Tag: Guernsey Office Products
Shore thing
We've all been there. You've got a problem with your PC, your bank statement or your phone bill and ring up your service provider to sort it out. After being put in a queue...
Discovery trail
More than four years ago, Esselte took the bold decision to expand into new market segments focusing more heavily on innovation – particularly on proprietary products – rather than compete on cost alone in...
Collective gains
Let's be clear about this. For independent office products dealers, no partner in the supply chain is as crucial as the wholesaler they choose to do business with. Without an effective wholesale channel and...
TriMega meeting recognises dealer excellence
1 May 2007 — Des Plaines (IL): TriMega Purchasing Association recognised excellence among its dealers last week at its eleventh annual one-on-one meeting in Palm Springs. Sanford Brands was named winner of TriMega's Dealer's...
Guernsey joins NFIB board
27 February 2007 — Washington (DC): David Guernsey and Maria Coakley David have joined the National Federation of Independent Business's (NFIB) board of directors. As board members, Guernsey and Coakley David will be responsible...
Stepping stones
An independent power channel - that's what BPGI has been referred to in the past. And with 20 dealer groups in 13 countries, comprising over 12,000 individual dealers with combined revenues of almost $12...
Depot swallows up Allied
On 18 May Office Depot became the rightful owner of Allied Office Products for an undisclosed sum. Brian Levine, spokesperson for Depot, explained to OPI: "The acquisition of Allied Office Products provides a path...
Depot acquires Allied: industry comment
This week Office Depot became the rightful owner of Allied Office Products for an undisclosed sum. And the industry seems to have praised Depot's move as a good one all round. After all, Wall...
In the mix
Since is.group rolled out its regional distribution centre (RDC) programme 18 months ago, 182 dealers have walked from the group. The loss accounted for 11.4 per cent of the group's direct buy and sparked...
Feeding time?
On Friday 16 September Staples became the rightful owner of Prime Office Products for an undisclosed sum. It was the company's first US acquisition since it bought TriMega dealer group member Hartford Office Supply...
Mixing it up: the RDC debate
is.group's regional distribution centre (RDC) programme has sparked and stirred a great deal of controversy among the US dealer community over the last year and a half. Designed by is.group and its board...