Promotional Clothing- 5 Tips for getting your Corporate Clothing right

Keeping your staff happy is not always easy but when it comes to Corporate Clothing you must get it right. Follow these 5 easy steps to make sure that you keep your staff and your customer smiling.

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. Recently a well known client asked us to provide some very heavy duty garments for their Cornish warehouse. They chose this material because their warehouse in Aberdeen had used them and they were very well received. However the new air conditined warehouse in Cornwall was fat hotter than than the very old and very draughty warehouse in Aberdeen where snow is a regular feature for most of the winter.

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. Light nylon shirts are not much use to long distance lorry drivers any more than heavy twill cotton is suitable for a chef working in a hot 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. Getting the opinions of your staff is vital because if they feel they were part of the selection process then you can be assured that they will back the final decision and support it.

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, 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.


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Francis Murphy is the Managing Director of BTC Group. His 30+ years of experience in the Promotional Merchandise arena has helped him develop an organisation that has grown to become the largest privately owned Promotional Merchandise company in the UK. BTC Group are members SEDEX & the ETI