Tag: OPI reports
The US Business Products Consumer: Trends and Behaviours in 2022-23
By MWA & OPI
Table of Contents
The way that Americans work has changed forever: companies all over the country have reduced staffing levels, moved all or in part to home working and reorganised (or even...
Boiling the Frog: Revisited
Boiling the Frog: Table Of Contents
There’s an urban myth which says that if a frog is placed in a saucepan of boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold...
The State of the OP Industry Report 2017-18
Once again, the last 12 months have seen the global office products (OP) industry continue to change substantially:
Despite economic recovery being established in most markets, overall demand for traditional OP is steady at best,...
Piranha Business – Light. Key Insights Into The Appeal Of Amazon Business
In June 2017, Martin Wilde Associates (MWA) and OPI published “Piranha Business”, the first in-depth study of Amazon Business OP customers in the US.
This 200-page report was based on 400 interviews with B2B end-users who...
The State Of The Industry Report 2017
Once again, the last 12 months have seen the global office products (OP) industry continue to change substantially:
Despite economic recovery being established in most markets, overall demand for traditional OP is steady at best,...
Phoenix Report
In early 2016, Martin Wilde Associates (MWA) – specialist researchers to the global office products market – and OPI published the third issue of their annual State Of The Industry Report, a survey of...
Research: The Spider Report US
It’s not rocket science: basic, reliable and rapid functionality – that’s what OP purchasers in the B2B space essentially need from the web store they order from, irrespective of their geographic location.
Simplicity and functionality are...
The Spider Report
In 2014, Martin Wilde Associates (MWA) and OPI published Swimming With Piranha, a report based on a survey of the views and expectations of business products (BP) purchasers in the US and UK.
There is no...
State of the Industry Report 2016
Once again, the last 12 months have seen the global office products (OP) industry continue to evolve fundamentally and substantially:
With economic recovery established in most markets, overall demand for OP appears to be lagging...
State of the Industry Report 2015
“It’s not ‘business as usual’: there’s a new ‘normal’ out there”
So said the CEO of a major US dealer group when interviewed by MWA in early 2014.
As the year concludes there is no...
Report: Swimming With Piranha
In early 2014, Martin Wilde Associates (MWA) and OPI published The State Of The OP Industry 2013-14, a report based on a survey of the views and expectations of 51...
State of the Industry Report 2014
There is no doubt that the office products (OP) industry is entering a critical phase in its history:
Economic recovery now appears to be under way in many countries. How is this being reflected in...
FM Supplies: Mountain or Molehill?
With demand for ‘traditional’ office products (OP) in structural value decline over recent years, OP resellers have increasingly turned to other product areas, recognising the potential opportunities of being a ‘solutions provider’ to their...
Lightly Boiling the Frog
The "Boiling The Frog" report was eagerly awaited and has now been widely read by many major manufacturers and OP distributors worldwide. Comprising over 225 pages and featuring over 250 tables and charts, the...
Boiling the Frog: The OP Industry’s Guide To Young Office Workers
"Boiling The Frog: The OP Industry's Guide To Young Office Workers" is a major research report looking at the behaviour and attitudes of young office workers - those under 35 - whose usage of,...