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Article: UPS to Help Birkenstock Shorten Order Time, Increase U.S. Product Offering.
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- Business Wire
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- July 8, 2003
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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 2003
Birkenstock Footprint Sandals Inc., the 100 percent employee-owned company and U.S. importer and distributor of Birkenstock footwear from Germany, will shorten special-order handling time by weeks and increase its product offering in U.S. retail stores through an agreement with UPS Supply Chain Solutions.
A new distribution program developed by UPS will manage special orders to the U.S. fulfilled by Birkenstock manufacturing centers in Germany. Special orders that once took months to ship to the U.S. now will take days.
"UPS Supply Chain Solutions will help us bring additional new ...