JKL Clothing Blog

JKL Clothing the specialist online workwear company report that sales in workwear clothing continue to bring strong revenue to the company despite the current economic climate and the threat of future difficult trading conditions.
During the first quarter of 2009 many economic analysts predicted that the clothing market would enter a difficult trading period leading to many companies been forced to downsize or even close altogether.
JKL Clothing invested heavily during this period in both organisational structure and online marketing and search engine optimisation. This investment began to pay dividends during the final months of 2009 when increased website visitor numbers lead to more sales and a sharp increase in revenue and profits. Through increased profitability a situation developed whereby further investment in the company became a possibility.
Workwear was one area of the business that benefited from increased investment. JKL Clothing grew its workwear range and added market leading brands including Portwest and Dickies to an ever growing collection of garments.
Whilst a decrease in workwear clothing sales became a stark reality for many online companies JKL Clothing has bucked the trend by its proactive approach and aggressive marketing campaign. Jeff Harris the company MD

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JKL Clothing have recently extended its contract with Dumfries and Galloway council to continue with the supply of workwear clothing.
The relationship with Dumfries and Galloway goes back to 2004 when JKL Clothing won the workwear supply contract. Since then we have worked closely with the council officers and helped develop an entire workwear clothing range suitable to the councils needs.
JKL Clothing have also been able to help Dumfries and Galloway council to source a wide range of workwear goods and accessories and have played their part during the recent successful development of the DG One leisure complex.
JKL Clothing have provided Dumfries and Galloway with an unrivalled choice of workwear products and garments. Their vast range of quality workwear brands such as Portwest and Dickies have meant that whatever the council's workwear clothing requirements we have always been able to draw on one of the most extensive and competitively priced range of garments available in the UK.
In an ever changing market place JKL Clothing have continued to keep pace with the workwear choices available and through selectively sourcing only the most suitable and quality garments we have always been able to meet our

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JKL Clothing this week added yet more of the Portwest range to their ever increasing collection of durable workwear garments.
Here at JKL Clothing we have known for many years of the quality and durabilty of Portwest workwear clothing. Recently the Rotherham company has added to their range and JKL Clothing have wasted no time in adding these products to their own collection of high quality workwear garments.
Some of the most noticeable additions include many new lines in the hi vis workwear area. One of our most popular items is the Portwest R463 hi vis bomber jacket with reflexite red braces. This particular jacket has sold well into the power station market and at under £34.00 provides high quality at an exceptionally competetive price. With an attachable hood and fleece lined collar this garment keeps the wearer warm in the most inclement of weather. Added to this the use of red reflexite for extra safety and visibilty and here at JKL Clothing we don't think you will find a warmer or safer workwear outer garment.
JKL Clothing are in constant contact with our partners at Portwest and we continue to monitor the workwear market to bring

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The human psyche is often described as a strange thing and a recent investigation into the psychological effects of workwear uniforms has looked at their power and effect on our day to day lives and how we feel.

Anyone who has pulled on a new team kit or buttoned up the jacket of a new school uniform will tell you that looking good makes you feel good. That's not just a saying it is a well known psychological fact that we are what we wear.

Wearing a workwear uniform can encourage a real sense of identity and belonging to a team. Many business owners have realised long ago that employee moral can be greatly affected by the workwear clothing they wear and how that makes them feel.

If we add to this the free advertising benefits of an embroidered item of workwear uniform, it soon becomes apparent that investment in staff clothing can really pay dividends on so many different levels.

JKL Clothing have long held the view that staff workwear clothing provides real long term benefits to both employer and employee alike. This is why they are constantly sourcing the best workwear brands

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Brook Taverner has launched a new range of corporate clothing to its collection. Accompanying the collection is a new brochure, designed to show the clothing range to its maximum potential.

There are two new corporate clothing collections, the Performance and the Concept collections along with an update to the Sophisticated and the Corporate Fashion collections. Every single one of the Brook Taverner collections is manufactured from fabrics that meet the environmental Oeko-Tex standard 100.

For the Performance collection Brook Taverner have added Lycra to the polyester/wool blend that can be found in its suiting garments, providing the wearer with added comfort and exceptional durability. The Performance collection has also seen a new navy stripe design added and of course is fully machine washable.

Brook Taverner have also added new shirts and blouses to its Corporate Fashion Collection as well as updating the Sophisticated collection with a new two button jacket and a shaped skirt.

Responding to customer demand, Brook Taverner has brought in a budget collection called the Concept Suiting collection which uses a polyester/viscose mix fabric and includes in its selling points a “sew easy embroidery

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If one area of the embroidered clothing decoration market has withstood the recent economic downturn, it is the industrial workwear sector. The industrial workwear sector has really held up well over recent months, surprising many within the workwear industry.
When looked at closely though it is not that surprising. Every worker in the UK needs workwear as a fact of working life. There are many reasons for this, not least of all the legal requirements that company's are forced to adhere to under the current health and safety regulations. This is not the only reason companies look upon workwear as a necessary cost. Many companies want their staff to feel valued and recognised as well as safe and having a workwear uniform that is embroidered with a company logo is a cost effective way of achieving this.
Industrial workwear covers the range of workwear garments that are worn in the most demanding work environments. As well as the positive effects embroidered workwear has on staff it also provides essential protection. One of the main advantages to decorated workwear is that it turns staff into walking advertisement boards for the company they are representing.
Workwear garment brands are well

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RTY Workwear is proving so popular that JKL Clothing are planning to increase their stock levels to maintain the quick delivery times that customers have come to expect.
During the last year, workwear garment manufacturer RTY has been JKL Clothing second best selling workwear range. This is down to two main reasons. Firstly wearers of RTY Workwear are often pleasantly surprised by the quality of the clothing. Here at JKL Clothing we hear from many of our customers who report that their RTY garments are performing really well and delivering all the aspects they are looking for in workwear, namely comfort and robustness. The second reason for RTY's increased demand is price. Many of our customers are surprised that such reasonably priced workwear garments can deliver the quality that they are finding in RTY products.
The RTY workwear range is divided into 3 separate areas. Firstly there is the RTY High Visibility range. This range of workwear consists of all the Hi Vis products that RTY supply, including Hi Vis clothing such as T-shirt, Polo Shirts and Jackets along with other items such as backpacks and messenger bags. To compliment this range RTY have another safety range

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There can't be many company's trading today that can trace their beginnings back as far as 1851, but that is exactly what the branded clothing product company Fruit of the Loom can do.
Fruit of the Loom started in Rhode Island, America when Robert Knight, a textile mill owner and a friend, Rufus Skeel who owned a small shop selling cloth got together and formed one of the first branded clothing companies in America. Rufus Skeel's daughter had painted pictures of apples and applied them to cloth. It was this image that Rudus Steel decided to use for his labels and this apple can still be seen today on the Fruit of the Loom logo. In 1871 Robert Knight applied for and obtained a patent. He was issued the patent number 418 for the brand Fruit of the Loom.
Since the late 1800's, Fruit of the Loom has lead a varied and at times unstable life. This culminated as recently as 1999 when Fruit of the Loom filed for protected bankruptcy, following losses of $576.2 million.
The company was bought from bankruptcy by Berkshire Hathaway Corporation in January 2002. A more recent problem for Fruit of the Loom was

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JKL Clothing continue to offer free set up charges for all printing when your order for printed garments exceeds 100. We are the only printed garments company within our sector that offers free screen set ups on as low a quantity as 100.
So why do many companies charge for the setting up of screens for printing.? Put simply there is work involved, so therefore a charge is payable. In order to create a screen from which you are able to print you firstly have to separate the colours of the design and create individual screens for each colour in the design. This process obviously takes time. JKL Clothing do however realise how prohibitive a one off screen set up charge can be, which is why we have waived it for orders of 100 or more. Our philosophy is simple, once we have produced a customers screen, that screen is then saved for a period of 12 months so that should you re order within that period and require the same artwork design, no set up charge is payable on any quantity ordered, providing the minimum order quantity of 20 is reached. It is hoped that once you

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JKL Clothing are pleased to announce that embroidery prices are to remain static for the second year in a row.
Embroidered clothing is one of JKL Clothing's main areas of expertise alongside screen printing and workwear supply. During the recent economic downturn we have worked alongside our suppliers and customers alike to ensure we continue to provide the best possible deal without compromising our commitment to superior customer service. We constantly monitor the competition and are confident we continue to out perform our contemporaries in terms of product quality and value for money.
One of the reasons that we are able to maintain our low embroidery prices is that we invested in market leading Barudan embroidery machines that provide us with excellent efficiency and minimum downtime, resulting in improved performance from our embroidery department.
Jeff Harris, JKL Clothing's MD recently said "we are all too well aware of the economic difficulties faced by our customers, by refraining from increasing our embroidery prices for a second year we are doing all we can to maintain our position as market leaders and help our loyal customers during what can only be described as difficult market conditions"