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ACK & SEND, the new retail packaging and con dent that the Pack & Send proposition is genuinely “We are
shipping business which arrived in the UK last unique and addresses a gap in the market that the major
con dent that
autumn, is now offering its collection, packing and freight carriers cannot address,” Mr Ryan explains. “The 14
freight management service from its maiden store which years of success and 100 outlets across Australia and New
the Pack & Send
opened in Reading at the start of this year. Zealand are testimony to this, and our research shows that proposition
The business has an impressive pedigree. Already the the UK is an even larger opportunity.”
is genuinely
category leader in its original market of Australia, the The early experience from the Reading store reinforces
plan is now to grow the brand globally – and the UK is this. Virtually the rst order after opening was a typically
unique and
the biggest opportunity yet, with plans for a 240-store unconventional project, which perfectly illustrated how addresses a gap
network in due course. versatile the unique packing and door-to-door delivery
in the market
The Pack & Send management team have been working service is. Although the Pack & Send philosophy is that
on bringing the concept to this country since 2007, but they can ‘send anything, anywhere’, UK general manager
that the major
Mike Ryan, UK chief executive, freely admits that seeing Tony Fowles did not expect to have this tested quite so freight carriers
the rst outlet open and trading is the point where it all hard, so soon.
cannot address”
starts to feel ‘real’. “Our customer wanted us to provide safe collection
“The Reading store is an in-house outlet,” he explains, and delivery of some catering items,” he explained. “But
“which is how we expect up to 25% of all the UK stores the challenging thing was that the goods were 60 Mars Ice
to be. The roll-out plan, however, is dependent upon site Cream Bars, which needed buying in the UK and delivering
availability and also on how quickly we approve franchise still frozen to her in Sydney, Australia!”
licenses.” “Pack & Send, however, was the perfect choice for this
The Pack & Send franchise opportunity is one of the shipment,” he continued. “Not only were we able to supply
most comprehensive and best proven in the market. insulated packing and suf cient dry ice to keep the ice
Firstly there is the high calibre UK team – the board have cream frozen for the day-long plane transit, but through
a breadth of experience across logistics, retail, travel and our contacts with the airlines we were able to arrange
marketing – and have undertaken stringent due diligence refrigerated storage at Heathrow prior to the ight down
to ensure there are no hitches or surprises. “We are to Sydney and again at the other end.”
April 2009
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