loom Poly Cotton Polo Shirts
Tagless Premium Polo Shirts
Fruit of the Loom Premium Heavyweight T Shirts
To view all products in price freeze, simply visit the site and filter products that are available for express delivery. If it’s available on express, it’s in the price freeze. Buy before August 1st to take advantage.
Lowest Wholesale Prices Guaranteed
We will continue to offer the lowest wholesale prices guaranteed on our entire catalogue. So despite the increase you can be confident you still won’t find our products cheaper elsewhere. Click here for details of the guarantee.
We’ve launched a brand new special offer feature, which we think is pretty cool! It’s entitled the random special offer of the day because well… it’s just that! Our sytem picks at random one of our special offers, and discounts it even further by a random amount every single day!
The best way to keep up to date with this is to follow us on twitter where we will tweet the offer as soon as the system picks it. You can also visit the homepage or go straight to the random offer page here
We’ll be launching plenty of special offers on Twitter as well as competitions over the next few months and would love to hear what you’d like to win. If you’ve got any ideas then give us a tweet!
We regret to announce that prices of Fruit of the Loom, Hanes and Stedman clothing will be increasing as of today.
These suppliers have announced the price rises as a result of the increasing price of raw materials and operational costs.
We have absorbed as much of the cost as possible but are now forced to increase our own prices on affected products. These items are still available at fantastic value, and our low price guarantee still applies – Find it cheaper elsewhere and we’ll refund the difference*.
We always endeavour to keep our prices as low as possible so as not to affect our customers and will continue to do so in the future.
* Terms and conditions apply
We regret to announce that there will be a price increase on a number of styles on June 30th. The styles affected are certain items of Fruit of the loom, Stedman and Gildan. This is a result of the manufacturers putting their prices up to a level which we can no longer absorb without it impacting our own. The manufacturers have announced these price increases as a consequence of the weakening of the pound against the Euro and the Dollar. Affected products will see an increase of approximately 5%.
Despite this small increase our prices are as competitive as ever and offer fantastic value. We have always endeavored to keep our prices as low as possible so as not to impact our customers and will continue to do so in the future.
We are delighted to announce that we have just expanded our wholesale clothing range to include a variety of new products at great value prices. Our new ranges include workwear, safetywear and bags, all of which are available with our usual benefits of wholesale prices, quantity discount, no minimum order, easy online ordering and fast delivery.
Workwear
We now stock a wide range of industrial, corporate and safety workwear from quality workwear brands such as Dickies, Snickers and Regatta.
Our quality workwear includes:
Bags and Backpacks
We now supply a wide range of backpacks and bags including:
Wholesale Shopping bags
Drawstring backpacks
Polo-Shirts.co.uk is the place for all your wholesale clothing needs. Be it our massive range of Plain T-Shirts, wide selection of Hoodies or now our comprehensive range of Workwear
The t shirt design as we now know it was created in America, but originated in Europe. American soldiers in WWI were issued with heavy wool undergarments for their uniforms which were cumbersome and stifling and did not compare favourably with the European issue light cotton undershirts. After the war this style exploded in popularity in the United States and were called ‘t shirts’ because of their design, with the term officially entering the Merriam-Webster’s dictionary in the 1920‘s.
The modern ‘crew neck’ style t-shirt was invented in 1932, when the University of Southern California Trojans football team tasked the apparel company Jockey International Inc. to create a cheap form of clothing to be worn as an undergarment which would readily absorb sweat. The shirts were an immediate success and became so fashionable that students resorted to stealing them from the locker room. This led to the university branding the shirts ‘Property of USC’ in an effort to discourage theft, but this only proved to make the t shirts more exclusive and desirable.
The t shirt became a garment in its own right in the 1940’s, where it finally eschewed the notion that it could only be used as an undergarment. By World War II the US Army gave each soldier a t shirt as part of their standard issue field packs. These were originally intended to be used as underwear, and were formally described as such, but the troops were often pictured wearing their tees without a shirt covering them while completing heavy labour or when stationed in hot tropical climates.
Wearing a t shirt by itself did not become fashinable until the 1950’s, when popular actors such as James Dean and Marlon Brando wore them in their films ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ and ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ respectively. Shortly beforehand t shirts had their first slogans printed on them (the oldest printed shirt is on display at The Smithsonian Institute and bears the phrase ‘Dew it for Dewey’, promoting Thomas Dewey‘s bid to become President). By the late 50’s slogans and emblems were very popular, and it was not long before the traditional plain white made way to a variety of colours.
The ‘ringer’ style tee (where the collar is a different colour to the rest of the t shirt) was not invented until the 1960’s. This style was popularised by those who followed the rock and roll sub-culture and entered the mainstream shortly thereafter. The most common colour combination was a plain white t shirt with a black collar.
Since that time the t-shirt has changed little, the tees we wear today can be directly linked to those worn by soldiers 70 years ago. This is a testament to the inherent popularity of the comfort, style and robustness of the basic t shirt and, above all, its versatility.
We regret to announce that prices at polo-shirts.co.uk will be increasing. External forces are pushing this change upon us and it is one we have resisted for as long as possible. Only certain brands and products are impacted however, we are strongly against raising prices across the board and only increase prices where absolutely necessary. Suppliers increasing their prices are Fruit of the Loom , Gildan , Stedman , Fanshirt and UCC. We will endeavour to keep prices for products from these brands the same for as long as possible but unavoidably some will have to rise. Brands that remain unaffected include JHK, JT‘s, Mantis, Uneek and Kustom Kit.
Despite these minor price increases we have ensured that we still offer the best prices around, and in 2009 we will be offering our best ever sales, such as the current one in which you can get up to 85% off in our January Sale!!
There are several reasons for the increase in price for some our cotton-based polo shirts, t-shirts and fleeces – as you will probably have guessed most of them are a direct result of the continuing global credit crisis. One of the main reasons for the price rising is the startling demand for cotton. With considerably less planted than in previous years as farmers switch to more profitable crops, demand for cotton has skyrocketed and as a result its value has soared. As cotton is used heavily in the production of the t-shirts, polo shirts and promotionalwear we offer, this is a significant factor in the price we can offer you, the consumer. As well as having to pay over the odds for their raw cotton our suppliers have had to endure rising energy and fuel prices, which raise the cost of running any factory – be it producing t-shirts or TVs. On top of all of this the Sterling continues to fall dramatically against both the Euro and the Dollar; the exchange rate affects most UK businesses and wholesale clothing is no exception.
But whilst we are increasing prices on some t-shirts, sweatshirts, shirts, polo shirts and fleeces by no means all are affected, and you might even find those that are remain surprisingly cheap! We will continue to deliver on our promise of high quality garments at outstanding value and will remain the best place to find high quality bargains from basic plain t-shirts to sweatshirts and fleece jackets. With the credit crunch affecting all of us, buying value clothing such as our t-shirts for under £2 represents a great way of saving money in a difficult time. If you order in bulk you can save even more, as the more you buy the more you save. Now there‘s a great idea for spending your way out of the credit crisis!
As the recession hits home, many people are losing their jobs. Of course if the company you’re working for goes bust, you’ve got no choice but to look for another job, but if the need is for redundancies, you don’t want to look like an old stick-in-the-mud when management are hoping to hang on to the best, brightest and most likely to help them beat the down-curve. While we can all ignore clothing rules in our personal life, it’s going to become increasingly important to look right in the workplace to ensure we keep our jobs in the tough times ahead.
THE CLOTHING RULES FOR MEN
Never tuck anything in unless your workplace dress code insists on suits.
Tucking in tee-shirts, polo-shirts or even casual shirts suggests you are old, formal and possibly difficult to get on with. It may seem unfair, but outside of the military and the professions, being too smartly dressed can be a definite downer for your career.
Don’t stick to one colour.
It’s a temptation to say that if you buy everything in light blue: shirts, T-shirts, polos etc then you can be sure that everything matches, but actually this says that you have no dress sense and don’t care about your appearance. To look younger and trendier, invest in a couple of items in ‘non-standard’ colours such as pink, yellow or red and wear them every couple of weeks. A red polo shirt with chinos looks lively and sporty, while a red or pink shirt with black trousers suggests you’re relaxed and approachable.
Lose the helmet cut.
Smoothing down your hair says you’re ready to retire and invest in Brylcreem shares. Too neat is always aging. Go to a hairdresser or barber who doesn’t know you and tell them you want an easy to maintain but modern cut. You’ll be surprised how many years it takes off you.
THE CLOTHING RULES FOR WOMEN
Don’t dress like your mother.
Never wear anything with braid on. It immediately says you’re a granny and proud of it. Instead, invest in single colour clothing (checks imply you’re into patchwork covers and knitting) and match it with textures: a plain white shirt with a lacy cardigan looks elegant, the same shirt with cargo pants looks casual and down to earth.
Double-breasted jackets are only for headmistresses.
Double-breasted clothing is never as flattering as single-breasted, especially if you happen to be less than slim. It has connotations of matronly figures and humourless school nurses. Stick to single-breasted wear and never button a polo-shirt or cotton shirt right up to the neck unless your company dress code insists on it as this too implies you’re more keen on the rules than on the business.
Dress intelligently.
For women, much more than men, judgements are made about intelligence from clothing. T-shirts with kittens on instantly mark you down as being unprofessional, as does wearing too much pink, too much jewellery, and – above all – still wearing the hairstyle you had when you left school. If you wear one bright colour: an orange teeshirt, for example, ensure everything else you wear is neutral toned so that everybody knows you chose the Tee to make an impression, not that you’ve reached the age where you think gaudy colours are your birthright, because the next step from that is the tea-cosy hat and the blue rinse.
We regret to announce that prices will finally be going up on Polo-shirts.co.uk. We have held out for 3 years, keeping our prices rock bottom, but due to many external forces we have eventually had to increase prices on certain brands and products.
Why are clothing prices increasing?
Suppliers have put their prices up
Our suppliers have put their prices up to a level that we have had to reflect in our own prices. Brands that have, or will be increasing their prices include Stedman and Fanshirt. Baseball caps have also increased because of supplier costs.
Cotton prices have gone up
Less cotton has been planted in 2008 than in recent years. This is largely due to U.S farmers switching to more lucrative crops. Last year global demand outstripped supply by about a million tons, and with less cotton planted this inbalance has only got worse. This is having a massive impact on the price of cotton, which is used in T-Shirts, Polo-Shirts and just about all promotional clothing.
The Exchange rate
Sterling is falling against the dollar which is having an impact on most UK industries, and wholesale clothing is no exception.
Manufacturing costs
Rising energy and fuel prices have massively increased the cost of running a factory. Therefore, clothing factories, already working on tight margins have increased their prices to reflect this.
The Global Credit Crunch
The Global credit crunch has reached the clothing industry, especially the Cheap T-Shirt manufacturers who are finding it harder to raise finance in the current financial climate
Beat the credit crunch
Although we are having to increase prices we continue to bring you the best value clothing around whilst guaranteeing high quality garments. In a time when inflation is putting more and more pressure on your wallet why not give our value clothing a try? We sell many t-shirts for £2 and less, far below most high street prices. Buy in bulk and our prices get even lower. Although our prices may be going up we are still the best place to find high quality bargains from basic plain t shirts to Sweatshirts and Fleece Jackets
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