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Congratulations ECMOD winners!
Congratulations to all those who took home ECMOD Awards trophies for outstanding business performance in 2009. The winners were announced at a glittering awards ceremony that took place tonight, Wednesday, 14th April, at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.
Business-to-consumer winners
Best Rebranding/Creative Makeover: Cath Kidston
Charity/Good Cause-Related: Sightsavers
Children’s Market: Aspace
Food and/or Drink: Personalised Presents Direct
Gardening Products: Marshalls Garden Catalogues
Giftwares and Gadgets: notonthehighstreet.com
Health and Special Needs: Able2 Wear
Homewares: House of Bath
Men’s Apparel and Accessories: Peter Christian
Most Effective Customer Engagement: Axminster Tool Centre
Outstanding Customer Service: Axminster Tool Centre
Outstanding Website Innovation and Performance: BrightMinds
Women’s Apparel and Accessories: Nicola Jane
Business-to-business winners
Educational, Training Materials, and Supplies: A to Z Supplies
Industrial, Health, Safety, and Security: Stocksigns
Medical, Dental, Laboratory, and Scientific: Williams Medical Supplies
Niche Trade Supplies: Ironmongery Direct
Outstanding Customer Service: Ironmongery Direct
Outstanding Website Innovation and Performance: Arco
Warehouse, Materials Handling, and Packaging: Rapid Racking
Congratulations also to Johnnie Boden who received a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to the catalogue and home shopping sector.
More information, including interviews and photographs, will be made available soon at www.ecmod360.co.uk.
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Reader’s Digest rescued from administration
Reader’s Digest has been acquired from administrators Moore Stephens in a £13 million management buyout funded by private equity firm Better Capital.
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Electrocomponents beats expectations
Electronics distributor Electrocomponents, best known for its RS Components business, reported that profit before tax for the year ended 31st March will beat expectations and come in at approximately £73 million. In the fourth quarter, the company saw its UK sales grow 9 percent and international business increase by 19 percent.
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The Hut moves into handbags
The Hut Group, an online retailer of entertainment products whose websites include Zavvi.com and thehut.com, has branched out into selling handbags via its new website Mybag.co.uk. The business is already active in the sports, health and beauty, footwear, and toys sectors.
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Strong growth at M&S
Marks & Spencer released strong financial results for its last quarter, revealing a 6.2 percent rise in total UK sales for the 13 weeks to 27th March. M&S Direct, its ecommerce and home-shopping business, saw revenues increase by 48 percent.
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Andy Bond steps down
Asda’s president and chief executive Andy Bond is stepping down to take up the role of chairman of the supermarket’s executive committee. He will continue with the day-to-day running of the business until a replacement is appointed.
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Play.com appoints CEO
Entertainment products etailer Play.com has appointed its first ever chief executive, former Apple director John Perkins.
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Insight
As we predicted last month, the number of catalogues promoting discounts and sales on their covers fell, whilst the number offering free delivery rose. What we didn’t predict however, was that the number of catalogues offering free shipping would be the highest figure we’ve recorded since we first began compiling the log. For more stats and insight into the most-popular cover promotions in March, click here.
Coming up in Catalogue e-business...
May issue: Double feature—affiliate marketing AND 3PL, looking at outsourcing operations
June issue: Double feature—Website usability testing, what it is and how to go about it plus the Multichannel Year Book profiling the ECMOD Award winners.
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