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A roundup of nearly two
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APC Overnight
Contact: Kim Michael, kmichael@citipost.co.uk
service offerings
Address: National Sortation Centre, Warstone Road,
Year founded: 1997
Group companies:
pages 18-19
Essington, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 2RZ
• Citipost UK
Order fulfi lment
Tel: 0800 0283737
• Citipost Direct Distribution
Preparing your warehouse
Website: www.apc-overnight.com
• Citipost DSA
for the peak season
Contact: Colin D Clark, national depot development
manager, sales@apc-overnight.com
• Citipost Asia
• Citipost Germany
page 20
Year founded: 1994
• Citilogistics
Marketing
Speciality: parcel carrier to residential and business
Speciality: postal and parcel carrier to residential
Print catalogues as website
addresses
and business addresses
traffi c drivers
Number of staff: 300
Number of depots and locations: 125 nationwide
Number of staff: 250 full-time
page 21
Turnover: £52 million
Number of depots and locations: 10 depots in the
Ecommerce
Average daily volume: 56,000
UK, North America, Asia, and Continental Europe
New features and quick
Peak daily volume: 76,000
Turnover: £60 million
tweaks to boost your online
Maximum weight of packages accepted: 50kg
Average daily volume: N/A
business
Company profi le: APC Overnight bills itself as
Peak daily volume: N/A
the UK’s largest next-day delivery network. It
Maximum weight of packages accepted: 31.5kg
pages 22-23
specialises in timed deliveries, am or pm. APC
Company profi le: Citipost is a privately owned
Merchandising
Overnight collects, routes, and delivers more than
fulfi lment and delivery organisation for paper-based
How software and analytics
1 million parcels each month, with an on-time
products. It has a full range of delivery options for
can improve your demand
delivery record of more than 99.8 percent.
items ranging from a 10g letter to a 31.5kg parcel.
forecasting
Citipost AMP
City Link
pages 24-25
Address: 16 Gunnery Terrace, Cornwallis Road,
Address: Riverbank, The Meadows Business Park,
Inventory management
Royal Arsenal, London SE18 6SW
Blackwater, Camberley GU17 9AB
The benefi ts of integrating
Tel: 020 8301 8500
Tel: 01276 606 200
your order processes with
Website: www.citipost.com
Website: www.city-link.com
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your vendors’ supply chains
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