swift4prez wrote:

ConnachtCows wrote:

swift4prez wrote: was just in lifestyle sports, got shoes, when i was paying, i asked for the 10% season ticket discount. the lady working wasnt too sure on the details so she called over another worker. (prob the store manager). i told her that that i bought the season ticket but that i wont be out till early to mid next month (she didnt know that). she asked if i got an email receipt. i was checking but knowing me, my internet data ran out. she had no problem with giving me the discount.
if u have a printer at home, maybe would be better to print it out if you going into store or at least have internet data to show ur email.

i was having another little chat with her and she said there will be a big rugby section upstairs. (lifestyle sports in terryland)

Didnt think the discount until later in the summer?

yesterday.

The good news for all Connacht Rugby 2014/15 Season Ticket holders is that Life Style Sports are offering 10% both in-store and online. The discount applies to all product not just Connacht Rugby merchandise. <strong>From July 1st</strong> you will be able to bring in your <strong>Season Ticket email receipt </strong>to any Life Style Sports store or shop online with a special issued promotional code which will be emailed to you on July 1st.

my bad, only read the email now, you need to bring the email receipt. gotta say they were lovely about me not having it.
also didnt get the email for the promotional code to shop online

Ha, July 1st. I remember reading that, and thinking it was ages away. Completely losing track of this summer

ConnachtCows wrote:

swift4prez wrote: was just in lifestyle sports, got shoes, when i was paying, i asked for the 10% season ticket discount. the lady working wasnt too sure on the details so she called over another worker. (prob the store manager). i told her that that i bought the season ticket but that i wont be out till early to mid next month (she didnt know that). she asked if i got an email receipt. i was checking but knowing me, my internet data ran out. she had no problem with giving me the discount.
if u have a printer at home, maybe would be better to print it out if you going into store or at least have internet data to show ur email.

i was having another little chat with her and she said there will be a big rugby section upstairs. (lifestyle sports in terryland)

Didnt think the discount until later in the summer?

yesterday.

The good news for all Connacht Rugby 2014/15 Season Ticket holders is that Life Style Sports are offering 10% both in-store and online. The discount applies to all product not just Connacht Rugby merchandise. From July 1st you will be able to bring in your Season Ticket email receipt to any Life Style Sports store or shop online with a special issued promotional code which will be emailed to you on July 1st.

my bad, only read the email now, you need to bring the email receipt. gotta say they were lovely about me not having it.
also didnt get the email for the promotional code to shop online

swift4prez wrote: was just in lifestyle sports, got shoes, when i was paying, i asked for the 10% season ticket discount. the lady working wasnt too sure on the details so she called over another worker. (prob the store manager). i told her that that i bought the season ticket but that i wont be out till early to mid next month (she didnt know that). she asked if i got an email receipt. i was checking but knowing me, my internet data ran out. she had no problem with giving me the discount.
if u have a printer at home, maybe would be better to print it out if you going into store or at least have internet data to show ur email.

i was having another little chat with her and she said there will be a big rugby section upstairs. (lifestyle sports in terryland)

Didnt think the discount until later in the summer?

I was down at the SG today, the top that was in the pics (I'm assuming its only a training top) looked much better in person.

was just in lifestyle sports, got shoes, when i was paying, i asked for the 10% season ticket discount. the lady working wasnt too sure on the details so she called over another worker. (prob the store manager). i told her that that i bought the season ticket but that i wont be out till early to mid next month (she didnt know that). she asked if i got an email receipt. i was checking but knowing me, my internet data ran out. she had no problem with giving me the discount.
if u have a printer at home, maybe would be better to print it out if you going into store or at least have internet data to show ur email.

i was having another little chat with her and she said there will be a big rugby section upstairs. (lifestyle sports in terryland)

Selling items inside the Sportsground would be great, however I think that lifestyle will already have negotiated similar rights as everlys had.

if so, it may be the case that they would permit the clan to sell some products as a good will gesture.

Diom wrote: Previously the agreement with Elvery's meant that we (the CC) couldn't sell on the ground at the SG. With the change I hope that we will be able to next season.

It's be useful to be able to market some Clan Merchandise, it'd have to be clearly one off pieces that aren't likely to be in competition with Connacht Rugby/BLK/LSS products to get approval I'd say. Pins/Badges and stuff like the OLSC Leinstor Ledges T-Shirts are fine, they may have issues with fleeces and the like, but these can be marketed online [Twitter/FB etc] and distributed outside the ground if there's a problem after that WOM should take care of everyone else..

Previously the agreement with Elvery's meant that we (the CC) couldn't sell on the ground at the SG. With the change I hope that we will be able to next season.

So the main question from the Life Style Sports announcement is what happens to the in-ground store. Looks like LSS will take over running of that as

<strong>Life Style, who replace outgoing sponsors Mazda, will become the club's official retail partner and will operate Connacht Rugby's online and stadium retail platforms.</strong> - See more at: www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/rabodirec...sthash.Ne6xLlc8.dpuf

Question then would be, do LSS have exclusivity or are they just the primary outlet for BLK/Connacht Rugby goods with Elverys continuing to sell stuff in their Western stores and stock some in their Dublin stores...

Yes, the logo is on the pictures

Are BLK still on board?

eezipc wrote: I know deal starts in July but at the moment you cannot buy any Connacht jerseys on LSS website. Not a great start to this partnership.
I only noticed because Elvery's have the same problem. No Connacht adult jerseys on their website either for quite a while now.

Life style had more then elverys all season and was also cheaper.
They had a massive sale on connacht gear between April till June, clearing out the old stock.
Well done for them to get rid of it all. How many people will buy an old jersey when a new Jersey is coming? Not many

galway_gas wrote: Jimmy Staunton no longer owns Elverys. Perhaps new owners aren't in position to continue sponsorship.

Spot on. The company was in receivership until a few months ago when a management buyout was approved. It likely Elvery's will not be in a position to concentrate on anything other than their core, shop business for quite a while.

Rugbytech seems to be on life support, the website is an under construction page. In any case, while their jerseys were consistently good, there were serious delays with regular and HEC jerseys the first of our HEC seasons.

eezipc wrote: I know deal starts in July but at the moment you cannot buy any Connacht jerseys on LSS website. Not a great start to this partnership.
I only noticed because Elvery's have the same problem. No Connacht adult jerseys on their website either for quite a while now.

I imagine that's because a new Jersey is coming out. Why produce jerseys that are going to be out of date in a few weeks?
I imagine that Elverys will still sell Connacht jerseys

I know deal starts in July but at the moment you cannot buy any Connacht jerseys on LSS website. Not a great start to this partnership.
I only noticed because Elvery's have the same problem. No Connacht adult jerseys on their website either for quite a while now.

Mucker wrote: I have no idea about the financial side of thinks and i know that Connacht Rugby is a business but i hope that they have shown some of the loyalty that they expect from their supporters, personally i think their association with Elvery's has worked well. The new sponsor looks like a complete kick in the teeth especially coming after last years dropping of Rugbytech.

Jimmy Staunton no longer owns Elverys. Perhaps new owners aren't in position to continue sponsorship.