Year of the Bible | Retail Initiatives | Stock Update

The Year Of The Bible

As part of this exciting year celebrating the richness and variety of God’s Word, we have ten monthly promotions that showcase both Bible translations and books that bring you more deeply into the Word of God.
March’s promotion, Biblefresh and Bestselling Bibles, is available now, including the following key titles:

9781860248023 Biblefresh – Available March
9780007263097 English Standard Version Bible
9780840726858 KJV Gift Award Bible
9781850786542 Homegroups: The Authentic Guide

The following Point of Sale materials will be available shortly:
A2 Poster, 5028981036691
and Shelfstrip (pack of 5), 5028981036707.


New from St Mark’s Press

Mark In 40 Days is a fantastic new title for Lent (9th March – 17th April).
Pre-order now through all the usual channels (website, phone/fax, SyneRgi and your Area Sales Manager).
For more titles from St Mark’s Press click here


Stock Update
This week we’ve had deliveries from a number of suppliers including Harvest House, BRF, Collins, Lion Hudson, Hodder, Elevation, Zondervan, Tyndale and CWR. The following key titles are now on free stock and available to order:

9781414339764 The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven
9781590521670 Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello To Courtship PB


Revive and Engage
STL Distribution have brought together groups of product to encourage deeper thinking by tackling important issues in your church today and books to deepen your faith and revive your Spirit. To help you promote these ranges in store we have a selection of Point-Of-Sale available to order.


Revive – Focusing on titles to revive your spirit
Including a selection of titles from: Zoe Records, Cross House, Gleam Press, Deep Publishing, Sibanda Publishing, Destiny Image USA and Destiny Image Europe.
4-page A5 flyers – 5028981036516
Shelfstrips – 5028981036523
Counter stands (to hold A5 flyers) – JISD
Downloadable flyer



Engage – Focusing on titles to engage your mind
Including a selection of titles from CFP, Evangelical Press, Paternoster, Kregal, John Wiley, Zondervan, St Mark’s Press, Baker Books, BRF, Continuum and SCM-Canterbury Press.
4-page A5 flyers – 5028981036493
Shelfstrips – 5028981036509
Counter stands (to hold A5 flyers) – JISD
Downloadable flyer
Visit the website or speak to your Area Sales Manager for full details.

Electricity Supply Update
Following the planned power outage by United Utilities last Saturday, the electricity supply to our facilities has now been successfully upgraded. We instigated the upgrade some months ago as part of our business continuity planning, following the redeployment of our activities onto a single site in Carlisle.

Our apologies once again for any inconvenience caused by these essential works.

Successful Upgrade of Power Supply

Following the planned power outage by United Utilities last Saturday, the electricity supply to our facilities has now been successfully upgraded. We instigated the upgrade some months ago as part of our business continuity planning, following the redeployment of our activities onto a single site in Carlisle.

Our apologies once again for any inconvenience caused by these essential works.

Saturday 19th Feb - temporary disruption to our ordering system

Temporary disruption to our Ordering Service
Saturday 19th February

Due to a necessary upgrade to the electricity supply to STL Distribution’s Carlisle site our electricity supplier will be temporarily shutting off the power to the office and warehouse building between 9am and 4pm on Saturday 19th February. Because of this power outage there will be a suspension to our usual order-taking services over the weekend, as follows:

Customer Services Ordering
Between 8.30 and 12 noon Customer Services will be unable to process any orders. We will be providing a skeleton service for message taking only between 8.30am and 12 noon and will arrange to call you back on Monday to take and process your order.

Website ordering
The website www.STLDistribution.co.uk will be unaffected by the loss of power and we recommend using the website to place any orders during Saturday.

SyneRgi Ordering
SyneRgi users will be unable to place orders or make order queries; however, you will be able to see stock availability as usual.
Our electricity supplier expects power to be restored by 4pm on Saturday, therefore SyneRgi should resume normal ordering service after this time.


Thank you for your patience whilst this essential maintenance takes place. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

STL Distribution Customer Services

Year of the Bible / 45% promotion / carrier bag winning design

The Bible – A Year Of Celebration in 2011

2011 is a milestone year for the Bible!

The 400th Anniversary of the King James Version in May

It is the year of BibleFresh – an initiative to take a fresh look at the Bible and live it out.

The launch of the ‘new’ NIV is imminent and this summer the full translation of The Message celebrates its 10th birthday.
As part of these exciting events that celebrate the richness and variety of God’s word, we’re launching a range of promotions under the banner ‘The Year Of The Bible’. Our ‘The Year Of The Bible’ promotions will consist of ten monthly themes that showcase both Bible translations and books that bring you more deeply into the word of God.

The themes will include:

• March: BibleFresh and Bible Bestsellers
  
• April: Kids’ Bibles for Prize Giving
  
• May: 400th Anniversary of the KJV
  
• June: The ‘new’ NIV
  
• July: The Bible in Colour
  
• August: The Message 10th Birthday
  
• September: Bible Promotion
  
• October: Bibles & Bible Study
  
• November: Gift Bibles for Christmas
  
• December: Bestselling Bibles from 2010
  

The March selection – Biblefresh and Bible Bestsellers – is available to order today. Posters (shown below) and shelfstrips will also be available to help you give that extra focus to ‘The Year Of The Bible’ promotions, pulling together assorted products in your store. Pre-order today.

All of this activity provides us with a wonderful opportunity to feature and promote Bible sales in our shops and it is our pleasure to be able to provide you with a ‘one stop shop’ for this excellent range of titles from a variety of publishers. If we can support you in any other way as you promote Bible sales in your own area, please discuss this with your Area Sales Manager.

BRF – 45% discount promotion
BRF’s Top 20 Bestsellers are now available at 45% discount as part of our Winter Warmers promotion. Including key titles such as:

9781841015033 Messy Church
9781841014326 All Age Worship
9781841017501 The Circle Of Love
9781841017570 Celebrating The King James Version
Click here to view the full range.

Carrier Bags – and the winner is...
We had a fantastic response to last week's email asking you to vote on your favourite carrier bag design and we're pleased to announce the winner, with 46% of the vote, is option 3.

We will let you know in due course when these will be available.

Fraudulent orders

It has been brought to our attention that a number of retailers have had requests for 20 copies of Franklin Bookman to be delivered to London. There is a strong possibility these orders may be fraudulent and we advise that you do not proceed with any similar order unless you have cleared funds from the caller.

STL Distribution - company announcement

Following the departure of Steve Apted (Supply Chain Director), John Ritchie Ltd is pleased to announce the following supply chain responsibilities. These are effective immediately.

John O’Nions who was recently appointed to the role of Business Development and Strategy Director for the Ritchie Group will focus on establishing, strengthening and deepening relationships with our supply chain partners. John is well known in the trade and has a wealth of experience in both the Christian and General Market sectors, ideally equipping him for this role. His experience and knowledge will be of significant benefit in ensuring that the distribution division of John Ritchie Ltd (soon to be re-branded Trust Media Distribution) is well placed to take advantage of opportunities as they present themselves.

Paul Davies, Finance Director will assume responsibility for procurement budgets and stock management functions. Paul’s primary focus will be on ensuring high rates of stock availability and fill rate on key titles.

Commenting on the changes, John Ritchie Group CEO Ken Munro said “I am convinced that this restructure will deliver excellent outcomes in the two key elements of supply chain: relationships with our partners and efficient internal procedures. John and Paul bring considerable strength to these two areas and therefore we should see tangible benefits internally and more importantly for our suppliers and customers".

VeggieTales are Back! Plus Engage and Revive retail initiatives

VeggieTales are Back !
We are pleased to let you know Authentic Media will once again be stocking VeggieTales!
The animated, entertaining and educational vegetables will be making their way back into Authentic stocks very soon. Some new titles will be available from the 5th March with many others following soon after. Available to order through all STL Distribution’s usual channels (website, phone/fax, SyneRgi and your Area Sales Manager).

'Twas the Night Before Easter – NEW – Product code: 820549 RRP: £9.99 It’s Easter time in Crisper County and cable news reporter Marlee Meade (Petunia Rhubarb) is hunting for a way to help others.

Sweetpea Beauty – NEW – Product code: 820439 RRP: £9.99 Sweetpea Beauty knows that what’s on the inside is what matters most. Find out in this fairy “Veggie” tale about the real meaning of true beauty.

It’s a Meaningful Life – NEW – Product code: 820449 RRP: £9.99 Injured playing football, Stewart (Larry the Cucumber) has his hopes of playing in the Salad Bowl dashed forever. Find out in this story what it means to be content.

Pistachio The Little Boy That Woodn’t – NEW – Product code: 820139 RRP: £9.99 VeggieTales twist on the beloved story of Pinocchio! A new adventure about the importance of family and obeying your parents.

An Easter Carol - Product code: 820189 RRP: £7.99 Cavis and Millward (Bob & Larry) and Hope the Music Box Angel must convince Nezzer that Easter is about much more than sweets and eggs.

Engage and Revive
STL Distribution have brought together groups of product to encourage deeper thinking by tackling important issues in your church today and books to deepen your faith and revive your Spirit. To help you promote these ranges in store we have a selection of Point of Sale available to order.

Engage – Focusing on titles to engage your mind Including a selection of titles from CFP, Evangelical Press, Paternoster, Kregal, John Wiley, Zondervan, St Mark’s Press, Baker Books, BRF, Continuum and SCM-Canterbury Press. 4-page A5 flyers – 5028981036493 Shelfstrips – 5028981036509 Counter stands (to hold A5 flyers) – JISD – not yet available online Downloadable flyer

Revive – Focusing on titles to revive your spirit Including a selection of titles from: Zoe Records, Cross House, Gleam Press, Deep Publishing, Sibanda Publishing, Destiny Image USA and Destiny Image Europe. 4-page A5 flyers – 5028981036516 Shelfstrips – 5028981036523 Counter stands (to hold A5 flyers) – JISD – not yet available online Downloadable flyer

March Bulletin

Highlights this month include People Like Us: Life with Rob Lacey, Nick Battle’s The Billy Fidget Letters and Karen Kingsbury's latest offering Leaving. To view this, or previous issues online click here.