Custom Soccer Socks & Hats
As a B2B foreign trade supply chain service provider focusing on men’s accessories, Riche Trade has always helped global customers expand their businesses with mid-to-high-end quality, flexible customization solutions and reliable performance capabilities. Below are two typical custom cooperation cases, demonstrating our professional service strength in soccer socks and hats categories.
Case 1: Custom Soccer Socks Cooperation with European Sports Brand
Client Background
A sports goods distributor deeply rooted in the European market, whose core business is the supply of professional football club equipment, serving more than 20 football clubs in 5 countries including Germany, France and Italy, with stable offline channels and club cooperation resources.
Cooperation Requirements
1. Core Customization: Customize exclusive LOGO soccer socks for cooperative clubs, which need to have antibacterial and deodorant, ankle compression protection functions, and the material and safety standards must comply with OEKO-TEX international environmental certification.
2. Order & Delivery: Support small-batch customization with a minimum order quantity of 300 pairs per style; require the entire process from sample confirmation to final goods delivery to European warehouses to be controlled within 45 days.
Solutions
1. Quality & Material: Selected high-elastic combed cotton + carbon fiber blended fabric to balance elasticity, air permeability and durability; set up three quality inspection links: fabric testing, semi-finished product sewing and finished product pressure resistance, ensuring uniform ankle compression, firm stitching, and fully complying with EU environmental standards.
2. Customization Service: Formed a special design team to provide 3 sets of LOGO embroidery schemes for customer selection within 3 working days; completed sample production within 7 working days and sent samples by international courier, and quickly optimized the elasticity design of the sock opening according to customer feedback to ensure a fit and non-tight wearing experience.
3. Performance Guarantee: Activated a flexible production line to accurately match small-batch customization needs; selected China-Europe dedicated line logistics to shorten the transportation cycle, and provided full-process logistics tracking services to allow customers to grasp the goods dynamics in real time.
Cooperation Achievements
1. The first batch of 3000 pairs of custom soccer socks was delivered on time. After testing by the customer and cooperative clubs, the pass rate was 100%, and the wearing comfort, protective performance and durability all exceeded expectations.
2. Based on high-quality products and services, the two parties reached an annual framework cooperation agreement, and the customer’s quarterly reorder volume continued to rise steadily; at the same time, the customer took the initiative to recommend 3 European industry peers to establish cooperative relations with us.
Case 2: Custom Hat Project with American Outdoor Purchaser
Client Background
An American outdoor purchaser based in California, focusing on men’s outdoor functional accessories, mainly supplying goods to local outdoor product chain stores and sports clubs, focusing on high-quality and cost-effective outdoor accessory categories, and planning to expand the sun hat product line.
Cooperation Requirements
1. Core Customization: Customize men’s outdoor sun protection baseball caps, which need to reach UPF50+ sun protection level, have air-permeable and quick-drying functions, support brand logo embroidery on the cap body, and have a simple and versatile appearance.
2. Cost & Compliance: Ensure product quality on the premise of cost control; the product must pass CE certification and provide complete test reports and customs clearance documents; the first trial order is 500 pieces, and subsequent bulk orders will be added according to market feedback.
Solutions
1. Material & Craftsmanship: Selected UV-resistant Oxford cloth as the main material of the cap body, matched with ice silk lining to improve skin-friendliness; designed dense air vents on the top of the cap to enhance ventilation and heat dissipation; adopted laser positioning embroidery technology to ensure accurate brand logo position, smooth lines, and color fastness of grade 4 or above, meeting the needs of long-term outdoor use.
2. Cost Optimization: Relying on the advantage of direct supply from source factories, eliminating intermediate circulation links and directly benefiting customers; merging small-batch trial orders with other similar orders for production, controlling costs while ensuring production efficiency, and not adding additional procurement pressure to customers.
3. Compliance & Logistics: Completed CE certification testing of fabrics and finished products in advance and issued authoritative test reports; sorted out a complete set of customs clearance documents, arranged special personnel to connect with the logistics link, and assisted customers in successfully completing the customs clearance process.
Cooperation Achievements
1. The first batch of 500 trial products was delivered on time, which received a warm response after being launched on the market, with monthly sales exceeding 2000 pieces and customer satisfaction reaching 98%; within 3 months after the trial order, the customer added a bulk order of 2000 pieces.
2. The two parties established a long-term and stable cooperative relationship, and developed 3 derivative categories such as quick-drying bucket hats and foldable sun hats based on the initial cooperation; currently, the customer’s annual procurement volume has exceeded 500,000 US dollars, making us its core outdoor accessory supplier.
Case Summary
From the functional customization of soccer socks to the outdoor scene adaptation of hats, Riche Trade always takes customer needs as the core, and provides global customers with one-stop supply chain solutions relying on professional customization capabilities, strict quality control and efficient performance services. Whether you need small-batch trial orders or bulk customization, we can accurately match your needs and help you expand your business.
