Tag: Officeworks
Strong year for Officeworks
Australian office supplies retailer Officeworks has reported impressive sales and earnings growth for the financial year ended 30 June 2018.…
Officeworks’ Mark Ward to retire
Australian stationery and business supplies reseller Officeworks has announced the departure of its Managing Director.Mark Ward is set to retire…
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A round-up of this week's office products, business supplies and stationery news from around the web and elsewhere. Consumer brands…
Strong H1 for Officeworks
Australian stationery and business supplies reseller Officeworks has reported a solid first half.For the six months ended 31 December 2017,…
Final Word from Brad O’Brien
As a country with a population of just under 25 million people, Australia could be considered a minor player with…
Australian education supplies market in good health
According to a new research study published by Penfold Research, the Australian education supplies market was valued at $A2.4 billion…
Hot Topic: Terminated
Automation and robots in manufacturing – think car production – have been slowly eating away at the number of blue-collar…
Green paper momentum
There’s been a raft of green news emanating from paper manufacturers and suppliers over recent months. The emphasis has been…
Officeworks Q1 sales up
Australian office supplies reseller Officeworks has enjoyed a solid Q1.In a retail trading update, sales for the first quarter of…
ACCC voices concerns over Staples and OfficeMax merger
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has delivered a preliminary view that raises doubts over the proposed merger by…
Sales and earnings up at Officeworks
Australian office supply reseller Officeworks has reported another year of strong top and bottom-line growth.Sales for the 12 months to…
Officeworks launches forest restoration project
Australian OP retailer Officeworks is helping to restore some of Australia's endangered natural forests.As part of a project dubbed Restoring Australia, the…
Analysis: ACCO ready for retail consolidation
ACCO CEO Boris Elisman said his company is prepared for any further consolidation in the US office supplies retail channel.As…
Analysis: Staples – Getting things done in private
Now that the dust has settled on the news that Staples is to be acquired by private equity (PE) firm…
Regulator delays OfficeMax takeover decision
The Australian competition regulator has delayed a decision over the acquisition of OfficeMax Australia by private equity firm Platinum Equity.The…
French reseller up for sale?
According to the French financial press, the majority private equity owner of leading local reseller JM Bruneau is looking to…
Updates from Staples and Officeworks
Ironically, with the ever-increasing prospect of Staples being taken private, the reseller’s Chief Administrative Officer Jeff Hall was at the Baird…
Amazon’s Australia debut to hit Wesfarmers hardest
According to Morgan Stanley, Amazon’s Australian debut is set to shave $600 million from retailers’ profits in the region by…
The future of the home office
Jump in a time machine and zip back 15 years and you’ll find the average person working from home with…
Officeworks loses merchandising exec | French B2B online spending soars | Recognition for nectere
Officeworks’ merchandising chief David Haydon has returned to the UK to take up the role of Trading and Commercial Manager at…
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Challenging Q1 for BIC
BIC’s Stationery division reported a 5.8% comparable decline in sales in its Stationery division in the first quarter, although e-commerce…