The CTA this week unveiled a new online gift shop with themed merchandise and collectibles. A portion of sales will go to CTA operations.
Visitors to CTAgifts.com can purchase clothing, bags, household decor, books, children's items and collectibles bearing CTA retro logos or graphics of popular stops. Custom made items bearing favorite stop signage are also available through the site.
Children's items include baby onesies, baby bibs, kids t-shirts and a replica toy train car for use with Brio and Thomas wooden train sets (pictured above).
According to a press release on the new shop, the CTA contracted with Image Exchange, Inc to oversee the web store and its licensing program. Image Exchange also runs merchandise stores for the New York Transit Museum and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Image Exchange manages the merchandise program under license from the CTA and developed the store at no expense to the agency. CTA will be paid royalties based on a percentage of sales at the site.
******Our personal favorite: The system map shower curtain:
haha I LOVE the shower curtain. Too funny. Good idea though - I'm sure people will buy some of these things and will help them make some money.
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Posted by: Mallory | October 17, 2008 at 03:29 PM