| Company attire says a lot about your business | | | | For women it is suggested that they also wear polo |
| philosophy to your customer. Company shirts project | | | | shirts. Being in the car wash business we noticed that |
| professionalism and advertising. Too loud of a shirt | | | | if a woman employee was 5'-5" tall or less they |
| turns people off and certain colors tend to washout | | | | especially needed to wear polos because when they |
| your message. A small business which has yellow as | | | | lean against cars to reach the top, their shirt fronts |
| part of it's company colors would be advised to use | | | | will get wet and their bras will show through shirt |
| the bright yellow and not florescent yellow, which | | | | material not as thick as a polo. This is completely |
| looks green at times. You should stay away from the | | | | tacky and I assure you it would not have added any |
| florescent shirts if at all possible. | | | | business amongst our male customers. In the hot |
| When choosing a brand of shirts it is often | | | | summers some of our female employees choose to |
| recommended to use only Fruit of the Loom and | | | | wear halter tops. In this case they would always |
| Beefy-T brands of polo shirts meet. Many companies | | | | match our company colors. Under certain |
| who sell logo'ed sportsware and company shirts do | | | | circumstances some uniform choices make sense. |
| offer lesser brands for reasons of price, but | | | | If you have an outdoor type business all the |
| recommend the higher quality shirts. One less cost | | | | managers and owners should wear polo shirts and |
| shirt is the Screen Star brand, which is very popular, | | | | the employees wear T-shirts or Polo shirts. Your |
| but they fade after five to ten washings and fray | | | | decision should be based on durability, cost and |
| easily. | | | | estimated shrinkage or shirt loss. The front line |
| Company shirts should be washed each day. It is | | | | employee should wear Fruit of the Loom or Beefy-T |
| recommend that they be washed separately from | | | | tee-shirts for durability. Tee-shirts should have a 10 |
| things like the work towels or rags .if possible. Work | | | | inch logo on both front and back or a pocket logo on |
| towels require bleach which inevitably discolors shirts | | | | front and a larger logo on the rear. |
| leaving white marks Even powder bleach tends to | | | | What type of business do you run? Do you work |
| destroy the bright colors in your shirts and diminish | | | | outdoors? Indoors only; have your serious considered |
| the logos on the pockets or rear of the shirts. | | | | your choices and customers? Think about it. |