Hermes NexTec, a company of the Hermes Group specialized in e-commerce solutions, has set up a full service web shop for the US furniture and home accessory retailer Bombay Company. Following a six months implementation period, the site www.bombaycompany.com is now live and offers about 300 items including beds, chests and accessories. Founded in 1978, Bombay offers its customers worldwide classic style furniture and gifts.

Hermes Fulfilment and consumer electronics supplier Chal-Tec continue their partnership. Both partners have agreed to extend the contract that was initially concluded in 2007 for a further three years.

Companies operating under the Hermes brand were again able to grow their global revenues in the financial year 2011. Overall revenues increased to 1.8 billion euros, up by more than 4.7 percent year on year (prior year: 1.724 billion euros). Given the positive trend across all four business units - sourcing & product, transport logistics, fulfilment and distribution - the Hamburg-based enterprise was able to employ 773 more staff worldwide. Thus, by the end of the prior financial year 2010/11, the twelve Hermes companies were employing 11,011 staff in over 20 countries.

Hermes, a sister company of Crate & Barrel, today announced its participation at the IRCE show taking place in Chicago 5-8 June this year. Hermes is one of the leading international providers of full service eCommerce and integrated supply chain solutions for retailers and brands. The company belongs to the Otto Group, an assembly of retail and service companies with 50,000 employees worldwide. Next to Amazon, the Otto Group is the second largest eCommerce retailer in the world.

Kenco, a leading provider of value-added distribution, public warehousing, transportation services and intelligent information technology, is now offering integrated international retail and logistics services with German-based Hermes Fulfilment.

Hermes NexTec GmbH expands its business. Following the fashion brand ARQUEONAUTAS, the Austrian clothing manufacturer Wolford is Hermes NexTec'ssecond major client.Specializing in developing and managing onlineshops for companies in the fashion and lifestyle industry,the company successfully migrated Wolford’s webshopto the new software and is running the IT-, Shop- and Content-Managementservicesfor its client.

Hermes Fulfilment helps Austrian luxury brand Wolford execute its strategy to internationalise its online retail operations selling lingerie, swimwear, hosiery. Hermes Fulfilment is a 100% subsidiary of the Otto Group. On behalf of its client Wolford it has now entered the e-commerce marketplace in the United States where it is working with logistics services provider Kenco Logistic Services LLC (KLS). At its distribution centre in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Kenco will handle the storage, order picking and distribution of the Wolford merchandise.

"The World of Hermes at a Glance": From today, Hermes will be presenting the full-range service portfolio of all national and international companies operating under the Hermes brand for the first time under www.hermesworld.com - a brand new website. Hermes is the only service provider in the world capable of providing its business clients with integrated solutions along the whole supply chain - from procurement to home delivery. This new website and an umbrella brand campaign combine to focus this core competence at the heart of corporate communication. The aim of the company's marketing activities is strengthen the uniform positioning of all Hermes Group companies.

In the past, having the option to browse and buy a wide range of products around the clock, and being able to deal with both a company’s online and retail stores interchangeably was something consumers could only ever dream of. But that’s no longer the case thanks to ADD/UP, a new joint venture between Hamburg-based mail order fulfilment house Hermes Fulfilment and Osnabrück-based fashion logistics provider Meyer & Meyer. The two organizations are combining their expertise to create a brand-new service for the fashion industry: "Until now, there has been no comparable solution on the market that brings together both distance selling and store-based retailing in this way," comments Meyer & Meyer CEO Michael Meyer.

Bombay Company, the iconic home decor brand, will debut its first full collection since its return to market last year with an assortment featuring best-selling archival pieces and fresh designs. Housed in the brand’s new penthouse showroom at 489 Fifth Avenue, the 250-piece collection revives Bombay’s tradition of offering a broad selection of globally-inspired furniture, tabletop, top-of-bed, embellished accessories, textiles, and gift and novelty items that are distinguished by classic styling and unexpected detail