Bad marketing ideas # 207
Did you see this bit about the NHL coming out with pink hockey jerseys? The NHL, which is more concerned with improving profits than improving hockey, is targeting what they estimate are the 40 per cent of hockey fans who are women. Apparently there are a lot of women out there who are coveting a pink (or baby blue) hockey jersey with their team logo on it.
Not so much.
I can totally see the idea of marketing a smaller, tailored version of the jersey (shall we call it a hersey? Lookit that, witticism via typo!) made to fit an ordinary person not encumbered by 20 pounds of hockey gear - in the team's colours. But what on earth made the NHL marketing gurus think we needed them in girley pastel colours?
I don't own any Senators clothing, not because I have been waiting for a pastel version but because the Senators logo is so hideously ugly. And also, I'm allergic to polyester. Make me a nice cotton jersey, or maybe even a silk-lycra blend, in the teams colours with a subtle little logo on the sleeve, and put it at a price point that's considered a fun splurge and not a major investment (I have blazers that cost less than $70) and I'd be all over it. Or rather, it would be all over me.
That's all I have today. We're leaving in an hour to spend the morning here, and then driving through Algonquin Park to spend the weekend with the in-laws on the other side of the province. I'm only half packed, have nothing organized for the four-hour drive, and am more than a little nervous about keeping my wee beasties out of trouble at the un-child-proofed house of my in-laws, tucked on an acre of forested land about 15 km away from the nearest outpost of civilization. Eek!
Not so much.
I can totally see the idea of marketing a smaller, tailored version of the jersey (shall we call it a hersey? Lookit that, witticism via typo!) made to fit an ordinary person not encumbered by 20 pounds of hockey gear - in the team's colours. But what on earth made the NHL marketing gurus think we needed them in girley pastel colours?
I don't own any Senators clothing, not because I have been waiting for a pastel version but because the Senators logo is so hideously ugly. And also, I'm allergic to polyester. Make me a nice cotton jersey, or maybe even a silk-lycra blend, in the teams colours with a subtle little logo on the sleeve, and put it at a price point that's considered a fun splurge and not a major investment (I have blazers that cost less than $70) and I'd be all over it. Or rather, it would be all over me.
That's all I have today. We're leaving in an hour to spend the morning here, and then driving through Algonquin Park to spend the weekend with the in-laws on the other side of the province. I'm only half packed, have nothing organized for the four-hour drive, and am more than a little nervous about keeping my wee beasties out of trouble at the un-child-proofed house of my in-laws, tucked on an acre of forested land about 15 km away from the nearest outpost of civilization. Eek!
Said DaniGirl at 5:24 a.m. #
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