Dallas (January 7, 2011) – Barrington (www.barringtongifts.com), a designer and maker of distinctive gifts for golf- and country-club tournaments and pro-shop sales, has established a Custom Gifts eStore program for PGA Professionals, at www.barringtongifts.com/pga. The Web site offers full lines of Barrington gift items to PGA Professionals for personal use, tournament gifts, retirement gifts or other professional and business purposes, all at wholesale prices. Barrington donates 20 percent of all revenue from this eStore to the PGA Relief and Benevolent Fund, established to assist PGA Professionals who have experienced financial hardship.
“It is a pleasure to serve PGA Professionals through our custom gifts eStore and the significant donation we make to the PGA Relief and Benevolent Fund,” said David Gowdy, founder and CEO of Barrington. “Not only will they enjoy Barrington products for their personal use, but they will find unusually handsome and memorable tournament gifts for their events.”
Barrington is an official licensee of the PGA TOUR and the U.S. Golf Association for luxury executive-level gifts.
“The Barrington Custom Gifts eStore for PGA Professionals is a good fit,” said Wendy Moecher, a merchandise buyer for the PGA of America, headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. “Our PGA Golf Shop has a link to the Barrington eStore, and the products are stunning. Offering such high-quality merchandise to our members at an affordable price point is a win-win arrangement.”
About Barrington Custom Gifts eStores
Barrington introduced its Custom Gifts eStore program last month, to great fanfare. It is a one-of-a-kind turnkey custom gifts e-commerce service for Barrington clients in the golf industry, as well as for the corporate market, non-profit associations and special reseller partners. Many golf clubs, non-profits and corporations already have embraced the program as a way to provide exceptional custom gifts to their members and clients in a turnkey way without requiring inventory and implementation of the service on their part.
Features of Barrington Custom Gifts eStores include:
• Barrington offers a golf club, association or special event the same high-end retail-quality gifts that it makes and sells through Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and other fine stores – but at below-retail prices that the club or association determines in order to realize its desired margin.
• With only a 24-unit minimum, anyone can order gifts with Barrington’s famous custom branded fabric lining and custom branded gift boxes at the same price as one unit with Barrington packaging. This level of customization at such a low minimum is unparalleled in the gifts industry.
• Barrington manages all aspects of its Custom Gifts eStore, from the initial transaction to fulfillment to customer service. The ordering club, association or special event has no inventory or implementation responsibilities. Barrington simply sends each client a check for its margin on all sales each month, providing total transparency by copying the client on all order confirmations.
• Barrington will help a golf club, association or special event create awareness of its Custom Gifts eStore by providing custom-branded e-mails promoting a new product, discount sale, free shipping period, etc., centered on key gifting seasons and holidays. Each club, association or special event can send the customized e-mail messages to its own database or Barrington can provide e-mail services.
• Golf clubs, associations and special events can place a link to the Barrington Custom Gifts e-Store on their Web sites, providing enhanced awareness of this exciting program.
About Barrington
Founded in 1991, Barrington is a designer and manufacturer of high-end business gifts and premiums at low factory-direct prices. Fine leather gifts and accessories, leather notebooks and portfolios, bags and luggage and other premium gifts comprise the Barrington lines. Specialized features include fabric lining, personalization, gift packaging and “virtual samples” to refine the development and approval process.
Differentiating Barrington from other gift suppliers is the fact that Barrington operates its own “cut-and-sew” factory and directly manages other manufacturing projects through its global factory network (versus contract manufacturing done by most other brands), allowing unparalleled customization, the fewest minimums and the quickest lead times, all at a better price. Barrington will develop a custom version of any of its product offerings or will develop uniquely new “bespoke” gift ideas for pro-am players, VIPs or other gift recipients.
Among the renowned venues for which Barrington has created specialty-gift items are Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Dallas National Golf Club, Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Firestone Country Club, PGA National Resort & Spa, Pebble Beach Resorts, Pinehurst Resort, Southern Hills Country Club, The Olympic Club, The Riviera Country Club, Jupiter Hills Club, Vaquero Club and others.
For more information, see www.barringtongifts.com
Contact:
Sally J. Sportsman
407-248-1144
sjsport@earthlink.net
