Findel plc
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Findel plc is a British home shopping company. It is a member of the FTSE 250 Index. Its chief executive is Patrick Jolly[1]
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[edit] Express Gifts
Express Gifts, the largest company within the Findel plc group, is one of the UK's leading mail order companies selling a wide range of greeting cards, gifts, home and garden items through its Studio and Ace catalogues. Most of its business is undertaken in the Autumn run-up to Christmas. More than 3 million major catalogues are distributed each year by the company.
[edit] Findel Education
Findel Education is the largest dedicated supplier of educational products in Europe, with a Head Office in Manchester. Customers include state and independent schools from nursery to secondary level, hospitals, charities, and other educational bodies. Product range covers all curriculum subjects as well as all the furniture, audio-visual, stationery and janitorial needs of schools and nurseries. The company trades in the UK and internationally through a series of high profile catalogue brands including Hope Education, NES Arnold, GLS, Philip Harris, Galt, Step by Step, UNILAB, Davies Sports, Percussion Plus and EDCO. Findel Education undertakes PFI work in the UK.
[edit] Findel Services
Findel Services is a white label provider of consumer fulfilment solutions. Turning over £100 million, Findel Services has the claimed capacity to pick up to 1 million items per day, aimed mainly at Web and Digital TV based media. Clients include Matalan.co.uk, EMI Records Group, Provident Personal Credit Ltd, Confetti.co.uk, Marks & Spencer, and Petsathome.co.uk.
[edit] Farepak collapse
Following the 13 October 2006 collapse of Farepak and its parent European Home Retail, Findel purchased three companies from the group for £34 million, [2] of which £2.5 million went directly to the failed Farepack.[1]
[edit] Kleeneze Europe
Kleeneze Europe Ltd is a multi-level marketing company, and was started in 1923, in Bristol, England. The founder, Harry Crook, had emigrated to America with his family several years earlier and while there joined Fuller Brush as a sales representative. He returned to Bristol several years later and started his business making brushes which were sold door to door by salesmen.
During World War II, women were encouraged to become salespeople while the men were away fighting.
Since the 1980s, Kleeneze has offered a different approach, by using catalogues to sell over 2500 products. Now each Independent Distributor only needs to deliver those catalogues to householders in the area where they live. The distributor then delivers the products several days later. All Kleeneze distributors are independent and effectively run their own businesses. Using the multi-level marketing business model, Kleeneze distributors can earn royalties by recruiting and training new distributors and thus expanding the business. This makes Kleeneze a popular second business or alternative pension. Kleeneze offers a clear career progression known as their sales and awards plan[3]. Progression is achieved by recruiting and training new distributors, and helping them to do the same. As a distributor hits new levels they are rewarded with increased income and incentives such as foriegn travel, one-off cash bonuses and cars. Kleeneze set a new record in January 2006 by awarding 11 new cars, worth over £250,000 in total, to their top distributors.
The company remained at its original site for almost 80 years, but in May 2004 relocated to its brand new office headquarters and distribution centre in Warmley, Bristol to cater for future growth and expansion into Europe.
Kleeneze was a founder member of the Direct Selling Association, and is also the oldest network marketing company in Europe, having started its networking operations in the 1970s. Kleeneze also works closely with the Neighbourhood Watch Association.
After trading for over 80 years throughout the United Kingdom, expansion of its Network Marketing business program into Europe started with the Republic of Ireland, followed by the Netherlands in 2004 and Germany in 2006.
[edit] I Want One Of Those.com
Gifts and gadgets website. IWantOneOfThose.com (IWOOT) came 16th in the FHM July 2004 listing of top websites[4].
[edit] Kitbag.com
Europe’s largest online sports retailer
