Employee Clothing Programs

 

As many companies work to streamline their operations, the notion of working with employees on standard modes of dress continues to be an issue.  With so many types and styles of clothing available, it can be quite difficult to make sure that a company’s staff has a unifying look.  For years, several companies have made sure that their employees wear clothing purchased through a common vendor, with great results; take a look at why more companies are switching to vendors for compliance with standard modes of dress policies.

 

Reflects Well Upon the Company

 

Companies that maintain a uniform policy, even if it is in the business casual mode of dress see all of their employees in a uniform way.  When dealing with clients and customers, employees convey a professional image at all times, which has been predetermined by management.  This way, there is no question about what is appropriate or not; it has already been outlined.

 

Professionalism

 

Again, uniforms give a company an air of professionalism and ensure that everyone complies with the same standards.  The company is well-represented and is able to offer these items to their employees through payroll deduction.  Everyone is able to concentrate on work rather than focusing on what will be worn each day.

 

Level Playing Field

 

When uniforms are used in the workplace, it creates a level playing field for all employees.  No one is singled out for their ability or inability to wear certain brands or styles.  Everyone is wearing similar clothing, which means that there is no room for pettiness and showing off.  This also provides many fringe benefits for the company that result from jealousy and competition related to the way people are allowed to dress.

 

Quality

 

When businesses decide on a standard mode of dress or uniform policy, they make sure to select items that reflect who they are as a company.  The end result is that employees are able to make choices within a certain selection of items that adhere to quality and consistency standards.  Ultimately, both the company and the employees benefit from these policies.

 

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Andrew Parrini Corporate Clothing are pleased to announce that as of today, the full range of skirts, trousers and jackets in the ‘Easycare’ collection, from the ‘Wardrobes’ range by Brook Taverner are in stock in all colours and sizes.  Please see my previous post for details or click here

 

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As the current financial situation causes all businesses to stand back and re-think, I’ve been looking at the smaller sales that contribute in some way to our turnover at Andrew Parrini Corporate Clothing.

For a while now we’ve been making printed fabric banners that are cheaper, quicker to turnaround and more tactile than the heavy vinyl alternative, becoming increasingly popular for indoor use.

Using the same technology and knowledge we use for our corporate logo service, we can supply :

- Polycotton cloth in most colours for general use.

- Flame retardant PROBAN cloth in a limited range of colours for indoor public use

- Print text, logo’s and even photographs in a wide range of colours.

-sew edges and eyelet, all in house.

So far we’ve made our fabric banners for birthdays, weddings, engagements, advertising and fun.

To find out more, send us an email and if possible some artwork, whatever it may be.

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We’re living through a time of reality television, making transparent the nature of modern life.  A recent programme, Channel 4’s “The Devil Wears Primark”:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/02/channel4.television , promised to give us an insight into the working conditions for indian workers who manufacture clothes for our budget ‘wear it, throw it’ shops, by setting up a sweatshop in the west end of London.  This choice of programme follows a new style of reality TV where we’re hopefully moving on from camera-on-the-wall, Big Brother style TV to one where we TV’s new ‘expose’ powers used to better understand the sweatshop ragtrade and how we all in some way support it.

At the last minute, the programme was pulled from the weekend schedule for reasons unclear, but a lot more attention is now on garment manufacturers to think about thier ‘green’ and ‘fair trade’ crudentials.

The corporate/workwear clothing market is no better in reality.  As margins are being pushed further and squeezed harder, the demand for an ever cheaper white T-shirt in the promotional, use-once range increases.

The alternative in an organic sense to a cheap white ‘doesn’t matter about the quality’ T shirt is 5 times the price.  This does get you ‘Climate Neutral’, ‘Earth Positive’, organic cotton T-shirt that’s made to high ethical standards:

http://brochure.io8.co.uk/cidttu4mys1gh/frames/cidttu4mys1gh/index.html and approved by the Fair Wear Foundation http://en.fairwear.nl/ 

They’re fantastic to wear and you really feel as though you’re making a small difference just by wearing one.

It’s true that for shorter runs, these obviously much higher quality T-shirts are an option, but where the margins can be tight, they can unfortunately be priced out of the market.

As a company that already has a green policy to recycle waste and reduce our impact on the environment as much as possible, we now offer an organic garment, where possible as an alternative but at a much lower margin of profitability.

For more details, please visit
http://www.andrew-parrini.com/organic_clothing.htm