Tag: Smead
Event: City of Hope
Every year, the National Business Products Council hosts the annual City of Hope Tour and Hall of Fame Dinner. And every year senior executives from across the industry come together in Pasadena (CA) for...
Comment November 2017
Collaboration – and the need for it – has surely been the theme of 2017. Will consolidation be the hot topic of next year? It’s only November, so it might be a little premature...
Event: EPIC & ISSA/INTERCLEAN 2017
EPIC, the joint dealer group show organised by Independent Stationers (IS) and TriMega, is now firmly established in the US office products event calendar. There was an added bonus this year as EPIC was...
Hot Topic: Boxing clever
In the Final Word in the March 2017 edition of OPI, Mike Gentile, CEO of US dealer group Independent Stationers (IS), called for the independent dealer community (IDC) to find “a new box”, arguing...
Vendor Focus: In pursuit of excellence
While some may bemoan the lack of innovation in the business supplies industry, in reality all they have to do is simply have a good look around. There are still plenty of vendors that...