February 10, 2015
Grupo Logista, the leading distributor of value added products and services to capillary retail networks in Southern Europe, has renewed for five years its distribution contract with Philip Morris Spain (PMS).
Logista will keep on distributing PMS’s products to every point of sale in mainland Spain, Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla, so the company secures access to over 13,000 tobacconists, one of the most extensive and capillary retail networks in Spain.
Logista will continue providing Philip Morris Spain and every tobacconist in Spain with the broadest and most specialized distribution service in the industry.
Services provided by Logista to PMS extend to the whole logistics and distribution value chain, including product pick up and transport from Philip Morris International factories in Portugal, Poland, Czech Republic and Germany, planning and firm supply, stock and order management, grouping, packaging, distribution, invoicing, collection, as well as customer after-sales services.
Similarly, points of sale will keep on accessing PMS’s products and benefit from the broadest and most complete distribution service, from multichannel order reception by Internet, Point of Sale Terminal or telephone, to post-sale service, as well from a broad range of complementary products and services improving the tobacconist’s profitability.
Grupo Logista offers retailers the most advanced information systems to support them in managing their business, such as its Points of Sale Terminals network or Logista’s tobacconist portal allowing to, at any time, place orders, obtain full and updated information on orders, prices and products availability, etc.
Also, points of sale will continue benefitting from multiple distribution and delivery formulas, both scheduled and urgent or through its provincial network comprising Logista’s 52 cash & carry stores or service points throughout Spain, where points of sale may acquire the products.
The renewal and extension of services contracted prove the confidence PMS places in Logista, the preferred and leading distribution company to points of sale, due to its customers’ success and the confidence in Logista they recurrently renew.
During 2014, PMS sales exceeded 15bn cigarettes from a broad portfolio including Marlboro, Chesterfield, L&M, Philip Morris and Lark.
Philip Morris International (PMI) is the leading international tobacco company, with 7 of the world's top 15 international brands, including Marlboro, the number one cigarette brand worldwide. PMI's products are sold in more than 180 markets. In 2013, the company held an estimated 15.7% share of the total international cigarette market outside of the U.S., or 28.3% excluding the People's Republic of China and the U.S. For more information, see www.pmi.com.
Grupo Logista is the leading distributor of tobacco related products in Southern Europe, by distributing to near 100,000 points of sale in Spain, France, Italy and Portugal tobacco related products and complementary convenience products, such as transport cards, electronic top-ups for transport and telephony, smoking items, leisure, stationery, confectionery, etc.