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Corporate Clothing - 5 Great Tips To Help You Choose The Right Product

By Francis Murphy

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Published: 30Oct2009
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How many times have you walked into a shop and seen staff wearing a uniform that looked as if it was meant for the person standing next to them? Too big, too small, too long, too short, it's amazing how a company can get it so wrong when it comes to corporate clothing. This article will help you to avoid making the same mistakes.

1. Evaluate what type of uniform you need for the conditions in which they will be worn

This may seem to be very obvious but you would be amazed at how often uniforms are purchased without a thought to what duties will be carried out by those wearing them and under what conditions they are worn. Let's take for example a retail client of ours who asked us to supply them with heavy duty cotton drill uniforms for their warehouse staff. They chose this material because their warehouse in Aberdeen had used them and they were very well received. However they forgot to note that in Cornwall where the new uniforms were to be used not only was the weather entirely different but the Cornish warehouse was a new air conditioned facility, unlike the Scottish warehouse which was old, full of draughts and had many more doors.

2. Select the correct fabrics.

Making sure you choose the correct fabric is very important because these uniforms will probably be worn for at least eight to ten hours a day. Check out how much wear they will be expected to take. Soft linen shirts are not much use for staff who work outside in the elements any more than a heavy cotton would be suitable for staff working in a hot restaurant kitchen.

3. Engage your staff in the selection process

Everybody likes to have their say in everything these days and the choice of Corporate Clothing is no different. Do please ask some of the staff who are to wear these uniforms for their opinions because if you get their buy in at the start it can make a massive difference further down the line when the new uniforms arrive.

4. Measure twice and cut once!!

This is great advice because unless you give people actual samples to try on the chances of getting the sizing of your new uniforms correct for everyone is almost Nil. It is a fact that most ladies and gentlemen think they are at least one size smaller than they really are. Also if you always buy your clothes from say Marks & Spencer you can be sure that their size 14 is slightly larger or smaller than one from say Next or Debenhams.

5. Be prepared for errors No matter how hard you try to get everything right there will always be minor problems with sizing,even with embroidered polo shirts quality & delivery so plan for these problems by overbuying by 5% across your size range and by giving yourself a week longer than you need for delivery.

Corporate Clothing procurement should not be a very difficult task as long as you plan ahead and take advice from the experts. Your supplier should be able to give you numerous good references from satisfied clients and if he can't then you should not be dealing with him.

Francis Murphy Founded BTC Group in 1977 and has grown it to become the largest privately owned suppliers of Promotional Merchandise in the UK. This amazing company has a unique 35,000sq ft production facility at Hayes near Heathrow Airport where they brand more than 1 Million Promotional T-Shirts every year. Why not take the free video tour in the About Us section of their website.

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