About CoZmiK shirts Ltd "the UK's leading Internet retailer of T-shirts" Established: May 1998

CoZmiK shirts Ltd (http://www.cozmikshirts.co.uk) is a dedicated Internet-based retailer, offering you printed T-shirts, polos, hoodies, sweats and underwear, featuring a growing range of new and novel designs by contributors from around the world. We also supply plain garments and accessories in a wide variety of colours and styles.

Our Web site, launched in May 1998, is designed for easy and fast access by the widest possible number of customers. So, whether you are shopping from home or work, you won't be frustrated by unnecessary, time wasting features. Our shopping cart is powered by Shop@ssistant™ and our secure on-line payment facilities are provided by WorldPay Ltd (part of the Royal Bank of Scotland/NatWest group).

We offer you a personal service. We print garments on receipt of your order, so we are able to respond to your particular needs. In design, order processing, manufacture, and dispatch, we are committed to providing you with a high quality service at reasonable prices.

By specialising in Internet- based retailing, we aim to use our flexibility and innovation to be one of the most successful printed T-shirt retailers on-line. We hope you enjoy visiting our Web site and, of course, we look forward to receiving your orders.

Mike Price
Director

Links to:
Contact details
Our freelance contributors
How we've developed since 1998
Our policy on the environment and society
What our customers say about us
What the press say about us

Contact Details

Freelance Contributors

These are our freelance content contributors from around the world:

Simon Taylor, UK (October, 2005)-- with a range of Positive Designs.
Ruari MacInnes, UK (February, 2005)-- Beautiful cat designs.
Pete Mounteney, UK (February, 2004)-- with his Funky Nation designs.
Dug North, US (October, 2003)-- a variety of unusual designs.
Pharmie MacDonald, UK (April, 2002)-- a variety of unusual designs.
Richard Willams, UK (March 2002) -- cheeky designs of a naughty nature from the UK.
Robert Hensel, US (November 2001)-- more funny designs from the US.
Harry Mehemi, UK (November 2001)-- naughty designs from the UK.
Marcus Webb, UK (October 2001)-- a series of tongue in cheek designs from the UK.
Joanna Scott, UK (June 2001)-- amazing Zodiac Designs, beautiful Cat Designs and some other unusual creatures.
Donna & Kevin, UK (June 2001)-- with designs that include "Something for everyone".
Art McFallar, US (April 2001)-- with his own brand of Health warnings.
Stephen Shakeshaft, UK (May 2001)-- designs for the UK Buell enthuasiasts.
James Garratt, UK (November 2000)-- with two sets of designs reflecting his own particular take on life, Outspoken Designs.
Mark Leci, UK (October 2000)-- a range of designs to suit all tastes
Calum Hall, UK (October 2000)-- an established cartoonist from Scotland.
Hint Exclusives, UK (October 2000)-- a group of innovative T-shirt designers.
Stephanie Golden, US (September 2000)-- with a range of simple but effective designs.
Keri Gargas, US (July 2000)-- with Gargas Designs .
Lee's Slogans, UK (July 2000)-- more humourous slogans from Marc Lee.
Loaf Designs, New Zealand (April 2000)-- simple but effective designs.
Breadcrumb Trail Designs, UK (August 1999)-- an innovative T-shirt designer. Take a look.
Chik Ink Cartoons, UK (March 1999)-- an aspiring cartoonist who is developing her own fitting room.
Rebecca Ramer, US (March 1999)-- pictures of animals and flowers.
Joe Kohl, USA (December1998)-- for his range of excellent cartoons. See The Joe Kohl Collection.
Andy Extance, UK (October 1998 & November 2003)-- with his own range of designs.
Steve Harrison, Australia (November 1998)-- a copy writer, his work has inspired designs in our Wacky Too fitting room and elsewhere.

We are very grateful to these contributors for their additions to our range of designs. We are always interested to hear from people offering designs for our T-shirts. If you have something to offer please visit our Earning Royalties page.

See how we've developed

January 2006

It took us a while to complete but we launched our database driven website with an enhanced shopping cart. The site is now faster and will allow us to offer even more designs and garments.

March 2005

We won the UK & Ireland regional award in the Fruit of the Loom 2004 Creative Challenge. Our humourous 'turkey' design was the regional winner in this pan-European competition.

April 2005

CoZmiK shirts Ltd became incorporated as a UK Limited Company to facilitate further growth.

April 2004

We expanded our range of unprinted garments. We now offer an extensive range of unprinted jackets, caps, gloves, bags, umbrellas and other accessories alongside our popular printed T-shirts, polos, hoodies and sweats.

August 2002

Our comprehensive range of T-shirt designs catches the attention of the Telegraph newspaper. (This follows one of our designs appearing on the Channel 4 Richard & Judy show in June.)

April 2001

Our designs start to become available on dark coloured t-shirts.

September 2000

We introduced our new printed T-shirt order form (with price calculator) to make selecting a design easier. We also streamlined the process for registering new designers to make it easier.

December 1999

We launched our new Custom Printed T-shirt Order Form with automatic price estimates. We were featured in this month's edition of the Management Today magazine.

April 1999

Our on-line ordering system was added, powered by Shop@ssistant. Launched our Extranet to allow freelance designers to check how their designs are selling. Secure on-line credit card payment facilities also introduced to make payment easier for our visitors.

February 1999

Launched our "Where in the World?" competition.

June 1998

Monthly competition launched with "Spot the Ball" to celebrate the World Cup.

23 May 1998

CoZmiK shirts launched on-line with four fitting rooms featuring just 25 designs!

Protecting the Environment and Society

We recognise that our business has an impact on society and the environment and we are committed to minimising any adverse effects. We have taken a socially and envionmentally responsible approach to running our business from the outset (long before it became fashionable). However, we do have to operate within the constraints of running an economically viable business offering prices acceptable to our customers. Here are some of the steps we have taken:

Energy saving

• Our computer equipment is always switched off when not in use. We do not leave computers on stand by.
• We use energy efficient lighting.
• Our heat presses are always switched off when not in use and we minimise the length of time they are on.

Recycling

• All our computer equipment is recycled when no longer needed.
• We recycle all waste paper, cardboard boxes and scrap garments.

Materials

• We endeavour to source garments and other items from manufacturers who are not exploiting child labour or who are not environmentally irresponsible.
• We aim to minimise waste at every step of our own production process.

Employees

• We aim to provide a good place for people to work with flexible work hours and opportunities for personal development.
• We comply with the UK's employment and health and safety regulations.

Charity

• We sponsor selected projects from time to time.
• We donate unclaimed design royalties to charity.