Kick Off Merchants Blog

It's bloody cold out there! At the beginning of the year, we tracked all our new product launches for the entire 12 months. Fleece blankets were something we had planned, with a launch date of October 2023. Then this current cold spell came. Over the last 4 days, our team have worked hard to sort out the designs and get a full range of retro kit fleece blankets up on the store. With over 100 designs available for all your favourite clubs, our fleece blankets are perfect to keep you warm and cosy during these cold evenings. Manufactured using a...

One thing we did back end of 2022 was create a LinkedIn business page. We felt this was a huge step in turning us from a start-up company into a SME business.  The page will be used to share our latest product launches, our successes, and industry news. There will also be discount codes posted exclusively to the page which will be put up on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.  We will also be starting football discussions on the page. Many of you sit on LinkedIn for many hours a day (especially those in recruitment!) so why not give our page a...

Happy New Year to everyone! It might still be a bank holiday, but Kick Off Merchants is a buzz of activity as we begin clearing orders made between Christmas and New Year. There are no scheduled Royal Mail strikes (yet) so we hope anything that was caught up in the pre-Christmas backlog gets delivered this week. International orders may take a little longer. We have plenty planned for 2023, and during the Christmas break (nearly called it "the international break") we designed and launched our retro kit phone wallet cases. We already had a hugely popular collection of retro kit...

Thank you to everyone that has ordered in the last couple of weeks, and throughout the year.   The snow and strikes caused last minute changes to Royal Mail's "last post before Christmas" and further headaches for us.   We have done our best to get as much out as we can. We have a few remaining clothing orders that will go out this week via other couriers.   If you do not receive your order due to the postal issues, we are very sorry but it is circumstances beyond our control. We are still a small business and have...

Update 14/12/202: Due to snow and strikes, Royal Mail have altered their "last post before Christmas" date. 1st class: Friday 16 December (was Monday 19 December)2nd class: Monday 12 December (was Friday 16 December) As a small business, the majority of our products were made to order. We will do our best to get your items out, but in same cases this will be impossible. We are very sorry that the move of last post dates might mean you do not receive your Christmas gifts, but hope you understand that this was due to circumstances beyond our control. We will still...