I think it's a validish point regarding the changing rooms. I'm buying the jersey for myself this week so will have to wear my vest.

I agree, most loyal supporters will buy shirts and other merchandise etc... whatever the facility as has been proved over the years until we got an improved shop in the town centre, so to some extent The Wigan club have a certain amount of guaranteed income.

However my point is it could be so much better and bring in a lot more much needed revenue into the club.

In my opinion we should have a Store to be proud of, it should showcase fantastic products that support the World Famous Wigan Rugby League Brand. It does not do this.

It is nowhere near this, its a badly run, badly designed, badly merchanised, poorly located, pokey shop at the back of a shopping arcade, with no room for changing rooms!

Great idea about the grotto

The back area of the store is full of stock from floor to celing ,

We should wait till the unit that the Wigan skills centre occupy becomes available and look at up sizing to there IMO , but with that the rent will go up etc etc

i think part of the problem with what the club have tried to achieve is that they have gone for the shopping centre with the highest footfall (grand arcade)
the galleries appears to be on its A*** these days and more of a walk through than a shopping centre

We could have a large shop in there but miss out on passing trade

What i believe we have done is gone for the biggest we could realistically afford within the best shopping centre in the town centre. however you have to make sacrifices for that i.e no changing rooms, small retail area. however the offset to that is we are right besides Debenhams (must be one of busiest shops in Wigan) so will get a lot more passing trade

As some have already pointed out there are those loyal fans who will always buy the merchandise

I personally always buy at least 1 shirt plus training gear. Where the shop is does not influence my decision

Best idea for the shop would be to get rid of the stockroom at the back and have that as changing rooms.

We still have the lotto shop near the old ground so then surely that could be used for stock and they could source the club shop from there?

OK its not ideal but realistically unless there is suddenly a massive rush on something your only going to be looking at re-stocking once a day and could get the manager to do that on their way into work by calling at the lotto shop?

The Hilton st shop is in dire need of repair from last winter , by all accounts it needs a new roof and got flooded ,

To have stock moved across town is not really a viable option . The way the new gear is selling would mean someone back and forth all day as some items are going as soon as they are being put on display . It's just not possible to get a fitting room on the shop floor or any where in the store .