— Bailey Street Trading Company Selects USCO for Retail Logistics Expertise
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HAMDEN, Conn. - November
12, 2002 - USCO Logistics, a leading North American provider of integrated logistics
solutions, has been selected to manage all warehousing and distribution for
The Bombay Company's Bailey Street Trading Company division.
Bailey Street Trading Company,
the wholesale arm of The Bombay Company, markets its products to multiple channels,
including department store chains, furniture and home décor stores, and mail-order
catalogs. USCO was chosen because of its retail logistics expertise. USCO will
receive product in both ocean containers and branch transfers at its Atlanta
facility, warehouse and then distribute directly to Bailey Street Trading Company's
customers.
USCO Logistics has extensive
experience designing and implementing solutions that help some of the world's
best-known retailers meet their unique industry requirements, including seasonal
spikes, forward-buy and store-support challenges.
In addition, for its retail
and other customers, USCO's Customer Transition & Integration team has acquired,
outfitted and operated facilities of up to 500,000 square feet, on a month-to-month
basis. The "USCO Reserves," a flexible team of company logistics experts, also
have been deployed from their assigned USCO facilities ensuring fast, efficient
start-ups and implementations.
USCO Logistics is part of
Kuehne & Nagel International AG, Schindellegi, Switzerland, a leading global
logistics provider, with 17,000 employees at 600 locations in 94 countries.
USCO, which includes among its customers Wal-Mart, JC Penney, Target, Nortel
Networks, Sun Microsystems and AstraZeneca, operates 15 million square feet
of shared and dedicated distribution centers space throughout North America.
