Just been in to have a chat to the guys at Romida in Leatherhead and this was the news...
They have had a good year of sales this year, relatively shielded from the downturn. Their biggest seller was kookaburra kit, especially their bats.
The GN bats was also a big winner, although their softs weren't as popular (e.g. the legend gloves were similar quality to the GM 808's)
In news that tall Paul will be interested in, the boomboom bats were well received and there were no returns...
SF bats were not as good as last year (not as soft as last years)
GM and Puma bats were well received, but the gm bats had weak toes.
They also had Ayrtek in stock and loads of Newbery bats left (over graded in my view)
Then for next year, lots more boomboom, Adidas are bringing out a £40 rrp shoe, which will sell loads, m and h bats lighter than 2lbs 12.
On the subject of m and h, the are ditching the leather as it stains really badly - I suggested a darker leather but the M and H rep wasn't interested (had left the shop by then!)
They are excited by the new gn and gm bats, they will be stocking Spartan, but it won't be cheap. They are hoping for better SF bats and their softs were similar to puma.
nothing from county, which. as we know are not fashionable...
They are frustrated by slazenger, their new stuff is expensive and they won't let the retailers test the bats, no tapping or using a mallet... the slaz bats they had picked up well but were pretty hard...
Finally they also liked the new Adidas kit.
Not much else I can remember, but some questions may trigger some memories.
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Topic: View from a retailer of the 2012 sales (Read 10450 times)