… and when I say you’re missing out, I mean missing out big time. The latest Issue, Nov/Dec 2014, is out now and as usual the magazine is packed with articles, features, news and reports on the issues that lie at the heart of the Christian book trade — so packed, in fact, that it’s … Continue reading
IN A PRESS RELEASE ISSUED TODAY, CLC UK have announced a number of operational and personnel changes as they face the possibility of a compulsory purchase order on their wholesale warehouse in Alresford, Hampshire. The changes consist of: A one-year ecommerce fulfilment agreement with eden.co.uk (Eden Ecommerce Ltd) commencing 1st October 2014. An in-principle decision … Continue reading
CONGRATULATIONS to all this year’s Christian Resources Together award winners! As most of this blog’s readers know, of course, the conference took place over Monday & Tuesday of this week, 2nd – 3rd June 2014, with the Awards Ceremony held on the Monday evening, many of the results tweeted by Eddie Olliffe.
UPDATE 18/6/2014: Official photos and the full list of award winners are now available on the CRT website: visit http://www.christianresourcestogether.co.uk/2014awardwinnersgallery.htm to view! Continue reading
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN to Clem Jackson, Steve & Mandy Briars and Eddie Olliffe on bringing us the first e-news update on the new Christian trade magazine, Together. Introducing the newsletter, Clem writes: IT’S NICE TO SEE YOU… And you all know the rest of the line! But it is nice to be back with a … Continue reading
WHOLEHEARTED CONGRATULATIONS to Steve & Mandy Briars (Publishers) along with Clem Jackson (Editor) and Eddie Olliffe (Consulting Editor) on working together to bring a new magazine to the Christian book and retail trade: Together. The new magazine aims to fill the gap left by the discontinued trade edition of Christian Marketplace earlier this year, with a 24 … Continue reading
THIS WEEK I had the pleasure and privilege of meeting with Steve Briars, CRT Event Organiser, to talk through what’s coming up at the Christian Resources Together 2013 Retailers & Suppliers Retreat (CRT2013 from now on) and to bounce around a couple of his other ideas. My thanks to Steve for taking time out to … Continue reading
WHOLEHEARTED CONGRATULATIONS to all the CRT2012 Award Winners, with further congratulations to those award winners who have been proactive in publicising their awards: press releases and tweets included in the roundup below. This is an occasion when the UK Christian book and retail trade can rightly celebrate its achievements, and to those who haven’t shouted … Continue reading
A SELECTION of yesterday’s tweets from the CRT2012 Retailers & Suppliers Retreat, most recent first, starting with the evening’s awards ceremony courtesy of Eddie Olliffe; congratulations to Tom Wright/SPCK and CLC Wholesale on their well-deserved wins: #CRT2012 Book of the Year was awarded to Tom Wright for 'Simply Jesus' (SPCK) – a worthy winner. CLC Wholesale … Continue reading
EDDIE OLLIFFE reflects on the current state of High Street Christian bookselling after so many recent closures and asks important questions about the way forward: It has felt like a tsunami of bad news of late with so many Bookshop closures. The UK has lost 26% of its Bookshops since 2006 (over 400 outlets according to … Continue reading
Update, 3.15pm, Nov 02, 2011: “It’s business as usual” – response & reflections from Paul Wilkinson, Christian Book Shop Talk, Canada: HarperCollins to Acquire Thomas Nelson Update, 10.30am, Nov 02, 2011: Follow up report from Christian Retailing, posted 01/11/2011: Thomas Nelson buyout ‘a vote of confidence for the industry’ MAY YOU LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES: the words … Continue reading
