The UK-based international logistics service provider Tibbett & Britten Group plc has expanded its business with The Big Food Group (TBFG) in Scotland, following the award this month of a long-term open-book contract to manage TBFG’s Scottish distribution operations at Livingston, West Lothian, and Bellshill, Lanarkshire.
Read MoreClarks has chosen TNT Express to provide collection and deliveries of over 150,000 pairs of shoes a week to 650 retailers across England, Wales and the Channel Isles
Read MoreRoyal Mail is launching an interactive online service to promote the effectiveness of door-to-door marketing. The website, www.royalmail.com /doordropaction, is designed by OglivyInteractive and leads users through a virtual town demonstrating how door-drops work. According to Royal Mail, door-to-door marketing is a successful growth area with 79 per cent of people reading, keeping and passing on door- drops.
Read MoreRoyal Mail is poised to deliver a shot in the arm to the direct marketing industry with the launch of nationwide trials for the long- awaited ‘nominated day delivery’ service.
The scheme, which some agencies have been calling for years, would allow brand owners to request which day a mailshot drops, and therefore integrate it more closely with other marketing methods, such as outbound telemarketing and DRTV campaigns.
Read MoreRoyal Mail plans to slash its 30-strong agency roster and cut the range of marketing disciplines that it employs as it kicks off a review of its GBP60 million business.
The review will encompass eight marketing disciplines including advertising, direct mail, relationship marketing, brand strategy, sales promotion and digital.
But the postal operator wants agencies to provide integrated solutions or pitch with other shops in a bid to use fewer specialists.
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