Tag: Encompass
Hot Topic: Plastic soup
Interest in the scourge of single-use plastic has recently been ignited by two major factors: Sir David Attenborough and the…
Vendor Profile: Pilot
In January 2018, it will be exactly 100 years since two Japanese entrepreneurs founded the Namiki Manufacturing Company and launched…
Category Overview: Well-being in the workplace
The provision of a workplace environment that’s conducive to health and employee happiness is a complex issue. There’s no doubt…
Building up environmental credentials
The metamorphosis of the healthier workplace has been gaining strength over the past few years. Outside of the construction and…
Diversey appoints CEO
Sealed Air spin-off Diversey has announced its new CEO.Dr Ilham Kadri will head up the hygiene supplies group, which split…
Hot Topic Xtra
OPI asked the experts what their definition of a healthy workplace is:Gavin Bradley, Founding Director, Active Working:The definition is evolving.…
Hot Topic: The natural touch
There’s a lot of noise at the moment about the ‘healthy workplace’. For the business supplies industry, this has so…
Category Update: Shades of grey
The topic of the traditional OP category draws diverse opinions. Some view the sector to be in terminal decline, while…
Category Update: Classroom shake-up
The education sector globally is undergoing something of a revolution. Technological advances, curriculum changes and new learning methods are being…
Category Update: Imaging Supplies
The triple threat of declining print volumes, margin erosion and battles against counterfeit products continues to dog the imaging supplies (IS)…
Advantia promotes Miller
UK office products dealer group Advantia has promoted Beck Miller to its board of directors as Operations Director with immediate…
Big Interview: Office Depot
Office Depot has always been something of an environmental leader in the business supplies world. It is now more than…
Strong turnout at Nemo conference
Over 90 percent of the members of Nemo plus 40 suppliers attended the UK dealer group's annual conference held at…
Avery boosts customer support
17 September 2007 — Maidenhead (UK): Avery Dennison has extended its trade marketing team, led by Petra Naubert, to improve…
Jan/san Special Report Part 1
Green and tidy Fast-acting and working harder than ever, new improved jan/san is a shining example of a market getting ready…
Green and tidy
It doesn't feel like a year since OPI's last special report on jan/san, but this dynamic sector has surprised everyone…
Lyreco UK names marketing director
28 August 2007 — Donnington Wood (UK): Lyreco UK has appointed Tim Holmes as its new marketing director at its…
A year in the life of Antalis Plus
On 1 June Antalis Plus celebrated its first birthday. And certainly, one year after Antalis bought the logistics and distribution…
Slovenian promise
Office 1 Superstore's first Slovenian outlet is now up and running. And according to reports, all in the franchise empire's…
Breaking out
Nowadays, what actually constitutes an office product is open to suggestion and has moved far beyond staplers and stationery. And the…
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GSA provides e-commerce update
One month before it is due to submit a report to Congress on its federal e-commerce marketplace initiative, the US…