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UK Distribution and logistics
Gem Tel: 01279 822822 Fax: 01279 412604 Email: sales@gem.co.uk Website: www.gem.co.uk
Key contacts: Sales: sales@gem.co.uk 01279 822822 Marketing: Neil Handa (Gem Creative) neilh@gem.co.uk 01279 822800 Logistics: Alan Lynch (Gem Logistics) alanl@gem.co.uk 01282 684800
Address: St George House Parkway Harlow Business Park Harlow Essex CM19 5QF Employees: 200 Established: 1984
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Gem provides our partners with end-to-end integrated supply chain solutions and added value distribution to the retail channel for software, peripheral and connected home technologies. In our third decade, Gem’s history of success includes exclusive UK distribution of Codemasters, NCsoft, Take Two and Xbox 360, as well as being a leading UK distributor for vendors such as Logitech, Microsoft and Symantec, producing an annual turnover in excess of £260 million. Gem supplies to an extensive customer base including well-known high street and internet retailers, corporate resellers, mail order companies and independent retailers. We have also recently extended our category reach into new sectors of the market including Audio Visual, digital pens and video cameras. Our multi-faceted business extends outside of sales and distribution, providing one integrated solution through our Gem Creative and Gem Logistics divisions. Gem’s own brand, Exspect, has built a reputation for producing popular and uniquely designed innovative cases, covers and accessories for iPods, MP3 players, portable games consoles and more. By understanding customer needs and wants, Exspect has produced proven successes throughout its history. Since its acquisition by Gem in May 2006, Exspect has gone on to develop a new range of hundreds of accessories in existing and new categories. For more information please visit www.exspect.co.uk.
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