Hermes is the UK's largest home delivery courier network handling more than 110 million collections and deliveries per annum. Hermes works with companies of all sizes, and in recent years has diversified from agency catalogue brands to work with leading high street, direct catalogue and online retailers in the UK including Next Directory, Readers Digest, Lakeland Limited and Boden.
 
Within the UK, Hermes operates a network of over 7,500 lifestyle couriers that provides flexible, high-quality doorstep delivery, combined with a friendly and local approach. Hermes provides an innovative range of delivery solutions that include print and mailings, returns processing and distribution.
For the client there is a great choice of industry leading home delivery services to choose from, including  next day delivery, two day delivery, two to five day delivery, simple returns service, retail stock collection service and a European delivery service. Hermes has 100% coverage throughout the UK and in parts of Europe.

Hermes is fiercely committed to supporting and enhancing the purchasing experience of its clients’ customers so the initial feel-good factor of their shopping decision remains undiminished - making it a positive experience by following the Hermes guiding principle: Making Delivery Easy.

PLANET49 is currently present in a dozen European countries and has established itself as one of the leading B2C data generators. With several million users we have established ourselves as the biggest provider of complimentary sweepstakes in Europe and are one of the leading online advertisers.

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Email Marketing - List Management / Brokering - Mobile Marketing / SMS-  Online / Interactive Advertising - Telemarketing / Call & Contact Centres

Does your catalogue or brochure actively SELL your products?

Catalogues for Business are the UK’s most experienced catalogue design and marketing company. Our unique blend of creative and strategic skills will provide you with practical and proven solutions in all areas of catalogue marketing, such as pagination and product density through to how to position your products on a spread to achieve maximum sales.

By applying proven catalogue dynamics and marketing principles, we ensure our client’s catalogues SELL. To apply award-winning solutions to your catalogue from concept right through to mailing, call us today on 0845 2300 258.

Exact Abacus has twenty-five years experience in providing leading edge software solutions for mail order, fulfilment, ecommerce and multi-channel companies.

Our new product, 3EX.NET is an enterprise-class software application, consisting of six modules packed with innovative features for Supply Chain Management, Stock Control, Demand Management, Marketing, eCommerce and Financials.

3EX.NET utilises the very latest database and programming technologies, creating an intuitive, scalable and robust solution for companies large and small.

We are a pioneer of outsourced system hosting and software-as-a-service.

THERE ARE NO UP-FRONT OR CAPITAL CHARGES FOR 3EX.NET LICENCES. When considering your next IT or outsourcing project, we would be happy to demonstrate our approach.

Granby Marketing is an award winning fulfilment, response management and brand support services company with facilities in the North West and partner fulfilment capability in minland Europe.

Granby has proven mail-order and e-commerce experience with projects including the Andrex puppy collection, Armadillo Sports, and a major US toy catalogue.

Our service offering encompasses the provision of order processing, fulfilment, storage, payment processing and customer services. All of which are supported by a sophisticated, 24/7 on-line reporting system.

We understand that the decision to entrust your brand values and customer relationships to a third-party is a huge step to take and we pride ourselves on providing a level of professionalism and service that ensures the best experience possible during the interaction with your business.

At Granby we aim to remain invisible and provide a level of operation that will be a credit to your brand.

Combine this culture with skilled and attentive account management and our reputation for innovation and you have the best reason possible to see how we could help support your activities during 2008 and beyond.

Please contact Stewart Oxley or Nick Costello on 01254 682702 or info@granbymarketing.com to learn more.

Home Delivery Network Limited (HDNL) is the UK’s largest dedicated home delivery and collection service. Delivering to all 1,760,000 residential postcodes throughout the country, a nationwide network of 62 parcel depots and 4 specialised Two-Man locations, handles items of all shapes and sizes - from fresh flowers to bulky home furniture.

As two thirds of the UK’s population receives at least one delivery from HDNL each year, we pride ourselves on becoming your brand ambassadors. The point of delivery is often the only time customers come face to face with a person associated with a brand. We recognise the importance of the doorstep experience and our 3500 friendly and reliable drivers are trained to represent you to the highest standards.

It’s not just your product in our hands it’s your reputation. Providing bespoke services for retailers delivering to homes in every postcode…every day are our specialty. Supported by a new multi million pound real time track and trace system, which provides you with visibility of our service level achievements at every step of the journey.

For more information call the Commercial Team on 0844 556 7000 or visit www.hdnl.co.uk.

Khaos Control is a ‘big company’ system for small and medium sized enterprises; when compared to yesterday's market leaders, you will find it possesses high levels of functionality but at a significantly lower cost.

• Using modern technologies delivers a lower cost of software development, faster turnaround & lower cost of ownership, i.e., recurring support and maintenance charges

• Strong web and e-commerce technologies, both from within our own software or when integrating 3rd party developed and hosted web sites

• A one-stop-shop for the majority of business functions

Sanderson has an enviable reputation for providing leading IT solutions to multi-channel retailers. With over 25 years’ experience, Sanderson is well placed to help you grow your business in the current economic climate.

Whatever channels you use to trade, we can support them with an integrated software system, which will enable you to streamline processes to drive efficiency and will also provide you with opportunities to cross and up-sell. With our excellent industry knowledge, we’re also able to help you expand your channels to maximise profit. So, if your current system is prohibiting your success, come and speak to us.

Our respected software solutions are supported by excellent and experienced staff. Our people are experts in the industries they serve, and therefore able to provide our clients with relevant industry insight. And our solutions are scalable, providing a platform to grow business well into the future.

Come and see us on stand 3, where we’ll be happy to discuss your business requirements. We’ll also have some case studies available so you can see how our solutions have helped some of our clients - your industry peers - build successful businesses.

Sanderson - The Multi-Channel People
www.themultichannelpeople.com
024 7655 5466

Perigee is a leader in marketing content and multi channel publishing solutions for the Distance Selling, Retail and Graphic Arts industries. The Perigee Software Suite streamlines production and improves quality of catalogues, brochures, websites and POS tools by delivering consistent messages across multiple channels.

Perigee improves team performance via workflow based on real time collaboration between local and remote teams. Production costs are significantly reduced and time to market for catalogues and other product based publications is much faster.

Come along and ask how our range of hosted and local web services can help any retailer or e-tailer, large or small, to validate, capture and maintain accurate global customer information. We can even provide multi-route, multi-vehicle route optimisation to help you get your deliveries to your customers by the fastest or most fuel-efficient route.

Costing from just £50 per year, Postcode Anywhere integrates easily with leading ecommerce applications such as Actinic and can be used in websites as well as and internal applications. We’re sure we have a solution that’s right for you.

We provide a no-obligation, free trial, free technical support and an award-winning solution that’s used by thousands of retailers.

Rade deliver powerful, flexible e-commerce solutions.

Our easy to manage sites are designed with both your vision and the end-user in mind. Tools allow you to customise almost every aspect of your online store while a single range of products can support multiple web storefronts and catalogues.

RadeTrade is the product of 8 years experience developing database-driven web solutions. It is designed for websites processing 100 to 5000 orders per day and can be fully integrated with your back office systems. Offering great flexibility, a host of features and virtually any design can be added to your system.

Committed to building strong, lasting partnerships, we offer a fully supported, hosted and managed service. Working closely with your team, ongoing development will ensure you continue to increase sales and improve performance.

Call us on 01502 478000 to discuss your plans and find out how we can help you achieve them.

SLI Systems provides site search, site navigation and automated SEO services for online retail and content-rich websites.

These solutions are built with patented Learning Search technology – an intelligent search system that learns from customer behavior to increase sales and conversions. Learning Search enhances the user experience while delivering valuable insights on visitor activity, and provides ecommerce sites with advanced merchandising capabilities and intuitive navigation.

SLI’s Site Champion service creates optimised pages to increase a retailer’s visibility in natural search engine listings and increase site traffic.

Customers like FTD, Tupperware, ULTA, and hundreds more benefit from SLI Systems’ search technology.