MATTOON — From teams to businesses, the place to go in Mattoon to have your clothing personalized is D to Z Sports.
“D to Z offers a place that you can purchase an item or bring one in to personalize it with a name and/or number on it,” owner Bob Reid said.
They can take care of an item “usually while you wait.”
Need something embroidered, give them one to two weeks, and they can handle that, too. As they say on their website, “If you’re looking for quality embroidery, then D to Z Sports is at your service.”
Bob and Jean Reid have owned D to Z Sports since 1997. They took over from Jean’s father Bud Diepholz, who started the business in 1978.
The store is located at 1611 Broadway Ave. in Mattoon, and it’s open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. It’s closed Sundays.
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In addition to the personalization and embroidery, D to Z Sports provides gear for fans of Mattoon and surrounding schools in the local area.
“We provide the local schools a place to shop for fan apparel,” Bob Reid said.
D to Z Sports offers nearly 40 clothing brands, and some of the most popular are Adidas, Calvin Klein, Izod and VanHeusen. Currently, they have Oxford quilt-lined jackets for only $20.00.
A popular item at D to Z Sports is their letterman’s jackets, which can be personalized however the customer desires. Another part of the D to Z Sports business is selling trophies and awards, and they provide a vast selection when it comes to those as well.
“We inventory a lot of apparel in the store that isn't necessarily sports related,” Bob Reid said. “I tell people that we carry a little bit of everything, and if you don't see it, we can probably order it.”
A customer praised the vast sports equipment selection at D to Z Sports on the website Yelp.com. The poster named Professoreric M. described a search for trying to find a left-handed baseball glove for a relative, “which couldn't be found anywhere ... until we tried D to Z. Now the little ones don’t have to be oppressed by the right-handed majority and their anti-left agendas ... Down with hegemony. Up with D to Z Sports and their policy of Left-Handed Inclusion.”
Tracy H. said on Yelp.com about D to Z Sports, “Good customer service and reasonable prices.”
The Reids have one full-time employee and four part-time employees, and they think those people are one of the store’s strengths. Bob Reid said their staff provides “exceptional customer service” in addition to “many years of embroidery experience.”
