Overview


Findel plc is a leading general merchandise supplier to the home, education and healthcare sectors. Express Gifts offers a diverse range of products to the consumer, as do regional and national catalogue brands in the education sector. The rest of the businesses have been supplemented by a series of niche brands to help maintain competitive advantage. Findel Direct Ltd has been built by acquiring well-known niche brands that can easily be cross-marketed to similar ABC1, 25 to 50 year old customers.

Findel plc has one of the biggest personalisation plants supplying direct to the consumer in the UK where products from cutlery to greetings cards and football kits to children's nightwear are made. Over 3.2m pieces are personalised each year.

As a result of accusitions an increase in percentage of products are now being sold online in home shopping. Online purchasing is also becoming more important in the education sector where Findel is pioneering the technology with local authorities.

Express Gifts sells all products on credit and as a result has a strong finance arm. Other home shopping brands are sold "cash with order" and direct to business brands follow normal invoice procedures.


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