Tag: Mark Ward
Analysis: Wesfarmers to sell Officeworks
Wesfarmers is looking to cash in on Officeworks’ success and earn potentially in excess of A$1 billion (US$770 million), either via a sale or an IPO.Officeworks was acquired in 2007 as part of the...
Officeworks eyeing larger stores
Mark Ward, CEO of leading Australian office supplies reseller Officeworks, says the company’s stores may increase in size.While the global trend in the office supply superstore channel is for smaller (and fewer) stores, Ward...
Channel crossing
Big box sales and profit growth – not to mention retail expansion – isn’t something you see every day in today’s OP world. One notable exception is Australia’s leading multichannel player Officeworks. In its...
Mark Ward, CEO, Officeworks
Sales in the public sector – not traditionally a stronghold for Officeworks – were boosted by a place on the Queensland state office supplies contract.The latest half-yearly results released in February showed top-line growth...
Big Read
Combating global counterfeiters with HP’s Glenn Jones
OPI Talk finds out about HP Inc’s efforts to root out counterfeiting in the imaging supplies channel.
Counterfeiting is big business and fake inkjet and...
