Tag: Sandlot Goods

KC on top: Hat maker’s best-seller spotted on ‘GMA,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ as brand shapes its national profile

By Tommy Felts / August 8, 2025

Sandlot Goods wears the spotlight well, said Thomas McIntyre, noting each high-profile media close up of its signature dad hat is another step toward establishing Kansas City’s only hat manufacturer as a national brand. After being featured on the “Made In America Christmas” segment of ABC World News Tonight with David Muir, Sandlot was again…

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Nonprofits need merch too: How Sandlot is helping local orgs get the goods with no risk, low waste 

By Tommy Felts / April 17, 2025

HelpingHats’ debut celebrates the 10-year anniversary of Made in KC — and helps raise money for a high-profile nonprofit Sandlot Goods’ newly launched HelpingHats programs aims to help like-minded organizations reach their fundraising goals while also supporting American manufacturing, explained Thomas McIntyre, noting local-first retailer Made In KC serves its test case ahead of a…

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Grateful for this moment (again): Fantrepreneurs back in play as Super Bowl boosts small biz

By Tommy Felts / January 29, 2025

A blitz of Super Bowl-bound Chiefs-inspired playoff sales feels like a winning two-point conversion after a holiday season touchdown for Kansas City makers; many of whom in recent years have seen their longtime fandom intertwined with their businesses’ bottom lines. “We are fans and also small business owners all wrapped into one,” said Morgan Georgie,…

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Three-peat threads: 30+ Super Bowl-bound Chiefs fan fits (haters will say the refs wrote this)

By Tommy Felts / January 27, 2025

With the Chiefs ready to stand on business in the Big Easy, Kansas City fans — at home or at the big game — will need to dress for the win they want. Here’s how small business owners from across the region stand ready to help them suit up ahead of the Chiefs-Eagles Super Bowl…

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KC hat maker’s sales soar after national news spotlight, capping year with validation: Made-in-the-USA still sells

By Tommy Felts / December 21, 2024

Santa came early for Sandlot Goods — in the form of an ABC World News producer, said Garret Prather. On Dec. 13, Kansas City’s only local hat manufacturer was featured on the “Made In America Christmas” segment on ABC World News Tonight with David Muir.  “Forty-five workers, 10 new hires, and 115,00 hats this year,…

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