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News ReleaseBNSF Logistics to Provide Comprehensive Logistics Services To Brandon OverseasSPRINGDALE, Ark., May 18, 2004:Brandon Overseas Inc., parent company of Brandon Home Furnishings, and BNSF Logistics, LLC., recently reached an agreement outlining a logistics partnership. "BNSF Logistics demonstrated a commitment to designing a customized solution that provides our Brandon Home Furnishings Licensees with access to leading technology and dedicated logistics personnel," says Nicole Brandon, CEO of Brandon Overseas, Inc. "This relationship will help ensure that we are able to contain one of our primary expense components, freight cost," adds Brandon. BNSF Logistics will place staff on-site at the company’s corporate headquarters in Palm Beach, Fla., and will provide additional support from the BNSF Logistics office in Godfrey, Ill. "We are excited about the opportunity to provide supply chain management services to a leading company like Brandon Overseas," says Todd Hoyt, director Business Development, of BNSF Logistics. Hoyt adds, "We’ve designed a logistics strategy that is unique to the Brandon Overseas distribution network, another example of our commitment to provide creative logistics solutions that focus on the distinct needs of each customer." About Brandon Overseas – America’s only nationwide full service home furniture company Brandon is very reliant on logistics due to its on time delivery of product and off the floor selling format that is the only one like it in the country. With headquarters in Palm Beach, Fla, Brandon Overseas operates retail furniture centers in eleven states. The goal at Brandon Home Furnishings locations is to provide high quality, name brand home furnishings and accessories at low wholesale prices every day with product that is immediately available for carry out or delivery and to build long terms relationships with customers. Visit their website at http://www.brandonhomefurnishings.com/ About BNSF Logistics, LLC. BNSF Logistics, which is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF) (NYSE:BNI), provides customers with a comprehensive set of supply chain solutions ranging from management and execution of single shipment transactions to daily management of complex distribution and sourcing networks. Typical solutions include a combination of truck, rail and intermodal services as well as analysis and optimization of distribution networks, and the redesign of customers' supply chains. For more information about BNSF Logistics, visit their website at www.bnsflogistics.com. For more information on the company and its transportation solutions, visit the BNSF Web site at www.bnsf.com BNSF Headquarters |
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