Tag: FedEx
Mass merchandisers to lead paper supply?
4 January 2007 — Weymouth (MA): Mass merchandisers are expected to gain more market share as a source for paper, while paper merchants, office superstores and contract stationer divisions will remain power houses for...
FedEx Kinko’s sees revenue slide
21 September 2006 — Memphis (TN): FedEx Kinko's has reported a 3 percent fall in Q1 revenue to $504 million from $517 million a year earlier. The company attributes the fall to lower copy product...
IP board elects FedEx Express CEO
15 September 2006 — Memphis (TN): International Paper has appointed elected FedEx Express CEO, David Bronczek to serve on its board of directors. His duties will commence on 9 October.
IP’s Faraci is CEO of the year
18 September 2006 — Memphis (TN): International Paper's (IP) chairman and CEO, John Faraci, has been selected as the 2006 CEO of the Year.  Faraci has been recognised by RISI, an information provider...
FedEx Kinko’s to double office products
9 August 2006 — Dallas (TX): FedEx Kinko's is to open 200 new format stores next year. The new 1,800 sq ft stores will offer twice the number of office products compared to the...
FedEx Kinko’s to open 200 new stores
FedEx Kinko's has announced it will open 200 new-look stores throughout the US in 2007. The new 'convenient' store format, unveiled at the firm's Dallas head office last month, will carry twice the number of...
News Personnel
USAJackson named: Wal-Mart has promoted human resources executive Lawrence Jackson to president and CEO of its global procurement division. Susan Chambers was also promoted to fill Jackson's role as VP of human resources. Bentonville...
Fast forward
Even with the rise of the personal computer as the essential office item, other technologies and social trends are also changing the landscape of the office with a major effect on the OP industry....
Taking stock
As consumers become more demanding, OP vendors are having to get clever. In fact, Tom Stockwell, editor of the Stockwell Report, believes it has never been tougher for OP resellers, which these days...
FedEx Kinko’s Q3 income drops
22 March 2006 – Memphis (TN): FedEx Kinko's has posted a slight Q3 revenue increase but saw operating income fall 36 per cent as the chain was hit by a decline in copy product line revenue, pressured...
Ross named to Steelcase board
30 March 2006 – Grand Rapids (MI): FedEx Express SVP and CFO Cathy Ross has been named to the Steelcase board. Ross also serves on the board of the Women's Foundation of greater Memphis.
FedEx reports on Q2
FedEx Kinko's has reported a one per cent rise in Q2 revenue although operating income dropped 45 per cent. The drop was due to a decline in copy product line revenues and costs associated...
Kusin to depart FedEx Kinko’s
10 January 2006– Dallas (TX): Gary Kusin, president/CEO of FedEx Kinko's office and print services, will leave at the end of January, FedEx has announced. Kusin, who joined Kinko's in 2001, will be replaced...
FedEx Kinko’s shops for convenience
FedEx Kinko's has launched eight concept retail outlets in the city of Orlando, featuring quick, one-stop, round-the-clock shopping and services. The company claims the concept offers an easier and faster service than the big...
FedEx reports on Q2
21 December 2005 – Memphis (TN): FedEx Kinko's has reported a one per cent rise in Q2 revenue although operating income dropped 45 per cent due to decline in copy product line revenues and costs associated with internal tech enhancements...
‘Max overhaul
New OP store concepts are in vogue right now. Just a week after FedEx Kinko's announced the roll-out of its new retail store model in Orlando, which it hopes will turn into 4,000 stores...
Case Study: Staples
Staples has been at the forefront of the office products industry's environmental initiatives. Indeed, the declaration of its paper procurement policy in 2002 seemed to kick-start many in the industry to issue green announcements...
FedEx Kinko’s ramps up service with OP site
FedEx Kinko's has launched online office and school supplies at http://officeproducts.fedexkinkos.com. The website features more than 25,000 office and school supplies. Orders are shipped via FedEx Ground to arrive within two to three days....
FedEx Kinko’s shops for convenience
17 October 2005 – Memphis (TN): FedEx Kinko's has launched eight concept retail outlets in the city of Orlando, featuring quick, one-stop, round-the-clock shopping and services. The company claims the concept offers an easier and...
Fighting talk
The office supplies reselling channel appears to be becoming an increasingly attractive proposition for many outside of the industry. The appeal of vertical markets is nothing new, of course. It is a practice that...
