RF Cap is back

ARaj

ARaj

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UK Website has this - how limited are they!
"Please note customers are limited to one RF cap per colour per order."
 
N01E

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bobleenov1963

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I got white, navy and blue. Tried to get a pink one for my daughter but it sold out.

I also purchased the Nishikori hat a few week ago for $9.90. It only has the small double box on the cap. I am going to put Djokovic emblem along with GOAT where the RF logo is now ;)
 
jmacdaununder2

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kimguroo said:
Japanese and Chinese price is around $20 but I will not surprised Uniqlo priced at $30 for the hats.
I don’t know why uniqlo raised hats and wristband prices in US 50-100% more than other worlds...
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Because the US market is 'enthusiastic' enough to support those prices. Incidentally, are these hats a Japanese knock off of a Chinese made original?
 
aldeayeah

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brinkeguthrie said:
(quoted from posted article)

In 2003, Mirka Vavrinec created a perfume named after her then beau Roger Federer. The product was marketed and sold with an ‘RF’ logo similar to what we see today.
Mirka had designed the logo and bottle of the perfume herself. The cologne was eventually discontinued, but Roger Federer decided to keep the logo.
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OK, that explains it all. I had always wondered why Fed went for such a "posh" kind of logo rather than a more "sporting" one.

I always found it endearing how Fed seems to love his wife so much.
 
kimguroo

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jmacdaununder2 said:
Because the US market is 'enthusiastic' enough to support those prices. Incidentally, are these hats a Japanese knock off of a Chinese made original?
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Same thing in Japan too. Uniqlo tennis items usually sell well in Japan.
Uniqlo should have similar price ranges for their items since they are global company.

it’s not knock off hat. It’s just rebranded hats.
 
brinkeguthrie

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kimguroo said:
Same thing in Japan too. Uniqlo tennis items usually sell well in Japan.
Uniqlo should have similar price ranges for their items since they are global company.

it’s not knock off hat. It’s just rebranded hats.
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what they should have is a complete line of Ts, polos, shorts, socks, bags, caps and sweats- fully stocked year round, instead of one shirt and one short at Slam times. But that ship has sailed.
 
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bobleenov1963

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brinkeguthrie said:
what they should have is a complete line of Ts, polos, shorts, socks, bags, caps and sweats- fully stocked year round, instead of one shirt and one short at Slam times. But that ship has sailed.
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Until you are worth Billions like the Uniqlo founder/owner, your advice pretty much useless, IMHO.

Uniqlo is a global company and they are successful world wide so they must know about running a company.
 
brinkeguthrie

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bobleenov1963 said:
Until you are worth Billions like the Uniqlo founder/owner, your advice pretty much useless, IMHO.

Uniqlo is a global company and they are successful world wide so they must know about running a company.
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Not when it comes to stocking RF merch, they don't. Sell more caps = make more money. Econ 101.
 
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brinkeguthrie said:
Not when it comes to stocking RF merch, they don't. Sell more caps = make more money. Econ 101.
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Not necessarily. Limited supply can be very good for long-term demand. Just look at what Nike is doing with Jordans (or even Adidas with yeezys to some extent). Because of this business model the RF stuff is guaranteed to fly off the shelves immediately. There is no reason not to buy it even if you're still undecided if you'll like it or not. If you skip it and decide to buy it later then you're left with **** resellers and retail prices are like half of what some competitors are asking for. Add 10EUR/USD discount code and you're set. If you don't like it then you're just going to sell it with a profit later. I'm not a fan of releasing all colours at once, but it was relatively easy to get them all in EU. Also the pricing and the fact that they were much cheaper in Asia than EU/US wasn't great, but people bought them all anyway.

Emjayel61 said:
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Horrible fake, a bit surprising how uneducated people are about uniqlo tennis outfits, even pages that focus on tennis gear.
 
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Tennis_Hands

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N01E said:
Not necessarily. Limited supply can be very good for long-term demand. Just look at what Nike is doing with Jordans (or even Adidas with yeezys to some extent). Because of this business model the RF stuff is guaranteed to fly off the shelves immediately. There is no reason not to buy it even if you're still undecided if you'll like it or not. If you skip it and decide to buy it later then you're left with **** resellers and retail prices are like half of what some competitors are asking for. Add 10EUR/USD discount code and you're set. If you don't like it then you're just going to sell it with a profit later. I'm not a fan of releasing all colours at once, but it was relatively easy to get them all in EU. Also the pricing and the fact that they were much cheaper in Asia than EU/US wasn't great, but people bought them all anyway.


Horrible fake, a bit surprising how uneducated people are about uniqlo tennis outfits, even pages that focus on tennis gear.
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Limited supply for greater desirability in the exclusive category is one of the oldest games in town, and I cringe every time when people that pretend to know about marketing and business question it.

That is like questioning Ferrari's strategy to put out limited numbers of certain models.

Actually, in the long run Uniqlo is building a very healthy RF brand with that strategy. Something that Nike failed miserably at doing with their exclusive RF series, which fell into obscurity relatively quickly. Does anyone actually remember that there was such a thing? Not many.

:cool:
 
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bobleenov1963

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Tennis_Hands said:
Limited supply for greater desirability in the exclusive category is one of the oldest games in town, and I cringe every time when people that pretend to know about marketing and business question it.

That is like questioning Ferrari's strategy to put out limited numbers of certain models.

Actually, in the long run Uniqlo is building a very healthy RF brand with that strategy. Something that Nike failed miserably at doing with their exclusive RF series, which fell into obscurity relatively quickly. Does anyone actually remember that there was such a thing? Not many.

:cool:
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Uniqlo didn't produce a lot of Djokovic's clothing when he was under contract with Uniqlo and Djokovic was not as popular like Fed, except this time Fed is so much more popular than Djokovic and the the product is flyin' off the shelf and you have people here ******** about it. A very good strategy by Uniqlo.

The same goes with Kei Nishikori product. It is also limited because the white shirts and shorts are sold out very quickly. I see people on **** selling the same white off-white Nishikori shirt for almost $70USD, the exact same shirt that I bought from Uniqlo a few weeks ago for $19.90USD (I bought 15 of them as Christmas for my co-workers).

I am sure those Uniqlo RF hats will appear on **** soon enough for at least $70, just saying...
 
Bartelby

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A twenty dollar cap versus a two hundred million dollar car. Artificially limited supply in the case of the caps, no?

Tennis_Hands said:
Limited supply for greater desirability in the exclusive category is one of the oldest games in town, and I cringe every time when people that pretend to know about marketing and business question it.

That is like questioning Ferrari's strategy to put out limited numbers of certain models.

Actually, in the long run Uniqlo is building a very healthy RF brand with that strategy. Something that Nike failed miserably at doing with their exclusive RF series, which fell into obscurity relatively quickly. Does anyone actually remember that there was such a thing? Not many.
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Bartelby

Bartelby

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From my observation, they release in demand items in spurts. And with so many colours, they aren't being all released at once.

bobleenov1963 said:
Uniqlo didn't produce a lot of Djokovic's clothing when he was under contract with Uniqlo and Djokovic was not as popular like Fed, except this time Fed is so much more popular than Djokovic and the the product is flyin' off the shelf and you have people here ******** about it. A very good strategy by Uniqlo.

The same goes with Kei Nishikori product. It is also limited because the white shirts and shorts are sold out very quickly. I see people on **** selling the same white off-white Nishikori shirt for almost $70USD, the exact same shirt that I bought from Uniqlo a few weeks ago for $19.90USD (I bought 15 of them as Christmas for my co-workers).

I am sure those Uniqlo RF hats will appear on **** soon enough for at least $70, just saying...
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Tennis_Hands

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Bartelby said:
A twenty dollar cap versus a two hundred thousand dollar car. Artificially limited supply in the case of the caps, no?
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The base price point doesn't matter. You can't get it, if you pay more. The luxury is in the limited availability.

Ferrari can produce a lot more from all their limited models, so they too artificially limit the supply of those.

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Emjayel61

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N01E said:
Not necessarily. Limited supply can be very good for long-term demand. Just look at what Nike is doing with Jordans (or even Adidas with yeezys to some extent). Because of this business model the RF stuff is guaranteed to fly off the shelves immediately. There is no reason not to buy it even if you're still undecided if you'll like it or not. If you skip it and decide to buy it later then you're left with **** resellers and retail prices are like half of what some competitors are asking for. Add 10EUR/USD discount code and you're set. If you don't like it then you're just going to sell it with a profit later. I'm not a fan of releasing all colours at once, but it was relatively easy to get them all in EU. Also the pricing and the fact that they were much cheaper in Asia than EU/US wasn't great, but people bought them all anyway.


Horrible fake, a bit surprising how uneducated people are about uniqlo tennis outfits, even pages that focus on tennis gear.
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It’s not fake, I work for the company if you guys forgot and I already saw it in a list of new items, you guys don’t always know everything
 
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Tennis_Hands

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Emjayel61 said:
It’s not fake, I work for the company if you guys forgot and I already saw it in a list of new items, you guys don’t always know everything
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I also didn't see anything that indicates fake. It has a clever feature that Uniqlo often incorporates in their items and seems to be of the usual for Uniqlo materials (from what can be seen). Normally Uniqlo wouldn't put their logo on the right side of the chest, but maybe this time they did to make place for the RF logo. I can't see the side of the sleeve, where Uniqlo will also put it, so it might or might not be there.

:cool:
 
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Emjayel61 said:
It’s not fake, I work for the company if you guys forgot and I already saw it in a list of new items, you guys don’t always know everything
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Stop making a complete fool of yourself.

Here's a link to the store selling those hoodies:

Mens Snood Hoodies | boohoo

Ramp up your casual wear arsenal with our brand new collection of snood hoodies for men. Shop the collection today!
no.boohoo.com no.boohoo.com

mzz22357_charcoal_xl

mzz19203_black_xl


Tennis_Hands said:
I also didn't see anything that indicates fake. It has a clever feature that Uniqlo often incorporates in their items and seems to be of the usual for Uniqlo materials (from what can be seen). Normally Uniqlo wouldn't put their logo on the right side of the chest, but maybe this time they did to make place for the RF logo. I can't see the side of the sleeve, where Uniqlo will also put it, so it might or might not be there.

:cool:
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Ignoring a horrible photoshop:

-Uniqlo is a very conservative brand. Their models usually look like kids from high school language excersise book. Those tatoos would be a big no no for them.

-Those are clearly techwear style jackets and uniqlo never goes that far with fashion. They stay casual or experiment with streetwear a bit, but that's too much

-Pants are clearly not from Uniqlo
 
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Tennis_Hands

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N01E said:
Stop making a complete fool of yourself.

Here's a link to the store selling those hoodies:

Mens Snood Hoodies | boohoo

Ramp up your casual wear arsenal with our brand new collection of snood hoodies for men. Shop the collection today!
no.boohoo.com no.boohoo.com

mzz22357_charcoal_xl

mzz19203_black_xl



Ignoring a horrible photoshop:

-Uniqlo is a very conservative brand. Their models usually look like kids from high school language excersise book. Those tatoos would be a big no no for them.

-Those are clearly techwear style jackets and uniqlo never goes that far with fashion. They stay casual or experiment with streetwear a bit, but that's too much

-Pants are clearly not from Uniqlo
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It appears that you are right, judging by the images you posted (which are basically the same thing with logos plastered all over them). On the pictures it looked as though the hoodies are from the usual materials for their Dry Stretch hoodie.

As for how far they will go, considering the practicality of the feature in question, I wouldn't necessarily say that it is "fashion" per se, but that is a moot point anyway.

:cool:
 
MUFCbmwBear

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My 3 hats arrived. Theyre way too big imo. Even tightened all the way its too loose. Much different fit than the GORoger from USO19 which fit great
Tiny head problems?
 
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gmorgan82

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Hat is nice quality. bummed I didn't order more. Hopefully they have more coming. Its not as heavy a material as the photos make it out to be.
 
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