June 6, 2025
Let’s be honest. Managing merch and uniforms for a couple of locations? Pretty straightforward. Managing them for 30 or more? That’s a different beast.
Between coordinating sizes, timing, artwork, shipping, billing, and trying to keep every location from freelancing their own design (you know it’s happened), things get messy fast. The stakes are higher, the margin for error is smaller, and everyone, from franchise owners to front-of-house team members, is counting on gear that shows up on time and looks exactly like it’s supposed to.
But here’s the good news: it doesn’t have to be chaos.
With the right systems and the right merch partner, you can streamline the entire operation from bulk ordering to individual store restocks. You’ll keep your branding tight, your franchisees happy, and your operations team sane.
Let’s break it down.
If each location is choosing its own blanks, ink colors, or logo placements, things are going to go sideways. Fast.
Brand consistency is critical when you’re operating at scale. Customers should be able to walk into any of your locations, from Chicago to Scottsdale, and get the same experience right down to the uniforms your team wears or the merch you’re selling at checkout.
At Superior Ink, we help brands build and maintain these print standards. Once they’re dialed in, they live in your account for all future orders with no back-and-forth needed.
Repeat after us: emailing in orders and waiting for quotes is not scalable.
A custom online ordering portal lets each location order uniforms and merch quickly, accurately, and within brand guidelines. No guesswork. No spreadsheet confusion. No “hey, can you just do it in neon this time” emails.
Superior Ink offers white-labeled portals tailored to your brand. Every location gets access, and you get control.
When you’re managing dozens of locations, standardization is your best friend. Rather than asking franchisees to piece together shirts, polos, aprons, hats, and more, build out pre-packaged kits for each store type or role.
Kits reduce order errors, speed up fulfillment, and ensure stores are stocked with the right mix of gear without overthinking it.
Want to go further? We can customize kits for seasonal shifts, regional events, or tiered store types. Think cold-weather merch kits for northern states or grand opening bundles for new franchise launches.
Centralized shipping doesn't make sense when you’ve got 30 or more stores. Why ship to your HQ, unpack, and re-ship when your supplier can send everything directly to the stores that need it?
At Superior Ink, we manage inventory and ship directly to franchise locations so your internal team doesn’t have to play warehouse manager. You get to focus on the brand. We’ll handle the boxes.
Not every store has the same volume, seasonality, or team size, so why treat their orders the same?
Smart forecasting means less waste, fewer rush orders, and no “we’re out of smalls again” moments. And with Superior Ink’s built-in reporting tools, you don’t have to dig for this data because it’s already there.
Franchise locations want autonomy, but you need consistency. That’s where smart permissions come into play.
The result? Locations get what they need, when they need it, but you stay in control of the brand.
If a location is running out of gear, you shouldn’t have to wait until someone remembers to email you. Reorders should be automated or at least simple.
No one wants to do a manual count of aprons. Automate what you can and let your supplier do the rest.
New franchise opening? No problem.
When your merch system is dialed in, launching a new location is as simple as sending a link. You’ve already got starter kits, standardized merch, fulfillment systems, and billing in place.
The smoother your onboarding process, the faster your new locations feel aligned with the rest of the brand, and the better the customer experience from day one.
Managing uniforms and merch for multiple locations isn’t just about printing more shirts. It’s a logistics challenge. It’s a tech challenge. It’s a brand consistency challenge.
That’s why you need more than a print shop. You need a strategic partner who gets it.
We’ll help you scale merch the right way, without dropping the ball.
We’re not just screen printers. We’re merch managers, fulfillment partners, and brand guardians rolled into one. Based in Denver, Superior Ink helps businesses scale with confidence, whether you’ve got 5 stores or 50.
We make it easy to look good everywhere your brand shows up.
Your franchise locations should be focused on running great stores, not tracking down tees, figuring out logo placements, or packing boxes.
Let us take the merch off your plate.
Contact Superior Ink today and let’s build a scalable, simplified solution that supports every location and protects your brand at every step.
