Office Depot, a supplier of office products, has renewed its deal with Spring Global Mail to beits sole supplier for European mail distribution.
The multi-year agreement, “worth millions per year” according to Spring, will see theinternational mail operator managing the distribution of catalogues each year across elevenEuropean countries.
Office Depot and Spring have been working closely together since 2006, with Spring initiallydistributing mail to only five destinations. In 2007, five additional countries were added.
“Improving the efficiency of suppliers across the supply chain is a key part of Office Depot’sstrategy,” said René Crins, non-trade procurement director for Office Depot.
“Spring has real expertise in the field of international mail and they apply their marketknowledge to find the optimal postal distribution solutions in each of the European markets inwhich Office Depot operates. This, combined with the meticulous way Spring manages our mailingplans across the supply chain, has resulted in the extension of our current contract with Spring asour sole supplier in this critical area.”
Iain McLure, CEO of Spring Global Mail added: “I am delighted that Office Depot has renewed thisstrategically important contract. Our team works in close cooperation with in Office Depot on adaily basis, creating a partnership that ensures their demanding objectives are met. This successreflects our creativity in developing mailing solutions to meet the needs of large scale,multi-country mailers, for whom mail distribution is a non-core but essential part of theirbusiness model.”
