3M Selects Marketworks as Ecommerce Solutions Provider
Marketworks, the leading provider of ecommerce solutions to the retail and manufacturing sectors, has today announced that 3M has selected Marketworks to deliver a fully managed and outsourced ecommerce solution for a selected range of its household and business products.
London, UK (PRWEB) February 14, 2007
Marketworks, the leading provider of ecommerce solutions to the retail and manufacturing sectors, has today announced that 3M has selected Marketworks to deliver a fully managed and outsourced ecommerce solution for a selected range of its household and business products. Together with logistics and fulfilment partner Royal Mail, Marketworks has developed a multi-channel online solution that integrates marketing and sales through 3M online shops, major online marketplaces including Amazon and eBay, Google and affiliate sites.
The 3M UK Consumer and Office Division have selected Marketworks’ fully outsourced, end-to-end Managed eCommerce Solution, which includes technology and marketing, and customer care and logistics. A key benefit of the solution is that all operational, technical and fulfilment functions are centrally managed by Marketworks.
Ian Masters, e-Business Development Manager said, “We selected Marketworks to establish our online business because of its unique ability to meet our needs for an end-to-end solution, strategic advice, best of class technology, and an integrated customer care operation. 3M is known for its innovative products, including Scotch® tape and Post-it® Notes, and you can now go to www.3mselect. co. uk to buy a selected range of consumer products which are new-to-market or sometimes difficult to find in established retailers or distributors. In addition we will be using our online channel to offer great deals on end-of-line products and excess promotional stocks.”
Kyle Antcliff, Vice President International, Marketworks, said, “Our ecommerce expertise enables retailers and manufacturers to build an online transactional website capability quickly and efficiently. Through our End-to-End Solution (http://www. marketworks-uk. co. uk/fs_ecommerce. asp) , we provide 3M, and other merchants, not only with transactional website technology but also the day-to-day strategy, marketing and customer care operations platforms they need to succeed in the ultra competitive online environment.”
3M’s new online channel not only offers access to new markets and opportunities for maximising product life-cycle; it is also integral to providing greater support to its existing reseller channels.
Masters said, “As a manufacturer, we are learning from our partnership with Marketworks about the needs of our customers and the marketability of our products in an online environment. These learnings are enabling us to support our resellers’ own efforts to sell 3M products online much more effectively.”
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About Marketworks UK
Ww2.marketworks. com [Marketworks] UK is a leading provider of ecommerce software solutions that enable retailers, manufacturers and mail order companies to build and manage their online businesses. Our ecommerce solution starts with our core technology platform and our end-to-end solution includes marketing services, customer care and logistics.
Our solution provides the technical and marketing expertise required to operate our clients’ transactional website businesses and manage the day-to-day operations of their online businesses.
Marketworks is a global ecommerce solutions provider with operations in the United Kingdom, ww2.marketworks. com [United States] , Germany and Australia. The company’s clients include 3M, Brother, Vodafone, O2, Olympus and Nautilus.
About 3M
3M is continually finding new ways to make amazing things happen. It is inspired by working closely with its customers to create innovative products that help make the world smarter, faster, healthier and safer. Well-known 3M brands include Scotch, Post-it, Scotchgard, Thinsulate and Scotch-Brite.
3M was founded in 1902 and has pioneered technological innovation ever since, including reflective materials used in road signs, the latest flexible ‘soft casts’ for broken limbs, a new class of drugs to treat skin cancer, display enhancement films making electronic displays brighter and fire protection products that help against the spread of fire, smoke and toxic fumes.
Today 3M employs 67,000 people worldwide to deliver an extensive range of products, technologies and services to its customers in more than 200 countries. Its diverse technologies and products touch nearly every aspect of modern life, from consumer and office, display and graphics, electronics and telecommunications, safety, security and protection services, health care, industrial and transportation markets.
The UK and Ireland is home to one of the largest 3M subsidiaries outside the USA, employing 3300 people across 13 locations, including eight manufacturing sites. Products manufactured in the UK include coated abrasives, respirators, adhesive tapes and pharmaceuticals.
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