AUTUMN LEAVES? Yes indeed: no matter how many you sweep up, there are always some that get away; and in this news roundup I present some of the stories — all good news, I’m delighted to say — that managed to get away from me over the last couple of months, including the launch of CLC Wholesale’s trade website and Eden’s commitment to the Living Wage. 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
FIFTEEN SHOPS are now live on christianbookshop.co.uk, a new network of Christian bookshops set up by Eden Interactive (Eden Ecommerce), owners of the UK’s leading online bookseller, eden.co.uk*. The project — announced earlier this year — went live this month after an extended trial period and offers independent booksellers a free, simple but effective online sales … Continue reading
EDEN INTERACTIVE — the company behind eden.co.uk — have this week announced an online sales solution for independent Christian booksellers/retailers: christianbookshop.co.uk The service is being offered free of charge to retailers and offers them a customised homepage that opens the door to more than 75,000 Christian products — including ebooks — from Eden. All customer … Continue reading
MY THANKS to Gareth Mulholland, MD of Eden Interactive, for providing this interview with Anna Bunn, one of Eden’s newest team members; and, of course, congratulations and best wishes to Anna in her new role. Gareth writes: EDEN.CO.UK was launched in July 2004 when a number of our team began figuring out out how to use … Continue reading
3 for 2 on Commentaries at Eden Christian Focus enters the Blogosphere Easter with IVP Living Oasis: Where is the humanity? Newcastle Cathedral Gift Shop Closure St Andrew Press now with Norwich Books & Music GOT NEWS? If you have news you’d like to see included in the next News Roundup, please get in touch. 3 for … Continue reading
You enjoy reading — but can you write? Can you read something and then summarise what it’s about in a few sentences? Then string those sentences together into a coherent article suitable for an online readership? If that’s you then Eden.co.uk might just have a role for you: they’re on the lookout for people who may … Continue reading
Despite ongoing conversations with the Nationwide Christian Trust, I’m told that this weekend will see another four five of the abandoned branches of Wesley Owen — Chester, Dundee, Inverness, Macclesfield and Walsall — finally cease trading. That leaves branches of CLC in Dundee and Inverness, but no overtly Christian retail presence in the other three towns, … Continue reading
I know it’s tempting. I know they’re probably your biggest outlet in today’s world. But really, truly, Amazon don’t need your help to boost their market share: they’re taking it from the rest of us anyway, along with the supermarkets with all their cut-price paperbacks. Kudos to Evangelical Press for launching a national railways poster … Continue reading
This time last year Eden.co.uk threw down a gauntlet to the rest of the Christian book trade by claiming that their customers were more interested in range, availability and convenience than price. Their latest marketing ploy seems to mark something of a U-turn in attitude: a £15,000 gift voucher giveaway to church leaders to “encourage [their congregations] to read and/or share more Christian literature, music or resources.” Continue reading
