APS wins Midlands Cooperative brief

PRIVATELY-owned print and marketing solutions provider APS Group has won a three year contract to supply print and point of sale (POS) material to the Midlands Co-operative Society.

Stockport-based APS, which has 600 staff across 20 sites and annual sales of more than £58m, will produce in-store POS and ticketing material across Midlands Co-operative’s 187 stores, including food, funeral care and department stores.

APS Group, which counts the larger Co-operative Group and Superdrug among its retail customers, will also produce relevant membership, head office and communications collateral.

John McGlade, procurement manager at Midlands Co-operative said: “While we have enjoyed good relationships with suppliers in the past, we wanted a partner who was constantly looking to innovate. We also wanted to work with a trusted provider of data solutions that could maintain quality while improving efficiency and processes. APS Group stood out as being the complete package.”

APS account director Joanne Watts said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for us to expand our presence in the co-operative space and it’s great to work with clients that share our own CSR principles.

“We look forward to driving innovation and improving efficiency across the company’s print output, including auditing the needs of each store and making each POS delivery store specific, eliminating waste and ensuring that each store has exactly what it needs.”