Not to brag or anything, but I've just returned from a holiday in Hong Kong and the Philippines – two amazing places. I was visiting a friend who, having moved out to a village...
Describe what you do in fewer than 20 words.If I told you, you wouldn’t believe me!If you weren’t doing your present job, what job would you like to be doing?I would love to get...
Australian independent dealers and the groups that support them are viewed as the 'good blokes' of the market. They are decent and fair to deal with, eminently competent, and their presence ensures a healthy and...
The Indian OP e-commerce business OfficeYes has set up a franchise-type opportunity for entrepreneurs. Since it was established last year OfficeYes has been focusing on the B2B channel and has already landed some major accounts such...
After several weeks of speculation, Google has begun testing a same-day shopping service in the San Francisco Bay area in partnership with a number of national and local retailers, including Staples and Office Depot. A...
UK reseller office2office (o2o) says its strategy is to gain market share through new contract wins and customer retention as the contracted office supplies market continues to face downward pressures in 2013.In an investor presentation released...
Leading Japanese reseller ASKUL is an interesting case in the office supplies world. The company is in the middle of a transformational project as it moves away from its origins as a mail order supplier...
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 tells OPI that there is still a significant opportunity to...
OP companies have been doing it for years – branching out, looking at ancillary products in an effort to combat reducing sales in traditional categories and margin-pressured segments such as EOS, and of course to...