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Senior exec leaves Office Depot
Office Depot Inc’s Chief Administrative Officer has left the office supplies reseller with immediate effect, the company has revealed in…
Office Depot acquires major US independent dealer
Office Depot has displayed its mid-market ambitions by snapping up one of the largest independent office supplies dealers in the…
Analysis: Office Depot doubles down on North America
Office Depot’s decision to pull the plug on its international operations has been pretty swift.In a matter of weeks, the…
Office Depot announces international withdrawal
In addition to the sale of its European business, Office Depot has confirmed it intends to sell off its other…
Office Depot: B2B sales down 7%
The effect of the Staples acquisition attempt was seen in Office Depot’s North American contract sales in the second quarter.Its…
Top legal exec to leave Office Depot
Office Depot’s senior legal executive Elisa Garcia is to leave the office products reseller with effect from 17 August.In a…
Sargent: No regrets over trial
If Staples had to go through the Office Depot preliminary injunction court hearing again, it would probably do things the…
Sustainability leader leaves Office Depot
Office Depot’s Senior Director of Sustainability Yalmaz Siddiqui has left the office supplies reseller.Siddiqui has taken on the role of…
Staples-Depot merger off as judge sides with the FTC
Staples and Office Depot have terminated their acquisition agreement after a US district court judge granted the Federal Trade Commission…
Staples court ruling imminent
The fate of the Staples acquisition of Office Depot should be known in the next 24 hours or so.Following the…
Depot blames Staples saga for declines
Office supplies reseller Office Depot has again pointed to the protracted merger process with Staples as a reason for sales…
Staples vs FTC: now the wait begins
We should know within the next three weeks whether the mega office supplies merger between Staples and Office Depot will…
Staples and the FTC back in court
Staples and the FTC are due back in court today to present their closing arguments in the ongoing Office Depot…
Insight: Staples still open to discussions with the FTC
Staples is “still open to any discussions” that will bring its dispute with the FTC over the proposed acquisition of…
Insight: Staples going after mid-market
With a lot of recent talk about large contract customers, independent dealers will need to make sure they are not…
Organic sales decline at Staples
Staples’ sales fell more than 2% on an organic basis in the fourth quarter, including a decline at the North…
What has delayed Depot’s ‘Max integration?
Are delays in contract business integration related to the Staples transaction?As we have already reported this week, Office Depot’s Business…
Essendant would take on Staples back-office systems
Essendant has confirmed that last week’s agreement with Staples includes certain “support assets” to enable it to start servicing the…
Analysis: What are Office Depot’s transformative choices?
Although Office Depot (yet again) didn’t hold a quarterly conference call following yesterday’s fourth quarter and full-year results, it did…
Depot reports “substantial” business disruption
Office Depot CEO Roland Smith said the ongoing issues with its proposed acquisition by Staples caused the reseller “substantial business…
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Analysis: Inside ACCO’s FY results
The double-digit jump in ACCO’s share price on Wednesday came as the company’s Q4 results beat Wall Street sales and…