1 Company That's Way Off the Mark (Office Depot)

I know this sounds weird, and that I shouldn't be admitting it in writing, but there's something about office products that really appeals to me. In fact, I would go so far as to say that the mere possession of new pens and fresh legal pads makes me feel more productive than my fellow man.

It's for this reason that I couldn't resist a recent Harvard Business Review headline: "Office Depot's (NYSE: ODP  ) President on How 'Mystery Shopping' Helped Spark a Turnaround."

The last time I was in an Office Depot, which wasn't long ago, I was certain that the company was on the verge of bankruptcy. Its inventory was down, and its sales staff virtually nonexistent.

And yet, none other than the Harvard Business Review was literarily underwriting Office Depot's future success. And so, like a 10-pound trout latching onto a fisherman's line, I unwittingly took the bait...

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