The largest company within the Findel plc group, Express Gifts is one of the UK's leading mail order companies selling a wide range of greeting cards, gifts, home and garden items through its Studio and Ace catalogues. The publications department of Express Gifts also produce catalogues for other Findel companies such as; Kitbag (Europe's largest online sports retailer), I Want One Of Those (One of Europe's biggest online gadget retailers) and the Kleeneze brand (One of the UK's largest household, health and beauty companies)

The publications department produces more than 100 different publications each year to promote its range of gifts and cards - from 16pp A5 leaflets up to A4 seasonal catalogues that weigh in at a hefty 700 pages each and every stage of catalogue production from photography through to repro is handled within it's offices.

Being such a large and prestigious company, EGL had been courted by several of our competitors over the years but none of their systems matched or could match EGL's requirements. Head of Publications, San Kapil explains why... " Having reviewed various CMS over the years I was really struggling to find one that ticked the boxes for the type of catalogue work produced at EGL. I was introduced to Nick Speakman MD of Matrix about a year ago and I was very impressed with what Matrix had to offer. The out of the box software was a great starting point and Nick was on the same wavelength to us at EGL which made any changes to the system much easier."

Matrix have since gone on to bespoke various parts of the system to match his requirements resulting in a simple and effective system which both helps with production and reports on progress. San continues "We have a very smooth workflow using conventional methods and Matrix has helped to streamline some of the more mundane tasks whilst tracking everything produced. The support received from the Matrix team is 100% and you never feel you are on your own."