‘Max wins award for new store concept

28 February 2006 – Itasca (IL): OfficeMax received a first-place award in Chain Store Age‘s 24th annual Retail Store of the Year design competition.
 
The company’s Advantage store format was voted the best in the ‘Hard Lines – 15,000 – 100,000 sq ft’ category by a panel of retailers, designers and architects.
 
OfficeMax unveiled its new store prototype in Ohio in October 2005, and is planning to open approximately 70 stores in the new format in 2006.