Stationers Supply, a warehouse supplying newsagents in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, has reportedly decided to remove 3M products from its product mix. This is nuts. 3M brands like Scotch, PostIT and Command are important to newsagents. For a warehouse to remove them will only harm the warehouse as newsagents will source what they need elsewhere.
UPDATE 02/04/08 (10:30AM) : Stationers management has reversed its earlier decision and will continue to stock 3M. A 3M rep has contacted me and advised me of this this morning.
I have had a conversation with the MD of Stationers and he says he never made the decision about 3M in the first place. Personally, I doubt this.
UPDATE: 02/04/08 (01:42PM): Stationers Supply has contacted me again and threatened legal action if I do not remove this post altogether. While I could do that it would not represent the events. I heard through 3M yesterday about the decision - one of my newsagencies had been told. I subsequently heard through 3M this morning that Stationers reversed their decision. No legal threat can alter what happened.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Ted Preusker // Apr 1, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Mark,
received a call from George Rossengas regarding this article and I will need to speak to you regarding the content of your Article. Bottom line is george has not taken 3M off the shelves. This needs to be communicated to the trade via your blog.
regards
Ted Preusker
2 mark // Apr 1, 2008 at 9:56 PM
Ted, George may want to communicate that through 3M as the information came to be from them. Mark
3 2 // Apr 1, 2008 at 9:56 PM
THIS IS NUTS, MY COMPANY DEALS WITH STATIONERS SUPPLY QLD AND WE DO ORDER ALOT OF 3M STOCK SO WE WILL NOW HAVE TO LOOK AT THE OTHER SUPPLIERS FOR QLD WHERE WE CAN GET OUR 3M STOCK.
SORRY STATIONERS BUT HEY SOURCING QUALITY PRODUCTS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS IS OUR BUSINESS, AND IF YOU REFUSE TO STOCK 3M WE WILL HAVE TO BUY OUR GOODS ELSEWHERE
4 Ted Preusker // Apr 2, 2008 at 1:22 AM
Mark,
thanks for your feedback . There is abundant stock of 3M product in all three warehouses for Stationers Supply and this is to positively state that Stationers Supply is a authorised wholesaler for 3M Office and Consumer products.
regards
Ted
5 mark // Apr 2, 2008 at 6:44 AM
My information was not from Stationers but from the supplier. I’ll verify again.
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