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Promotional Clothing - You Are What You Wear by Perkal



The sale of promotional clothing is all about tailoring products to meet business needs. Now, promotional businesses aren't clothing businesses. They don't tailor in the sense that tailors tailor suits. Tailoring products to meet business needs means sitting down and working out a way to make merchandise represent business names and logos on a large scale.

Large scale merchandising works on the principle that optimum coverage gives business names and logos the best possible chance of being noticed. On the TV, it's simple. You present a picture and an idea on a reel that will go out to millions. But promotional businesses don't have this luxury. They have to target their products in a way that allows as many different people as possible to notice their business name and logo.

This means studying demographics and finding out what people identify with, as well as what they use in the day to day lives. Find out who the people using your product will be, and cater to the things they find useful and the thinks they simply like; and get your business name and business logo onto an array of promotional items that people use or are simply surrounded by. Clothing items made by promotional products companies and designed to display the business name and logo of a company, are tailored to certain demographics and vocational types.

The hours of work put into designing Promotional Clothing add up to a line of quality products which really communicate the value of having your business name and business logo associated with high quality. There is an art to finding the right market for the right clothing. Sympathy between a market for logos and a market for affordable apparel is crucial to the aim of all promotional businesses that rely on merchandising.

Promotional clothing is a successful branch of business promotion because of three factors:

(1) Clothing is used by everyone.
(2) Clothing is industry specific - so businesses can easily categorize their stock.
(3) Clothing presents branders of logos and business names with opportunity to choose where they want to put the business's insignia.

There is nothing smarter than a stylish shirt with a business name and logo proudly branded on the chest. There is nothing more noticeable than a t-shirt with a logo and company name written in bold print all over it. The articles of clothing used to promote products all have their niches and uses. Caps, hats, sunglasses, scarves, polo shirts, tees, jumpers, beach shirts, trousers, shorts, beach shorts and clothing accessories all have an angle when it comes to being a tool for promotion.

Promotional Products aim to achieve exposure by choosing products with supplementary products attached to. You see, more different types of articles mean more exposure for your business name and logo. Clothing is a category of promotion with so many different articles and accessories, your business would be remiss not to explore its promotional possibilities. The list I mentioned earlier only scratches the surface when it comes to what's offered by promotional clothing providers.


This article was published on Sunday 31 August, 2014.

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