Tag: Supply chain
New Logistics Director for Office Depot UK and Ireland
Katherine Vivian was recently appointed as the new Director of Logistics for UK & Ireland at Office Depot. Vivian joins…
ISSA creates online supply chain course
Global cleaning association ISSA has partnered with US-based Marquette University to develop an online training course for supply chain management.…
Amazon Q3 sales rise | Iron Mountain’s 2020 plans on track | Markets improve...
A round-up of this week’s office products, business supplies and stationery news from around the web and elsewhere.Sales in Q3…
Office Depot upgrades omnichannel operations
Office Depot is collaborating with supply chain software platform Elementum to help boost its e-commerce operations.Elementum is a platform for…
HP Inc keeps Haiti plastic promise
HP Inc is making good on one of the social responsibility pledges it made last year.In September, HP committed to…
The art of supply chain evolution and channel optimisation
To say that the times are changing when it comes to how consumers and businesses alike procure products would be…
Office Depot taps Lenovo exec for senior role
New Office Depot CEO Gerry Smith has gone back to his former employer Lenovo to fill a senior position in…
Three new starters at Afflink
Afflink has announced the hire of three senior sales staff. John Soldo and Amy MacDonald have joined as Business Development…
Spicers announces infrastructure investments
UK office products wholesaler Spicers has announced plans to develop its distribution facilities in London and Birmingham.The company’s dealer distribution…
ASKUL strengthens distribution network
Japanese reseller ASKUL has taken a majority stake in Tokyo-based delivery firm Ecohai.Ecohai – founded in 2007 – operates light…
JM Bruneau upgrades e-commerce platform
Large French reseller JM Bruneau is enhancing its e-commerce platform through a deal with software firm Symphony EYC.Bruneau has selected Symphony’s…
Spicers supply woes force price rise
Speaking to OPI, SPOT Group CEO Jeff Whiteway confirmed the wholesaler had recently informed its dealers of a retail and…
Staples and Packsize win supply chain award
Packaging manufacturer Packsize and office supplies giant Staples have won the CSCMP Supply Chain Innovations of the Year Award for…
Amazon shipping straight from manufacturers’ warehouses
Amazon is cutting down on distribution costs by operating its own dedicated areas in the warehouses of major suppliers, reports…
Staples rolling out right-size packaging
Staples is expanding an initiative to provide 'smart-size' packaging on deliveries across the US.The reseller has been trialling packaging technology…
Slone named to Walgreens role
Former OfficeMax supply chain EVP Reuben Slone has been named as the new SVP of Supply Chain Management at drugstore…
Supply chain exec leaving ‘Max
OfficeMax's EVP Supply Chain Reuben Slone is resigning from the company.In a short filing with the SEC, 'Max said that…
Depot exec takes on NRF supply chain role
Office Depot’s Dennis Cohen has been appointed as the new Chairman of the National Retail Federation’s Strategic Supply Chain Council.Cohen…
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Icahn publishes letter to HP shareholders
Activist investor Carl Icahn has written an open letter to the shareholders of HP Inc, likening the company’s standalone restructuring…