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Since 1986 Gardners has grown to become one of the world’s largest suppliers of physical and digital books, supply retailers globally. Our experienced team work hard to ensure we are supporting your business as best we can.
Gardners is a one-stop solution for all English language book needs. We act as a collective single point for the UK, Europe and global retailers for all UK distributors stock.
With our purpose built warehouse we can offer a unique one price storage model with no extra charges and full visibility of stock to all retailers. This model will mean your full range feeds directly into the Gardners supply chain.
Publishers have a charge for ALL stock held that covers ALL activities. There are no other charges for any other activity be it financial or for physical movement of inventory.
Choosing Gardners as a partner to handle your stock will bring the following solutions to publishers:
Gardners started from a small acorn when originally taken on by the Little family in 1986. From here we have grown into a successful and integral part of the book supply chain.
The family are still a huge part of the day-to-day running of the business, and as such we remain independently owned.
As an independent business, we understand the challenges faced by many businesses and our primary aim is to ensure we can support your business as much as we can.
Gardners was established by Alan and Jean Little in Bexhill, UK.
Gardlink launches, the first book stock management system in UK
Gardners moves from Bexhill to Eastbourne
Gardners.com and Gardcall launches
Gardners becomes the largest book wholesaler in the UK.
Launches DVD supply under Gardners Entertainment.
Launches music supply under Gardners Entertainment.
IBAP launches to support Independant retailers.
Norwich facility opens & Gardners EU launches.
Our o?ices and warehousing are located on a single site in Eastbourne on the south coast of the UK. Since we moved to the site in 1993, there has been constant re-investment in both infrastructure and technology, including state of the art conveyor & crane systems that move products with ease around our 350,000 square feet warehouse complex.
We have around 900 employees who work within the warehouse and o?ices, to ensure that your orders are processed & despatched quickly and e?iciently on our same-day despatch service. Supporting them is our experienced management team who bring a wide ranging knowledge and experience to the company from their predominantly publishing and retail backgrounds.
Gardners plays a key role within the UK book trade, belonging to & actively supporting the Booksellers Association events and initiatives, including POS distribution for the Books Are My Bag campaign and annual sponsorship of the BA conference. Additionally we sponsor the Independent Bookshop of the Year at the British Books Awards and Bookstore of the Year at the LBF International Excellence Awards.
The team at Gardners work hard to simplify and enhance the supply chain and we are delighted that this has once again been recognised with the IC Supply Chain Excellence Award. Parent Company 'The Little Group” was listed in this years 'Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200' which ranks Britain's mid-market private companies by fastest-growing overseas sales, and they have been listed in five out of the last seven years in 'The Sunday Times Top Track 250' list which ranks Britain's private mid-market companies by sales
Locally, the Gardners team support St Wilfrids Hospice in Eastbourne whenever possible. They are a fantastic local charity who support, empower and care for people at the end of life by providing specialist care for those with any progressive and advanced disease.
We also support national charity events, including Macmillan's World's Biggest Co?ee Morning, Red Nose Day and Children in N and have proudly raised thousands of pounds over the years while having a lot of fun doing so!
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