2023 Australia Cup Kits (and new apparel partner announced)

[Wedgie]

New supplier Cikers Australia. Going to take a while for me to emotiinally let go of my beloved Championship Paladin kits, if ever!

 

[turbo]

Not a fan of the blue strip across the shoulder/collarbone area. The main color has some nice detail.

 

[Wedgie]

Yeah, like our bar code shirt I struggle to like things that aren't symmetrical.

 

[ryan]

Reminds me of the original Reebok kits. Good luck to the new supplier but i fear this might be another season where supply will not meet demand.

 

[Paolo]

Is this the club setting up their own apparel company and diversifying?

Domain name was registered by the club itself, declaring the domain to be associated with CC Mariners PTY LTD.

 

[Ozhammer]

Shaun has alluded to this being the start of the club putting more focus on merch, so I would say we could all be raiding our piggy banks in the coming season……

 

[Tevor]

Is this the club setting up their own apparel company?

Domain name was registered by the club itself, declaring the domain to be associated with CC Mariners PTY LTD.

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Interesting and I also get the feeling there is more in the detail of this new relationship. Sounds like a good business decision and we seem to be doing this more and more now which is refreshing. The Peil effect as he is clearly has a good business mind.

 

[sydmariner]

Reminds me of the original Reebok kits. Good luck to the new supplier but i fear this might be another season where supply will not meet demand.

Hopefully the badges don’t fall off like the original logo’s that were heat sealed on did.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Hopefully the badges don’t fall off like the original logo’s that were heat sealed on did.

Agree. Recent quality has been poor.

 

[shipwreck]

Huge wraps from the press conference, I'm confused, is the website registration thing suggesting that this company is owned by the mariners?

 

[Jerem]

Prefer my pink, even if I barely get it over my big head

 

[Tevor]

Huge wraps from the press conference, I'm confused, is the website registration thing suggesting that this company is owned by the mariners?

Not so much owned however there seems to be more to it. They are a Chinese Co by their website however have now registered an Australian Co and the Club has been involved in that registration so they may be some kind of partnership. May explain the Club saying it's the biggest deal in our history because we get more $$ for every merch sale.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Sounds like a JV with manufacturing in China

 

[montywoodpeg]

Huge wraps from the press conference, I'm confused, is the website registration thing suggesting that this company is owned by the mariners?

The bottom of the website also shows copyright to CCM along with a COE address.

Gives me the impression CCM has been given equity as part of the deal, very interesting.

Edit: Actually, should have realised - that's not just COE address, it's the Mariners' own address and phone number.

 

[gemkayem]

I really like the new kits, hopefully the start of a prosperous relationship

 

[montywoodpeg]

Came back to look at this a little more, as I'm a little uncertain who Cikers are. The Mariners seemingly gaining equity in the relationship made me curious.

Found a few links internationally.

Cikers.com appears to be a business based in Beijing which says "Powered by Cikers" and uses the tagline "Approach Infinity" which makes sense with the logo. Somewhat going by the name Cikers Technology. This appears to be the primary manufacturer and business.

xteamwear.com appears to be the more e-commerce oriented, for direct sales. They have a significant range of designs and options available, really quite impressive - makes me optimistic for a pretty good CCM range of apparel to come. There are some rather 'familiar' designs on their range though, so they might be willing to play a little loose with some regulations.