LOOKING BACK ON A 'WILD' 2019
LOOKING BACK ON A 'WILD' 2019

It’s been one of the most exciting and challenging years in Wild Thang’s 23 years in business and we are more excited than ever to get our exciting redevelopment completed so we can really do our Thang and shoot for the stars!

You may know us for just printing t-shirts, or just supplying branded pens, but hopefully you will be pleasantly surprised about what we have been up to over the past 12 months and get a much better understanding of the truly extensive range of world class products and services we provide.

 

It’s been a Wild 2019

January was an incredibly exciting moment, after 4 years of hard work and preparation we were finally granted planning permission to redevelop the premises.

 

February and our development was competitively tendered and we were chuffed that local Liverpool company Frank Rogers were successful to create a trio of local companies involved in our exciting new development.

 

March gave us the opportunity to produce the official merchandise for the Liver Building 360 tour, Liverpool’s newest and most innovative attraction!

April was immense, whilst we attended the World Famous Grand National at Aintree Racecourse we spotted the playing cards we had produced for the Jockey Club in the hospitality lounges.

May was the month that we finally broke ground on the development, a momentous moment for sure, it was fantastic, and with much relief to finally get the build underway.

June allowed us to put the final touches to Liverpool Football Clubs 1st team player’s jerseys and training kit with the embroidery to commemorate the Champions League Final in Madrid, we are proud to be an official branding partner for one of the greatest football clubs in the world.

July and the development is making exciting progress with the steel frame and cladding being completed, so really starting to become a reality that all the effort and planning made with the very talented K2 Architects, to create a development that had integrity to add something dynamic to the city scape was finally paying off.

August, wow we are very proud to be voted as one of the top merchandise and corporate gift distributors in the UK, and the only representative based in the Liverpool City Region for 2018.

 

September seen the launch of the medal muddle initiative with our friends at BTR. CSR is at the heart of Wild Thang as a company, so we were proud to make an effort to not only help raise much needed money for local charities, but in turn upcycling products to minimise waste. 

October and Salford Red Devils reach the Rugby League Grand Final at Old Trafford, against all the odds, we were incredibly proud and privileged to be part of their journey this year as their Official Branding, Merchandise and Retail Partner following the commencement of a 3 year deal with our friends at Kappa UK.

November - I’m a celebrity, get me out of here! In every jungle there has to be a Wild Thang and that just happened to be us! Producing the Official Merchandise for one of the biggest programs on TV.

December and its time to have yourself a merry eco Christmas. This year we wanted to highlight a number of innovative products that are all about sustainability, reusability and recyclability, which included a straw for life, collapsible reusable coffee cup and a draw string tote bag, made in part of recycled cotton blend and plastic bottles! If you has been a good boy or girl this year you may even receive one of our Wild Thang branded, eco orientated, corporate merchandise gifts!

Topping off an incredible 2019, and something huge for us to celebrate is our new building officially becoming water tight, so we can starting planning the interior design, new office layouts and the official launch in March, so watch this space...

 

We have come a long way since that £1500 Princes Trust loan 23 years ago, so we are more excited about the future than ever before and what we can achieve as a team in 2020. When the team works the dream works, so we would like to wholeheartedly thank and wish all of our amazing team, clients and friends a very merry and Wild Christmas, this New Year don’t worry about a Thang, so we can make it a very prosperous 2020 together.

 

We are always here to help with branded clothing, merchandise and print advice!

 

Team Wild Thang.

 

Those little Devils have only gone and made it to the Super League Grand Final!
Those little Devils have only gone and made it to the Super League Grand Final!

Well this is a remarkable achievement and it’s not every day we get to work on merchandise for such a major sporting event in the world of Rugby. The world loves the underdog and some had already written off the Red Devils as being a none contender at the beginning of the season, how wrong could they be, which in some ways makes it even sweeter for the club, players and the amazing fans.

Wild Thang Director John Howarth, who helps look after the clubs requirements, commented: “There is so much to celebrate, what a year, what a club! Massive congrats from the whole Wild Thang Team on making it to the Grand Final but also to Jacko Hastings on winning the Man of Steel at the Super League Awards this week too, the guy has deserves everything that comes his way and we are excited for next season already!”

One more to go to make your dreams come true but win or lose there is so much to be proud of for all involved, Wild Thang are proud to have been played our small part as official merchandise and team kit branding partner, we are now looking forward to creating some Limited Edition Grand Final Merchandise which will be available soon on the online shop and also at the Salgood club shop at the stadium.

Club Shop

Really proud to announce our continued partnership with Salford Red Devils
Really proud to announce our continued partnership with Salford Red Devils

Really proud to announce our continued partnership with Salford Red Devils as the official merchandise partner along with Kappa Team Wear supplying the highest quality kit. So this just had to be our merchandise in action this week & may I just say what a bunch of handsome devils, well we would actually be scared to say anything else!

We love it when people share their merchandise in action online & across social media as it really is a key driver for marketing the availability of any product or service. Looking forward to continue producing the world class sports kit, training wear & branded retail merchandise always highlighting team spirit & motto #TogetherStronger Never underestimate the power of the photograph to capture the special moment of any campaign and deliver real impact, think PR exposure, think the endless social media sharing on Instagram, Twitter etc.

We hope this gives you a little inspiration to create some world class apparel & merchandise for yourself & we will be introducing some exciting new product lines. Please remember we are here to help with expert branded clothing, merchandise and print advice! Why not check out the range and online shop we created to manage the online merchandise sales on behalf of the club

View Shop

Merchandise in action Red Devils too hot for London!
Merchandise in action Red Devils too hot for London!

Our very own merchandise in action was on show on Sunday 10th February on and off the pitch with our pop up shop at the AJ Bell Stadium for the first in a series of games we will be attending throughout the season which will extend our 24/7 web shop solution to the fans on match day. It was certainly a cold and breezy one with that wind whipping in from the Manchester Ship Canal! It was great to meet so many fans who loved the merchandise with the big sellers on the day being the new Kappa 2019 home and away replica shirts, the Kappa player polo and the retro bobble hat, but top sales item on the day was the new Red Devils fan scarf, knitted to a high definition quality and an absolute must to keep that chill off you.

The lads on the pitch certainly went hard & did their best to keep the fans warm making it 2 W’s from 2 games and currently sitting top of Super League after a 24-0 victory over London Broncos. We love this image of the players in action going hard & whatever the campaign or marketing promotion you should never underestimate the power of the photograph to capture the moment of any campaign & deliver real impact, think PR exposure, think the endless social media sharing or competitions on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook & Snapchat.

Maybe you could benefit from our one solution service that covers both on & offline merchandise sales please remember we are here to help with expert branded clothing, merchandise & print advice! For those Red Devils fans it’s #TogetherStronger Don’t forget we will be at more games during the season that will be announced in due course & you can access the goods whenever and wherever you are via the online shop.

RED DEVILS MERCH

SHOWCASE CAMPAIGN WORLD CLASS MERCHANDISE CO-OPERATION WITH THE CO-OP
SHOWCASE CAMPAIGN WORLD CLASS MERCHANDISE CO-OPERATION WITH THE CO-OP

Wild Thang love to showcase world class campaigns full of quality & creative branding clothing, merchandise and print with plenty of innovative ideas that will help give you a little inspiration. The brief for the UK Co-operative was to produce a relevant and innovative range of merchandise incentives to be sold as official merchandise both online and offline that would promote the world wide Co-operative movement, influence and engage individuals to get a real understanding of the benefits of being a co-operative and best practices when forming a co-operative.

This involved producing retail quality screenprinted t-shirts, printed pens, button badges, mugs and branded POS, pullup banners, exhibition display materials so this really did embody the full array of physical marketing collateral. A full branding, ecommerce & onsite sales solution was delivered to a world class standard & the feedback from both client and visitors was outstanding and the tangible benefits in true Co-operative style were that all profits made would be reinvested into the organisation. Please remember we are here to help with expert creative branded clothing, merchandise & print advice! Why not take a look at our other case studies that will give you a better understanding of what can be achieved.

CASE STUDIES

Showcase Campaign Jamie Carragher Testimonial scoring with amazing Merchandise !
Showcase Campaign Jamie Carragher Testimonial scoring with amazing Merchandise !

We just love producing standout branded clothing & merchandise, with showcase campaigns we aim to highlight the very best creative relevant and innovative ideas that will help give you a little inspiration. The brief was simple, to design & create some world class retail quality merchandise & in this case I certainly think we achieved it. Developing high impact and relevant design that really embraced Jamie’s passion on the pitch and off the pitch, placing his 23 foundation at the heart of all designs. We produced a relevant range of merchandise which included branded hoodies, t-shirts, pin badges, teddy bears, woven football scarfs, lanyards, caps, medal & wristbands. We are happy to report the project was a big success raising a significant amount of money for Jamie’s 23 foundation & created excellent social media interaction & PR publicity. Please remember we not only have a very talented graphics studio but are here to help with the very best expert creative branded clothing, merchandise and print advice. There are plenty other examples of high quality work we have produced over on our case study page why not take a look?

CASE STUDIES