Axel Springer sales service

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Axel Springer Distribution Service GmbH

logo
legal form GmbH
founding 1985
Seat Hamburg
management Michael Rathje, Marco Graffitti, management
Branch Media, sales, services
Website www.as-vertriebsservice.de

The Axel Springer Sales Service GmbH is a global distribution service for magazines, novels / comic books / puzzles and non-press products. The company headquarters are in Hamburg .

history

The foundation stone for the company was laid in 1985 when the IP Import and Export Company was integrated as a 100% subsidiary into Axel Springer AG, today Axel Springer SE . The seat of the company was in Frankfurt am Main . In 1989 the company's headquarters were relocated from Frankfurt am Main to Dietzenbach .

In 1992, the IP Import and Export Company was renamed Axel Springer Verlag Vertriebs GmbH . In 1998 the company headquarters moved from Dietzenbach to Hamburg. Axel Springer SE holds all shares in Axel Springer Verlag Vertriebs GmbH.

In 2007, the international sales division of Axel Springer SE was integrated into Axel Springer Verlag Vertriebs GmbH. This created a press distribution for 60 countries that is also accessible to third parties. Through the integration of ZZ Kurier GmbH , a BMD company specializing in direct marketing, the company expanded to become a full-service provider in 2011 and was renamed Axel Springer Vertriebsservice GmbH .

On May 30, 2016, the Hamburg media company Gruner + Jahr announced that an agreement had been reached with Axel Springer Verlag that the Axel Springer sales service would be integrated into the sales company Deutscher Pressevertrieb belonging to Gruner + Jahr Verlag . The integration into DPV Deutscher Pressevertrieb GmbH has taken place since September 1, 2016.

facts and figures

Axel Springer Vertriebsservice GmbH has around 70 employees and is based in Hamburg. From there, over 500 national and international titles from almost 110 publishers are looked after. It is a 100% subsidiary of Axel Springer SE . Measured in terms of the sales market shares in the press wholesale and train station book trade, according to dnv, both companies together occupy first place with a market share of 29.5%.

Source: dnv der neue vertrieb, issue 1 / 2-2012

Business areas

Through the retail sales division , all types of press products and also non-press products with right of return are marketed in German press retail and train station bookshops as well as abroad. Press products are also sold to reading circles and airlines (on- board copies ). The company also offers the sale of subscriptions including subscription marketing as well as the marketing of product and service offers via direct marketing and special sales . The digital marketing of press products ( ikiosk.de ) has also been offered since 2012 .

Customers and objects

The company's customers include a .:

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BMD ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vdz.de
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  3. ↑ dnv the new sales edition 1 / 2-2012
  4. ↑ www.ikiosk.de