48% discount on Bibles plus more Winter Warmers

Spring Bible Re-stock – 48% discount
In response to what has been a tough Christmas on the High Street, STL Distribution is offering some New Year cheer to retailers with this fantastic offer on Bibles that will allow you to be price competitive with the internet and the rest of the High Street!
Including the following key products:
9780840717825 King James Authorised Nelson
9781414338637 One Year Bible
9781414314129 NLT One Year Bible For Women
9781414337654 NLT Compact Leatherlike
9780310720164 KJV Teen Study Bible Orange/Fudge
9781418543105 KJV Single Column Bible PB
Available through your Area Sales Manager, Phone/Fax, Email, SyneRgi or the website. Click here to download an order form. Available while stocks last.

Winter Warmers
Our latest Winter Warmer promotions are now available to order through all the usual channels (Area Sales Managers, Phone/Fax, Email, SyneRgi, website) including 45% discount on the following:




For full details of all products in the promotion, visit STLDistribution.co.uk.

Praise Gathering intro offer extended!
We’re pleased to tell you the introductory offer of £9.99 on Praise Gathering’s Glory To Our God PGMCD101 has been extended until 31st March 2011.

Available now through all the usual channels (Area Sales Managers, Phone/Fax, Email, SyneRgi, website).

Best regards

STL Distribution

Penfold Card and Gift moving to Carlisle

As part of the consolidation of John Ritchie Ltd. businesses, Penfold Card & Gift product is now solely available through STL Distribution in Carlisle. Penfold Card & Gift, who have been producing and selling quality Christian gift product to the UK market for 25 years, was acquired by John Ritchie Ltd. in May 2009. With John Ritchie Ltd’s acquisition of STL Distribution in December 2009, all wholesale operations for the entire John Ritchie Ltd. group are being centralised in Carlisle. Penfold’s cards and gifts have been transferring from Bicester to Carlisle over the last few weeks, with full availability expected by end-January 2011

Michael J. Penfold, Divisional Director, Penfold Card & Gift said, "Moving Penfold Card & Gift into the STL Distribution warehouse in Carlisle will greatly enhance what we can do for our customers in terms of speed of despatch, visibility on the STL Distribution website, access to gift and card data through SyneRgi, and product showcasing in the STL Distribution monthly Bulletin. We are delighted to start 2011 with these new capabilities at our disposal, as we continue to serve the Christian trade with our creative range of cards and gift. Having all wholesale parts of the Ritchie Group under one roof, including Penfold Card & Gift, will prove hugely beneficial to all our customers."

Mark Hurley, Director of Sales & Marketing at STL Distribution, said, “Penfold Card & Gift have been successfully providing gift product for a number of years and we are very pleased, as a result of the restructuring of the John Ritchie Ltd. group, to be able to supply their complete catalogue to the trade. All gift and card products within our group will now come under the Penfold banner and be supplied out of Carlisle.”
Penfold Card & Gift’s products will be available for the trade to order through all the usual channels (Phone/Fax, Email, Web and SyneRgi). Your Area Sales Manager will continue to profile all Penfold lines.

For further information, please contact Michael Penfold mpenfold@johnritchie.co.uk or Mark Hurley mark.hurley@stl.org
Click here to see the full selection of Penfold cards.

Fed Ex deliveries - afternoon Monday delivery update

Our UK delivery service (FedEx) has given us the news update below.

The following depots have reported incidences of severe weather throughout their region, therefore deliveries will be affected:- Cumbernauld (60), Cowdenbeath (86), Dundee (61), Kendal (52), Gretna (54), Aberdeen (62/67/69)

Knaresborough (48) have advised that their vehicle covering route 17 has broken down, therefore deliveries to YO19 and YO41 may be affected.

Fareham (11/84) has advised that their vehicle covering postcodes SP1 and SP4 has broken down, therefore deliveries may be affected.

Camberley (18) have advised that the Bagshot road into Bracknell has been closed resulting in severe congestion on surrounding routes, therefore deliveries to RG postcodes may be affected.

If you have any queries regarding the above please email ukcsenquiries@fedex.com

Kind Regards,
STL Distribution blog team

Happy New Year and 45% DISCOUNT Winter Warmer Promotions

Happy New Year!
We hope you’ve had a very blessed Christmas and New Year and we look forward to serving you in your ministry in the coming year.

Check Out Our 45% Discount Winter Warmers!
Our latest Winter Warmer promotions are now available to order through all the usual channels (website, SyneRgi, customer services and Area Sales Managers) including 45% discount on Top 10 Thomas Nelson Books and Zondervan KJV Bestsellers. For full details of all products in the promotion, visit STLDistribution.co.uk.

The STL Distribution Golden Ticket promotion is taking a break!

The STL Distribution Golden Ticket promotion is taking a short break - there will be no Golden ticket in parcels during January. The good news is that it will be back in 2011 so keep an eye out on our website/blog or emails to see when it will return.

STL Distribution’s Golden Ticket is a give-away, in one randomly selected order over the value of £250. The ticket will entitle the customer to place an order free-of-charge with STL Distribution, up to the invoice value of £500. A silver ticket will be placed in an order over the value of £150 entitling the winner to place an order free of charge up to the value of £300 and a bronze ticket placed in an order over £75 entitling the winner to place an order free of charge up to the value of £150.

REMINDER VAT increase – January 4th 2011

You will be aware that VAT is set to increase to 20% from 4th of January 2011.
STL Distribution has been in discussion with suppliers about VAT-able items and are pleased to tell you that, in the main we will be absorbing the increase by reducing the pre-VAT prices so that the RRP remains unaltered.

eg. a £14.99 CD - currently £12.76 plus 17.5% VAT will become £12.49 plus 20% VAT = £14.99

In order to prepare for the VAT changes it is necessary for our computer system to be taken down over New Year’s Day for essential maintenance.
Orders placed by the order deadline (2.30pm phone/fax and 4pm electronic) on Friday 31st December will receive the 17.5% VAT rate. Orders placed after the deadline will be processed and invoiced on 4th January and VAT-able items will incur 20% rate*.
If you have any questions about this please speak to Customer Services on serviceline@stl.org or 0845 705 6568

*Please note: for web orders only – any orders placed between 4pm on 31st December to 9am 3rd January 2011, may incur 20% VAT but the cost price will be based on the 17.5% VAT due to timing of the cost price change on the STL system. We recommend no orders are placed from 4pm on 31st December until 9am on 3rd of January.