Tag: United Stationers
Technology Solutions 2014
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Technology has often been described as 'the great leveler' in the OP industry, allowing independent dealers to compete on a level playing field with their big-box rivals and the e-commerce giants.
While...
United Stationers: Driving the Millennial Office Products Purchase
Raised with significant resources, attention and exposure to the latest technologies, millennials have grown up to be confident, always connected, emphatic about self-expression, and open to change.According to research conducted by United Stationers and...
United Stationers: Your share of the Empowered User
An August 2012 group of consumer studies conducted by United with 12,000 working consumers, indicates that individuals within companies who purchase products for their individual use and/or their departments grew to 77% of purchasers,...
Technology Solutions 2011
Looking back over the last 12 months may not be particularly enjoyable for all software providers as the recession continued to bite. However, most agree that the next year is one of promise and...
United Stationers: Technology-enabled Mobile Workers
Worker mobility contributes to the empowered user phenomenon that has manifested itself in office purchasing, as described in United’s recent Empowered User white paper. Empowered users purchase what they need, largely outside the company purchasing...
United Stationers: Sustainability Talk the Walk
According to a survey conducted by United Stationers, 39% of consumers and 44% of product purchasers deem a company’s reputation for sustainability as very important when purchasing for the workplace. It did not come...
United Stationers: Buy Local
There are opportunities surrounding “buy local” campaigns which both resellers and consumers across industries are realising. Research conducted by United Stationers found that almost 2/3 of the consumers surveyed preferred to buy from local...
United Stationers: Empowered User
Employees are emerging as the new purchasing force. Purchasing agents and administrators now share responsibility for purchasing workplace products with other departments and individual employees, with each area now purchasing approximately 1/3 of the...
United Stationers CEO Cody Phipps on industry challenges
OPI speaks to Cody Phipps, CEO and President of United Stationers, about the seismic changes affecting the industry, and how the wholesaler is dealing with them
United Stationers’ Vision show report
OPI asks some of United Stationers' top executives and Vision attendees for their feedback on the show
Mike Gentile on dealers’ relationships with wholesalers
Garvey's Office Products has recently left US dealer group TriMega to partner directly with United Stationers. Independent Stationers chief Mike Gentile shares his views.
