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Issue 277 - 25th June 2008
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  • Parcelnet acquires TNT Post courier business
  • Music & Memories parent in administration
  • Two new directors for Shop Direct
  • Play.com opens warehouse for book fulfilment
  • Mamas & Papas gives birth to Bahrain store
  • Express Gifts expands contract with Pindar Group
  • Good Gifts Catalogue founder on Queen’s Birthday Honours list
  • May retail sales rise a record 3.5 percent
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    Parcelnet acquires TNT Post courier business

    Courier and fulfilment services provider Parcelnet has acquired the courier business of TNT Post, including its contract with multititle mailer JD Williams. A division of Otto Group, which also owns Freemans, Grattan and Oli, among other catalogues, Parcelnet last year acquired the courier network of multibrand cataloguer Redcats.
     

    Music & Memories parent in administration

    Haysbridge UK Ltd entered administration on 13th June. The company, which includes the Music & Memories catalogue and the GoodMusic.co.uk website, specialises in back-catalogue music and movie collections. MSE Solomons and DL Platt of SPW Poppleton & Appleby are the joint administrators.
     

    Two new directors for Shop Direct

    Shop Direct Group, the parent company of Littlewoods and Great Universal, has hired two top executives. Steve Makin, formerly chief executive of Umbro, will be group finance director, effective 1st July. Anita Balchandani has joined as group strategy and business development director; she was previously a partner in the consumer and retail practice of OC&C Strategy Consultants.
     

    Play.com opens warehouse for book fulfilment

    Music, games, films and books merchant Play.com has opened a warehouse in Leicestershire to handle fulfilment of book orders. It had previously used a third party to fulfil those orders.

     

    Mamas & Papas gives birth to Bahrain store

    Nursery products cataloguer/retailer Mamas & Papas has opened its eighth overseas store and its first in Bahrain. The company has also selected partners for potential stores in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Russia and Singapore and is investigating expanding into Greece, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey.
     

    Express Gifts expands contract with Pindar Group

    Multititle mailer Express Gifts has expanded its printing contract with Pindar Group. Express Gifts is now spending £1.85 million with Pindar, up from £1 million. A division of Findel, Express produces the Studio and Ace catalogues, amongst others.
     

    Good Gifts Catalogue founder on Queen’s Birthday Honours list

    Hilary Blume, founder of charitable-gifts organisation Good Gifts Catalogue, was made a dame as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours last week.
     

    May retail sales rise a record 3.5 percent

    May retail sales in the UK rose 3.5 percent, according to the Office for National Statistics. That’s the greatest increase of year-on-year monthly sales since the office began keeping records 20 years ago. For the year to date, sales increased 8.1 percent, the most since 2002. While some observers say this is a testament to the resilience of the UK consumers, many retailers say that the increase is misleading, in part because the statistics didn’t take steep discounting into consideration.
     
     
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    Marketing and Customer Services Manager

    RNLI

    C£32,000 + benefits and attractive pensions scheme
    Based in Poole

    Every penny we generate is essential to an organisation like ours. Without it we simply wouldn’t be able to do what we do best – save lives at sea. RNLI Sales Ltd has an important part to play in this. Incorporating our retail outlets, online sales and mail order catalogue, this is a busy and vibrant business. This role is about driving forward a successful on and offline marketing strategy that really maximises the potential of catalogue sales, retains vital customer loyalty and works in genuine harmony with our overall supporter communications plan. Key to this will be identifying opportunities for growth, forecasting trends and exploring new markets.

    To make your mark, you’ll need a proven track record in mail order/retail marketing and a strong understanding of what it takes to deliver an exceptional customer service. This will be matched with the ability to develop and implement strategically driven market plans. Strong commercial acumen, confident budget management skills and ideally a recognised professional qualification (CIM/IDM or equivalent) will also be important.

    Closing date: Sunday 6th July 2008
    Assessment Centre date: 22nd July 2008

    PRIDE. PURPOSE. PEOPLE.

    To find out more and apply, we encourage you to visit our online job opportunities
    area at www.rnli.org.uk/jobs. If you don’t have access to the Internet, you can request an application pack on 01202 663363 quoting ref FDC_10515


    Catalogue and Merchandising Manager

    Closing date: 11th July 2008

    London/Northern Home Counties
    £35k – £50k per annum, depending on experience

    An exciting new direct to consumer healthcare start-up business is building a team of high quality, experienced professionals to maximise the market opportunity that exists. A Catalogue and Merchandising Manager is required to drive forward the creation and delivery of an effective catalogue, supporting both customer acquisition and retention. In addition there will be a need to manage the range of products, mostly in-house, but also some third parties.

    Key tasks include:

    • Developing and executing the catalogue proposition, working closely with the external catalogue agency.
    • Developing and executing a rolling programme of list building to drive customer acquisition, maximise response rates and increasing revenue.
    • Developing and executing an ongoing programme of off-the-page advertising and insert campaigns, driving customer acquisition and revenue.
    • Developing and executing a range of customer retention initiatives.
    • Maintaining and developing the range of products, working closely with the sister company and 3rd party suppliers.
    • Managing various price and cross promotional activity both online and offline, in unison with the Online Marketing Manager.
    • Working closely with the PR agency in the execution of ongoing PR activity.
    • Working closely with the call centre to ensure operators are fully briefed and developing campaigns where appropriate.

    The suitable candidate will have a proven track record of catalogue creation, developing and successfully executing mailing plans, and merchandising capability.

    To apply send your CV and covering letter to miles.stevens-hoare@mdyhealthcare.com

    Customer Relationship Manager

    JP Boden

    Boden has become an extremely successful and fast growing multi-national brand with a turnover of over £200 million.

    Customer Relationship Manager

    We’re looking for someone to add an extra layer of brilliance to our data team. We want someone to create and drive the contact and retention strategy across Boden’s customer database.

    This role is crucial to the profitable growth of the business. You’ll be thinking very hard about maximising lifetime value and loyalty, while improving and guiding our data selections and response rates. You’ll develop predictive modelling to stop customers lapsing and chasing down anyone who slips through the net.

    This is a senior position, so you will already control a big consumer database, have the drive and a big enough brain to wring every last ounce of goodness from ours.

    Interested?  Send your CV and a covering letter to recruitment@boden.co.uk

    114-120 Victoria road
    Acton
    London
    NW10 6NY



    Marketing Manager

    JP Boden

    Boden has become an extremely successful and fast growing multi-national brand with a turnover of over £200 million.

    Marketing Manager

    We’re after a Marketing Manager to find us a ton of new customers and keep it that way.  Maybe it’s you?

    You’ll know about DM, but what we’re after is someone who can take us into new broadcast and online advertising channels as well. Your brief is to find everyone who hasn’t heard of us or bought from us, but should have.

    You’ll drive awareness and conversion, create and execute recruitment and advertising plans, and manage an experienced and demanding team.

    This is a senior position and you are probably already looking after a strong brand in a ridiculously competitive environment, are as creative as you are commercially astute, have a curious and ambitious nature and regularly prove that Rigour is indeed your middle name.

    Interested?  Send your CV and a covering letter to recruitment@boden.co.uk

    114-120 Victoria road
    Acton
    London
    NW10 6NY






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