HAVING BEEN RATHER BUSY with 5 Quid for Life last week, preparing for our inaugural meeting on Saturday 19th March, as well as updating our church website, it proved impossible to post this roundup at the end of last week, so this time around, for a change, a news roundup to start the week. Thank you … Continue reading »
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News Roundup: Covenant Books, Preston, Reopens | J Marr Seafoods Sponsors Jacob’s Well | Living Oasis Prayer Line on facebook | Love Wins – or does it? | Small Publishers featured in STL Trade Emails
Covenant Books, Preston, Reopens J Marr Seafoods Sponsors Jacob’s Well Living Oasis Prayer Line on facebook Love Wins – or does it? Small Publishers featured in STL Trade Emails Covenant Books, Preston, Reopens CONGRATULATIONS to all involved in the recent resurrection of Covenant Books, Preston! The usual story of financial constraints ended with the shop’s … Continue reading »
STL UK: Up to 30 staff face redundancy as first fiscal year yields poorer results than anticipated
STL DISTRIBUTION, CARLISLE, have entered another consultation period with staff, this time in which up to 30 — just under one quarter — of the 124-strong workforce face redundancy as the company comes to terms with poorer financial results than anticipated over the last year. All Carlisle based staff have had face to face meetings … Continue reading »
Good News for Christian Retailers and Consumers as STL UK and Suppliers collaborate to absorb January’s VAT increase
STL UK HAVE ANNOUNCED that following consultations with their suppliers, “in the main” they will be absorbing January’s VAT increase by adjusting ex-VAT prices to keep VAT-inclusive prices for end consumers the same. Vatable items such as CDs, for instance, currently retailing at £14.99 will continue to retail at £14.99 by means of a behind-the-scenes adjustment … Continue reading »
STL: October’s Golden Ticket goes to Letchworth Christian Bookshop
CONGRATULATIONS to Letchworth Christian Bookshop on winning STL’s Golden Ticket for October. Shop staff commented, We were just so surprised and blessed to find the golden ticket! We have so few orders over the qualifying limit that we had not expected to be in the running. Thank you STL for this encouragement at a time … Continue reading »
STL’s Golden Ticket: And the first winner is…
CONGRATULATIONS to Christian Book Centre, Preston, on becoming the first winner of STL’s Golden Ticket: Nigel from CBC Preston said: We were overwhelmed with the generous gift that the Gold Envelope represented for us as a business, we offer our sincere thanks and appreciation to STL for this gift. It is great that … Continue reading »
Small is beautiful, but big might be a prize-winner: have you got the STL Golden Ticket?
STL UK’S DECISION earlier this year to offer carriage-free delivery on all UK orders was a lifeline thrown at just the right time for us at the LST Bookshop: no more having to hold back until we reached that ever-elusive carriage-free minimum order value, we could simply process orders of any size at any time … Continue reading »
Returns and Credits: A joint response from STL Distribution and the Quartz Partnership
THANK YOU to STL Distribution and the Quartz Partnership for the following response to this morning’s Call to Retailers for Urgent Action over STL Credits and Returns: Returns and Credits Following the acquisition of STL Distribution by John Ritchie, we have been working hard with both the Administrator Baker Tilly and with The Quartz Partnership who … Continue reading »
Call to Retailers for Urgent Action over STL Credits and Returns
Updated 11/01/2010, 3.30pm: STL Distribution and the Quartz Partnership have issued the following response to this post: Call to Retailers for Urgent Action over STL Credits and Returns Christian Booksellers and Retailers need to take urgent action over credits and returns, according to Stuart Arnold of Cardiff Christian Bookshop, if they wish to avoid losing out … Continue reading »
STL UK and the Abominable Silence
Sometimes, silence is golden. Other times, it’s terrifying: someone we love breathes their last and the silence suddenly stretches to eternity… It feels a bit like that with STL UK. We all know that STL as we once knew it is finished. We also know that deals have been done behind closed doors: we watch … Continue reading »
