Comments on: And so it ends: STL UK puts up ‘For Sale’ sign

By: 18 UK Jobs Lost as Kingsway/David C Cook Restructure for Global Marketplace « The Christian Bookshops Blog

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:30:54 +0000

[...] Pray too that Kingsway/David C Cook’s globalised service strategy and systems prove more resilient and robust than Biblica/IBS-STL’s similar exercise back in 2008/2009. [...]

By: News Roundup: The Ups and Downs Edition – from UTB Celebrations to Wesley Owen Woes « The Christian Bookshops Blog

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:02:14 +0000

[...] facing redundancy as Koorong (which took over the Wesley Owen brand and eight stores in the wake of Biblica’s bungling in 2009) streamlines its UK business operations and seeks to maintain a viable business model following the [...]

By: Living Oasis: Croydon plans dropped as Online Shop goes live « The Christian Bookshops Blog

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:05:28 +0000

[...] its heyday, before the collapse of IBS-STL this time last year, Croydon was one of Wesley Owen’s flagship stores and went on to win the [...]

By: Rebuilding trust: STL UK announce exclusive trade distribution deal with Biblica « The Christian Bookshops Blog

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:32:05 +0000

[...] a Comment LESS THAN A YEAR after the UK Christian book trade was plunged into turmoil by Biblica’s decision to pull the plug on its UK operations, STL UK’s new owners, who picked up the pieces in Carlisle in the wake of Biblica’s [...]

By: Phil Groom

Phil Groom — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:48:08 +0000

... and now the For Sale sign has gone up over STL USA: report yesterday in Christian Retailing: STL Distribution put up for sale (h/t @eddieolliffe) ... part of "an ongoing strategic review of our ministry operations" according to Doug Lockhart...

By: Wesley Owen and the Mystery of the Missing Bookshop « Phil's Boring Blog

Wesley Owen and the Mystery of the Missing Bookshop « Phil's Boring Blog — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:10:24 +0000

[...] went back to press releases, to November and yesterday: definitely 40 branches, 14 sold and 26 remaining — evidently, I’d [...]

By: GroomNews Christmas 2009 « Phil's Boring Blog

GroomNews Christmas 2009 « Phil's Boring Blog — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:38:08 +0000

[...] and for reasons that remain unclear, they were unable to revert to the previous system. In November Biblica announced that they were pulling the plug on their UK operations. It’s all very messy with at least 490 people’s jobs on the line, but hopefully some resolution [...]

By: Biblica and STL UK: A Strange Way to Attract Investors? « Phil's Boring Blog

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:13:27 +0000

[...] If there was no pressure from the charity’s bankers, then why was it deemed appropriate to subject either the staff or the rest of the UK Christian book trade to the trauma that they and we have gone through since November 16th? [...]

By: May you write through interesting times… | Nick Page

May you write through interesting times… | Nick Page — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:30:16 +0000

[...] those of you who don’t know what’s happening, Phil Groom’s excellent blog has all the info. The short version is that IBS-STL, which comprises Wesley Owen Bookshops, Authentic Media and STL [...]

By: STL UK Crisis: Reports roundup and further reflections « UKCBD: The Christian Bookshops Blog

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:28:03 +0000

[...] for now, for those who may have missed yesterday’s brief note: news has emerged of at least one publisher, Kingsway, pulling their stock out of STL’s [...]