Steve Hilleard
No false dawns, says new Spicers CEO
Michael's appearance – less than three weeks into his role – was keenly anticipated given the wholesaler's recent and well-documented supply chain issues, and...
Big interview: Charlie Cleary
Charlie Cleary has brought his dealer group – or buying group – through a lot of change in the last few years. As President of...
Going for the HP experience
Steve Sakumoto is a familiar face to many in the US OP industry. He is VP and General Manager of HP’s US Supplies Sales...
Green light for European environment initiative
Key leaders from the office products industry met in Frankfurt in September to discuss a major initiative to develop a unified system for evaluating the...
Big interview: Jeff Whiteway
When Jeff Whiteway was last featured as the OPI Big Interview, the year was 2005, OfficeTeam – or OyezStraker as it was known at...
Report: Swimming With Piranha
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In early 2014, Martin Wilde Associates (MWA) and OPI published The State Of The OP Industry 2013-14, a report based...
Big interview: Vitaly Balabanov
Vitaly Balabanov has led the Alliance of Russian Distributors (ARD) as it has grown to 16 members in the four years since formation, but he...
State of the Industry Report
Last year was a critical year for the OP industry worldwide: with the developed economies beginning to emerge out of recession, would the OP...
The ideas man
 OPI: Kicking off even before the start, do you think there would be a Staples today had you not lost your job at National...
Special feature: Dr Benedikt Erdmann
German dealer group Soennecken has become a formidable player in it's 90-year history. For a start it's more than a dealer group; the cooperative...
Big interview: Robert de Montigny
As Canada’s largest province by area and second most populous after Ontario, Quebec is not a bad part of the country in which to run...
Big interview: Aidan McDonough
So far it’s been a year of launches for UK dealer group Integra Office Solutions, which celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2012. Managed print services...
Big Interview: Westcoast
Most people bemoan the much talked about recession, blame their business difficulties and failures on it and often descend into a state of gloom....
Big Interview: Supplies Network
The future looks managed Last year Supplies Network celebrated 20 years in business, but the landscape has significantly changed in this time. Set up as a...
Big interview: Arnold Theuws
Dutch dealer-group-cum-wholesaler Quantore recently put itself on the map by creating one of the most high-tech warehouses in Europe. General Manager Arnold Theuws, who has...
Focusing on the essentials
Despite the uncertainties surrounding the office supplies industry, United Stationers’ share price is bucking the trend and is trading at an all-time high.That market...
Big Read
EOPA 2023 winners revealed
The winners of the 22nd European Office Products Awards (EOPA) were announced at a special presentation dinner on Monday, 13 March 2023.
The annual EOPA were once again presented during the OPI Partnership event...
