International gifts company seeks global partners to develop their service, a new innovative reciprocal agreement based on a commercial agency agreement.

CommercialVeľká BritániaBOUK20210428002
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Summary: 
A North East UK company offers an online selection of gifts to both business and consumer markets globally. They seek a new way of working with global partners on a reciprocal basis allowing for a more sustainable method of delivery in international markets which considers the logistical/supply/administrative demands of the International gifts market. They seek global partners to develop the service with a new innovative reciprocal agreement based on a commercial agency agreement.
Description: 
The company was established in 1999 and was set up to offer an online selection of gifts, hampers and drinks for both domestic and international markets through a range of websites. The product range also includes flowers and seasonal offers together with birthday, anniversary and other occasions offers. Sales are to both B2B (corporates and wholesalers) and B2C (retail and personal customers). The company supplies its products both in the UK and a number of international markets the largest being the European Union. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided the opportunity for substantial growth in 2020, both in the UK and overseas. The company seek to enhance their sustainable development goal targets and develop a method of delivery in global/international markets which considers the logistical/supply/administrative demands of the international gifts market as well as the drive to lower their carbon footprint. The company sets itself the highest level of customer service and has significant concerns that the current cost of extra additional fees to be levied on senders and/or receivers of gifts (especially alcohol) prior to or after delivery makes the current business model unsustainable and puts these high standards at danger. Therefore, the company is looking for a partner in the international gifts market to collaborate and work together to circumnavigate some of these new barriers to growth and international markets using high calibre global gifts companies with exceptional products to fulfil the deliveries to the global market but with particular interest in European Union from within the European Union as this is the company’s biggest market to date. This model should be reciprocal so that the partner clients wishing to send gifts to the United Kingdom will have the same benefits using the company as resource for gifts for their clients wishing to purchase and deliver item for families, friends and corporate entities in the United Kingdom, hence the requirement for an innovative and reciprocal agreement based on a commercial agency agreement the details of which will be covered in further communications with potential partners.
Type (e.g. company, R&D institution…), field of industry and Role of Partner Sought: 
The partners should be active within the gift hamper and champagne industry and would be expected have a reach across the whole European Union, although other countries and territories would also be considered via an innovative new reciprocal agreement. It is important that this should be a reciprocal arrangement so that the same service can be offered by the partnering company for the United Kingdom market. Partners should have the capability, infrastructure (including full track and trace of deliveries) and stock holding to deal with circa £500-£1m of orders into the EU. Please note that the company has exemplary high standards in customer services so please evidence this in any expressions of interest or be ready to give examples in the first few communications with the company, it is this attention to customers that has afforded them the reputation for quality and service they currently enjoy. The partnership will be based on a distribution/outsourcing or subcontracting agreement the details of which will be covered in further communications with potential partners.
Stage of Development: 
Already on the market
External code: 
BOUK20210428002