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Regular readers will notice that over the past few weeks we’ve been giving the www.polo-shirts.co.uk website an update and makeover. We’ve decided on an excellent new look - going from this:
To this:
But the real reason for our new appearance is that we’ve been working hard to please our customers. Now you’ll find it even easier to locate what you’re looking for and to place your orders with the minimum of fuss. We’d love to hear your comments on our new look!
August 7th, 2008
Hitwise has announced that www.polo-shirts.co.uk was a Hitwise Top 10 Award winner for the quarter April - June 2008.
During this period, www.polo-shirts.co.uk ranked in the top ten based on market share of visits among all United Kingdom websites in the Hitwise Shopping and Classifieds - Wholesale and Relationship Sales industry. The Hitwise Top 10 Award recognises websites from over 160 industries that are leaders in their industry. To learn more about Hitwise and the Top 10 awards visit http://www.hitwise.co.uk/contact-us/top-ten-awards.php
July 31st, 2008
The annual Printwear and Promotion Awards are designed to recognise outstanding garment industry achievements in the following areas:
- Technical Innovation Award
- Customer Service Award
- Environmental/Energy Saving Award
- Promotional Product of the Year
- Garment Decorator of the Year
- Manufacturer of the Year
- Distributor of the Year
The Quayside Group was established in 1995 and since then the business has become a leading supplier of wholesale clothing. All the business’s operations run on e-commerce-enabled express clothing platforms. The Quayside Group is proud to announce that it is a finalist in two categories in the Printwear & Promotion Awards.
CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD
(sponsored by: Screen Process & Digital Imaging magazine)
The judges noted that www.polo-shirts.co.uk uses its online Satisfaction Monitoring System (SMS) to understand its customer’s views on the service and the products it supplies. Customers are sent a post delivery online questionnaire to complete and upon its return, SMS gives www.polo-shirts.co.uk a unique understanding of its customers’ feelings. It provides the company with vital information and helps ensure Quayside is constantly offering an unbeatable product range and service.
DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR
The Judges noted that Quayside Clothing has used the power of the internet to offer total convenience, easy ordering and outstanding customer service through its web platforms, which distribute products from JHK, Fruit of the Loom, Stedman, Fanshirt, SAF Organic Clothing, and print materials from Grafityp. Its web ordering systems www.tradetag.co.uk and www.polo-shirts.co.uk both use sophisticated search technology to ensure customers are able to find and order the products they need - fast.
The Awards will be announced on Monday 3rd March at the NEC Birmingham.
January 31st, 2008
Tesco is to become the first supermarket to sell clothes on the internet, a move expected to send shockwaves through the UK fashion industry. The store giant will sell around three hundred items of women’s clothing online and retail experts said the move, planned for late October, would worry other fashion brands in the all-important period before Christmas. It is the latest bid by supermarkets to muscle in on the lucrative clothing market, and demands a response from rival supermarkets Asda and Sainsbury’s, who both have own label ranges that are sold in-store but not online. Asda has already announced plans to launch a similar service next year.
Professor Leigh Sparks, an expert in retail studies from Stirling University, warned that the move appeared to be timed to have maximum impact on the competition. He said the timing was interesting because internet sales peak at Christmas although he made clear that there is a downside; customers worry about whether orders placed around Christmas will arrive in time - especially in light of the current wave of postal strikes. He added that Tesco was unlikely to draw shoppers from high fashion outlets, because its clothing range had a different target purchaser.
Tesco photograph by exfordy, used under a creative commons licence
October 11th, 2007
We here at polo-shirts.co.uk always strive to bring you the best service, and now we’ll be doing it literally. Due to an increase in web traffic we have decided to upgrade to a new dedicated server. With the dedicated server we will have total control, a vast improvement over our old system. We had little bandwidth, and combined with a recent sharp increase in web traffic to our site this led to sluggish performance and a few crashes, leaving customers facing a blank screen.
The benefits of the new server will be immediate and noticeable for any user of the site. Crashes should be eliminated, performance will be much quicker than it was previously and there will be far less downtime – leading to an easier and more enjoyable experience for you.
> - 1x Intel Woodcrest 5310 quad core CPU
> - 4x 160GB Raid Edition SATA HDDs
> - 3ware 9550SXU-4LP SATA RAID controller
> - 2GB RAM
September 18th, 2007
