Well… here we are, the clock is ticking, and I only have one day left till Christmas. Let’s see, should I take my chances at finding nothing at Target or Wal-Mart?

Or maybe some other place filled with “jerks” just like me trying to find the perfect gift at the last minute. It always ends up with me wandering from store to store, fighting for parking spaces and dealing with fools like myself getting in the way.

The best is when you ask a clerk to help you find something and they lead you on a wild goose chase around the WHOLE store looking for it, only to find it’s the totally wrong item and he didn’t know what the heck you were talking about in the first place. Yep, that’s pretty cool when that happens.

Even better, I love the excitement of picking up the store’s flyer seeing all of the sweet deals and actually thinking that they didn’t already sell out of everything.

I know what YOU’RE thinking…

“Start your shopping early”, right?

Well, I say “NO THANKS!” I actually like last minute shopping!  I think I work best under pressure!

I like the pressure of trying to decide “hmmmm, should I buy them the windshield scraper / radio or the talking wallet that humiliatingly lets you know when it is empty or how about Billy Bass, keep in mind…

I’M SHOPPING FOR MY MOM!

When there’s not much left to choose from you gotta think quick my friend.

So I look forward to seeing all my fellow “last minute” shoppers and please, be safe, be smart and most of all, STAY OUTTA MY WAY!

I only have one day until Christmas!

Happy Holidays everyone!

As 2010 comes to an end, we here at Excel Sportswear can look back and think…

“Wow we really came a long way this year!”

First of all we launched our new website. This site is now more user friendly with easier access to constantly updated galleries and blog posts. You’ll also find that getting started with your order on-line is easier than ever by using our “Getting Started Form” on our homepage. Our new “Product Tour” commercial is also posted on the home page; this video will give you an inside look at the hard work and care that goes into each order and every shirt. In addition to our new site we also created a sister site, which contains all of our custom designs for gun and knife dealers, manufacturers and also law enforcement agencies across the country. So far, we’ve had a great response from both sites.

The sales force got a nice boost with a couple of new inside sales people who’ve made some real progress. We expanded our territory coverage by adding new outside salesman in both Philadelphia and Boston. We attended a few conventions, The FFA convention in Indianapolis and the American Towman convention in Baltimore to name a few. Our presence at these events gives a chance to put faces to the names of people we talk with everyday and also a chance to meet new people.

Throughout the year there have been a few changes in production, for example; we purchased a new 8 color automatic press, which is boosting productivity and offering quicker turn around for our customers. In addition to the new auto, we’ve added a “heat transfer” press to the mix. With all these additions, production rate has nearly doubled!

Overall, the changes we’ve made were definitely for the better!

In the year 2011…                                   

Will we expand our sales department even more?

…add more high tech, cutting edge equipment?

One thing we do know is that we will continue to offer great service and meet the demands of our customers to ensure a quality product they will be proud to purchase and  wear!

…As for the other stuff???

TO BE CONTINUED……