Article - Quality corporate Clothing | XCO Group
31 Jan 2020
Specialised Suppliers of Quality Corporate Clothing Collections
If your company has just taken the decision to introduce corporate clothing for your personnel, you are to be congratulated. Your staff members who wear the outfits that are chosen are probably going to be very happy every morning when it is time to get dressed for work – appropriately.
Appropriate
“Appropriate” is a very important word for management and employees of corporate organisations. Professionalism is part and parcel of acceptable and expected corporate behaviour. This includes the way in which employees dress, their garments, and what they combine to wear to work.
Personal styles, tastes, preferences, and personalities are highly likely to differ, factors which are frequently reflected in a person’s attire. In the workplace, this aspect of attire may be great, or it may be grossly inappropriate. In a business environment, especially if it is formal, some personnel’s personal garment choices are inevitably going to be on the dodgy side of acceptability or professionalism.
Ouch – That Hurts
It is as uncomfortable and awkward to address and correct a staff member about the way they look when dressed for work as it is for the “guilty” party to hear what they may perceive as hurtful, deeply personal, embarrassing criticism. No one enjoys feeling humiliated or being instrumental in making another feel this way.
By introducing corporate clothing, there is usually no further need for such a scenario occurring within the organisation in the future, once the new dress and, by implication, its dress code is adopted universally.
Overcoming Reluctance
Some staff members may be a little reluctant to adopt such wear, because they are reminded of wearing school uniforms for some 12 years of their lives, so they are resistant to the idea of getting into a uniform once again. Their attitude to donning corporate clothing may indicate their reluctant frame of mind: “Schooldays are over, past and gone for good; no reminders needed; thanks, but no thanks.”
In our role at XCO Group, suppliers of extensive ranges of corporate clothing, and your position as a decision-maker in a business environment, one cannot pretend that there are absolutely no naysayers to wearing these types of garments.
However, as a leading supplier of various types of corporate merchandise of which clothing is one division, our friendly, customer service-centred XCO consultants will be only too happy to guide you on ways to overcome resistance by emphasising a host of benefits attached to the great selection of top-quality clothing on offer by our group. Moreover, once your employees see what is on offer at XCO, anyone who may initially be reluctant to adopt corporate clothing generally realises that their former perceptions were incorrect and inaccurate.
Benefits of XCO Group’s Collections
The benefits of having a specified collection of garments to wear to work are many and varied, as are the ranges obtainable from your preferred supplier, XCO Group.
· Everyone is smartly, neatly, and appropriately attired for their particular environment and company culture.
· Irrespective of income, position, or status within the organisation, all are dressed similarly, on an equal footing. No one stands out as being “above” or “below” their colleagues, or feels marginalised because he or she cannot afford to spend a great deal on expensive clothing.
· Depending on the selected range, individual styles and preferences can still be accommodated by acquiring a flexible mix and match collection of garments, which may be further personalised with the addition of employees’ own accessories.
· There is an enormous cost saving for personnel who are supplied with work attire.
· No precious time is wasted in trying to decide what to wear to work on any given day, when everyone is rushing to get ready to reach work in time, after having to contend with heavy traffic and possible transport issues.
· It is highly unlikely that there will be a need for managers and supervisors to take any employee to task because of their less than desirable mode of dress.
· Customers and clients find it easy to identify company representatives, dressed similarly, when they need assistance and attention
· Corporate clothing is a perfect vehicle for corporate branding, further enhancing brand loyalty, as well as the image and company culture which the employer wishes to portray and emphasise
Your Supplier of Choice
XCO Group, supplier of choice for numerous industry leaders right across South Africa and beyond, also has its own manufacturing, printing, and embroidery divisions with the knowledge, skills, and experience to attend to your branding needs, perfectly, professionally, and promptly. We would be proud and pleased to become your corporate clothing partner and branding supplier too.