The club website has announced the closure of the shop due to Elite Sports administration going into administration. Hope this is only temporary as the club could do with the cash as people buy Christmas presents from there. I’m sure it will be sorted.
My wonder was whether it was associated with Elite Management who are agents for some of our players including the Manager MF when he was here. It may be a completely separate group, I have no idea so this is a genuine question.
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2Oh that's not good - hopefully we can get stock into the rugby shop @RP sharpish as a stop gap - ultimately makes sense to have a presence in city centre and it benefits kingsway centre as brings people in - I remember the old 'AFC' even managed to have a club shop in the 'in shops' - not beyond the wit of people to resurrectpembsexile wrote: November 24th, 2022, 9:59 am The club website has announced the closure of the shop due to Elite Sports administration going into administration. Hope this is only temporary as the club could do with the cash as people buy Christmas presents from there. I’m sure it will be sorted.
My wonder was whether it was associated with Elite Management who are agents for some of our players including the Manager MF when he was here. It may be a completely separate group, I have no idea so this is a genuine question.
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3There is County stock in the shop at RP because I bought stuff myself there last weekend. However, the club statement says that they are working with the administrators to seek a solution to the Kingsway shop, at RP and online. Hope it is sorted soon.
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4Having had a quick Google this morning, my understand is Elite Sports (nothing to do with the agents, just a coincidence on the name) are Hummel's exclusive licensees in the UK.
They do the kit deals with clubs and, in quite a few cases, run their retail operations. Their going into administration affects clubs at our level and at higher levels. Southampton, for instance, have also announced they've closed their physical and online shops while they talk to the administrators. Same with Northampton.
The issue with the shops that Elite Sports run (including ours) will be the stock will be owned by them, not by the clubs. So the clubs will have to do a deal with the administrators to buy the stock and take on the running of the shops - unless the administrators have had other offers.
Complicated situation and not deal, but let's hope it gets sorted soon particularly with Black Friday and Christmas round the corner. Spare a thought for the shop staff as well, as they'll be Elite Sports employees.
They do the kit deals with clubs and, in quite a few cases, run their retail operations. Their going into administration affects clubs at our level and at higher levels. Southampton, for instance, have also announced they've closed their physical and online shops while they talk to the administrators. Same with Northampton.
The issue with the shops that Elite Sports run (including ours) will be the stock will be owned by them, not by the clubs. So the clubs will have to do a deal with the administrators to buy the stock and take on the running of the shops - unless the administrators have had other offers.
Complicated situation and not deal, but let's hope it gets sorted soon particularly with Black Friday and Christmas round the corner. Spare a thought for the shop staff as well, as they'll be Elite Sports employees.
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5According to the Liverpool Echo Everton, who use Hummel kit, unlike most other Hummel clubs use a different retail partner and are unaffected by the Elite issue. Presumably Hummel have responsibility to sort out the mess if they want to continue supplying kit and merchandise to clubs
Everton won't be affected by the ongoing issues facing hummel's UK partner, Elite Sports Group.
This week both Southampton and Coventry City, who have hummel kit partnerships, were forced to temporarily close both their
online and physical retail outlets citing 'significant operating issues' facing Elite Sports Group, with the Saints detailing
their understanding of 'business and fulfilment challenges' being experienced by the third-party retailer. Everton have a kit
partnership with Danish sports manufacturer hummel, one that was extended at the start of October to run until the end of the
2023/24 season. But whereas Southampton, Coventry, Millwall and some other hummel clubs have direct partnerships with
Hertfordshire-based Elite Sports Group, Everton have deal with major US firm Fanatics over their retail operation and have no
direct link with Elite, due to their long-term Fanatics link-up. The ECHO have been told that there will be 'no impact' on retail
operations, either online or physical, as a result of any challenges that Elite are currently facing, with Elite having no direct
link up with Everton in the same way that they do with some of the other UK-based hummel clubs. Southampton have since ended their
partnership with Elite.
On Monday a Southampton statement read: "The club was recently made aware of significant business and fulfilment challenges being
experienced by our external third-party retail partner, Elite Sports Group, who manage the online and physical retail operation
of a number of clubs, including ours.
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6I looked in the club shop at RP yesterday and there was no county stock at all in thereCathedralCounty wrote: November 24th, 2022, 10:20 amOh that's not good - hopefully we can get stock into the rugby shop @RP sharpish as a stop gap - ultimately makes sense to have a presence in city centre and it benefits kingsway centre as brings people in - I remember the old 'AFC' even managed to have a club shop in the 'in shops' - not beyond the wit of people to resurrectpembsexile wrote: November 24th, 2022, 9:59 am The club website has announced the closure of the shop due to Elite Sports administration going into administration. Hope this is only temporary as the club could do with the cash as people buy Christmas presents from there. I’m sure it will be sorted.
My wonder was whether it was associated with Elite Management who are agents for some of our players including the Manager MF when he was here. It may be a completely separate group, I have no idea so this is a genuine question.
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7Doris is knitting some shirts in the evenings whilst talking to her pussy,best get in contact and put your orders in. 
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8Sad as it is, it does present an opportunity for the Club to put a cheeky bid into the Administrator for the stock. After all goods branded Newport County will have very limited appeal in attracting other third party interests.
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9Good Evening
Just as an aside, we went into the Kingsway shop a couple of weeks ago. We were quite impressed with the variety of items available and spent quite a bit. The staff were also very pleasant and helpful.
Phil in Northampton
Just as an aside, we went into the Kingsway shop a couple of weeks ago. We were quite impressed with the variety of items available and spent quite a bit. The staff were also very pleasant and helpful.
Phil in Northampton
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10Anyone now if we be able to buy shirts before Xmas?
I read fleetwood town who also use elite sports and Hummel say they are now looking for a new kit manufacturer for next season and won’t have shirts to sell the rest of this season?
I read fleetwood town who also use elite sports and Hummel say they are now looking for a new kit manufacturer for next season and won’t have shirts to sell the rest of this season?
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11The thing I love about Everton's city centre store is its name - its in the Liverpool One shopping complex - the shop name is 'Everton two'County Exile wrote: November 24th, 2022, 11:58 am According to the Liverpool Echo Everton, who use Hummel kit, unlike most other Hummel clubs use a different retail partner and are unaffected by the Elite issue. Presumably Hummel have responsibility to sort out the mess if they want to continue supplying kit and merchandise to clubs
Everton won't be affected by the ongoing issues facing hummel's UK partner, Elite Sports Group.
This week both Southampton and Coventry City, who have hummel kit partnerships, were forced to temporarily close both their
online and physical retail outlets citing 'significant operating issues' facing Elite Sports Group, with the Saints detailing
their understanding of 'business and fulfilment challenges' being experienced by the third-party retailer. Everton have a kit
partnership with Danish sports manufacturer hummel, one that was extended at the start of October to run until the end of the
2023/24 season. But whereas Southampton, Coventry, Millwall and some other hummel clubs have direct partnerships with
Hertfordshire-based Elite Sports Group, Everton have deal with major US firm Fanatics over their retail operation and have no
direct link with Elite, due to their long-term Fanatics link-up. The ECHO have been told that there will be 'no impact' on retail
operations, either online or physical, as a result of any challenges that Elite are currently facing, with Elite having no direct
link up with Everton in the same way that they do with some of the other UK-based hummel clubs. Southampton have since ended their
partnership with Elite.
On Monday a Southampton statement read: "The club was recently made aware of significant business and fulfilment challenges being
experienced by our external third-party retail partner, Elite Sports Group, who manage the online and physical retail operation
of a number of clubs, including ours.
love it![edit] I preferred macron as a fit - Hummel is made for the tall/lean Danish figure not for the shorter and/or rounder Welsh figure! Maybe we won't be able to change manufacturer but think we need to look at our options - to be honest the Thai kits we had (FBT?) were surprisingly good - I still feel we ought to consider a local manufacturer like 'Tor' sports which is based in Newport
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14Sad to dance on the grave of Elite Sports (and feel sorry for its staff) BUT as with people who buy a repossessed home the club will likely get some benefit from this and lesson learnt also - sometimes contracting out works other times better to keep in house.UPTHEPORT wrote: December 7th, 2022, 6:59 pm Good work the club getting the issue resolved so quickly
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15The one full time employee looking like she's kept her job which is brilliant news
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