Guest mavericknufc Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 My mate reckons when you buy stuff off the club's website it comes to you in Sports Direct packaging, anyone know if that's correct? I wouldn't know personally, SD 4 Life. Aye, bought one of the retro shirts and it came with one of those massive sports direct mugs in with the packaging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 The 2012 accoiunts disclose nothing about any relationship between Sports Direct and the club with regard to merchandising. The club would have to disclose that as it would be what is known as a Related Party transaction. The only 2 Related Party transactions in the accounts are the free advertising SD get at SJP and the loan provided by Ashley. Unless maybe it did not start until after june 2012? It can't be anything other than a related party transaction. Would us getting nothing for it make any difference? After all, it's only a link on a website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Aye, bought one of the retro shirts and it came with one of those massive sports direct mugs in with the packaging. Do you know who the money went to? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Outsource the retail and merchandising selling to SD for a nominal fee which keeps costs down (but little profit) at NUFC and SD keep the profits from sales, is my guess for what's going on. Understandable but hate anything to do with SD. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 On the face of it, it would make perfect sense as SD can operate the shops cheaper than NUFC could. But given the arrangement for advertising you have to wonder just how much the club is seeing after the merchendise sales. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Outsource the retail and merchandising selling to SD for a nominal fee which keeps costs down (but little profit) at NUFC and SD keep the profits from sales, is my guess for what's going on. Understandable but hate anything to do with SD. could that not be classed as fraud ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Outsource the retail and merchandising selling to SD for a nominal fee which keeps costs down (but little profit) at NUFC and SD keep the profits from sales, is my guess for what's going on. Understandable but hate anything to do with SD. could that not be classed as fraud ? Is it not similar to the catering? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 On the face of it, it would make perfect sense as SD can operate the shops cheaper than NUFC could. But given the arrangement for advertising you have to wonder just how much the club is seeing after the merchendise sales. Llambias claimed we made £100k to £200k from retail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Outsource the retail and merchandising selling to SD for a nominal fee which keeps costs down (but little profit) at NUFC and SD keep the profits from sales, is my guess for what's going on. Understandable but hate anything to do with SD. could that not be classed as fraud ? Nope, there'll be a contract just it'll be a small fee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Outsource the retail and merchandising selling to SD for a nominal fee which keeps costs down (but little profit) at NUFC and SD keep the profits from sales, is my guess for what's going on. Understandable but hate anything to do with SD. could that not be classed as fraud ? Is it not similar to the catering? no idea, how much do we get from outsourcing that ? Is it a legitimate ammount as opposed to a "nominal fee" ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 could that not be classed as fraud ? Nope, there'll be a contract just it'll be a small fee. It's fine as long as it's not seen as a way of shifting profits for tax planning purposes. Although even then, that's no problem form Amazon and Starbucks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Outsource the retail and merchandising selling to SD for a nominal fee which keeps costs down (but little profit) at NUFC and SD keep the profits from sales, is my guess for what's going on. Understandable but hate anything to do with SD. could that not be classed as fraud ? Is it not similar to the catering? Yes, but that is a typical outsourcing activity to a local business. In reality if the retail operation has been outsourced it should had went to tender, but their are some ways to get around it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 could that not be classed as fraud ? Nope, there'll be a contract just it'll be a small fee. It's fine as long as it's not seen as a way of shifting profits for tax planning purposes. Although even then, that's no problem form Amazon and Starbucks. which it would be surely ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 could that not be classed as fraud ? Nope, there'll be a contract just it'll be a small fee. It's fine as long as it's not seen as a way of shifting profits for tax planning purposes. Although even then, that's no problem form Amazon and Starbucks. which it would be surely ? I can't see it being for that. It's just a way for SD to hold our stock and sell NUFC merchandise so that they make most of the profit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Two benefits would be to keep our losses high so he can score that way and he's potentially boosting his SD share price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mavericknufc Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Aye, bought one of the retro shirts and it came with one of those massive sports direct mugs in with the packaging. Do you know who the money went to? I have no idea. I bought the shirt months ago from the club website and thought nothing of it other than a shameless bit of advertising. I have noticed that the stocking is exactly the same on the clubs website and SD. A few of the old shirts were only available in XL on club website so I'd checked on SD and they only had XL available too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 could that not be classed as fraud ? Nope, there'll be a contract just it'll be a small fee. It's fine as long as it's not seen as a way of shifting profits for tax planning purposes. Although even then, that's no problem form Amazon and Starbucks. which it would be surely ? I can't see it being for that. It's just a way for SD to hold our stock and sell NUFC merchandise so that they make most of the profit. it wouldn't be for that, but would be a product of it, wouldn't it ? not too up to date with my fraud laws. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 The thing is as well, they could secure contracts for any potential new buyer for SD's to keep doing this for xx years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Does anyone on here work in the club shop? Who pays the wages? Also, you can buy a ticket in the club shop at the same time as a shirt. Is that going through a different till system or does it still say Sports Direct on the receipt? I assume even this cunt can't be that bent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
quayside Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 The 2012 accoiunts disclose nothing about any relationship between Sports Direct and the club with regard to merchandising. The club would have to disclose that as it would be what is known as a Related Party transaction. The only 2 Related Party transactions in the accounts are the free advertising SD get at SJP and the loan provided by Ashley. Unless maybe it did not start until after june 2012? It can't be anything other than a related party transaction. Would us getting nothing for it make any difference? After all, it's only a link on a website. To be honest I can't see how it couldn't be a related party transaction whether we get anything from it or not. Although as I said it could have started after June2012. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Does anyone on here work in the club shop? Who pays the wages? Also, you can buy a ticket in the club shop at the same time as a shirt. Is that going through a different till system or does it still say Sports Direct on the receipt? I assume even this cunt can't be that bent. Nah, can't see the tickets being like that. Though remember the Rangers Ticketus scandal! Doesn't all of rangers merchandise go through SD nowadays? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Does anyone on here work in the club shop? Who pays the wages? Also, you can buy a ticket in the club shop at the same time as a shirt. Is that going through a different till system or does it still say Sports Direct on the receipt? I assume even this cunt can't be that bent. Nah, can't see the tickets being like that. Though remember the Rangers Ticketus scandal! Doesn't all of rangers merchandise go through SD nowadays? The Rangers Megastore website is operated by SportsDirect.com Retail Ltd. whose registered address is Unit A, Brook Park East, Shirebrook, NG20 8RY, Company Number: 03406347, VAT Number: GB 898 439743. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Does anyone on here work in the club shop? Who pays the wages? Also, you can buy a ticket in the club shop at the same time as a shirt. Is that going through a different till system or does it still say Sports Direct on the receipt? I assume even this cunt can't be that bent. Nah, can't see the tickets being like that. Though remember the Rangers Ticketus scandal! Doesn't all of rangers merchandise go through SD nowadays? http://www.rangersmegastore.com/CustomerServices/OtherInformation/TermsandConditions Looks familiar like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Does anyone on here work in the club shop? Who pays the wages? Also, you can buy a ticket in the club shop at the same time as a shirt. Is that going through a different till system or does it still say Sports Direct on the receipt? I assume even this cunt can't be that bent. Nah, can't see the tickets being like that. Though remember the Rangers Ticketus scandal! Doesn't all of rangers merchandise go through SD nowadays? http://www.rangersmegastore.com/CustomerServices/OtherInformation/TermsandConditions Looks familiar like. Ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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