Brand Reseller Alert!

G R O U P O N
grabs spotlight

Coupon king creates killer
local deals for user choosers

27 Feb’11

Online coupon phenomenon GROUPON is achieving massive growth in revitalizing demand at local restaurants; and leisure, health and wellness centres. What a great opportunity for local office productivity resellers to participate!

ODGate Scandal: News

Dodgy Depot
ducks and dives

Desperate acts to defy drowning
with competing co-ops

27 Feb’11

Seemingly in denial about the seriousness of impending Federal investigations, Office Depot’sBSD president Steve Schmidtcontinued to dig a deeper holewith competing government buying groups…

ODGate Scandal Shock!

Feds raid to
finish Depot?

New fraud investigation holds devastating consequences

23 Feb’11

Hidden away in its 10K filing released yesterday, Office Depot disclosed the Justice Department was investigating fraudulent pricing practices relating to the $500m US Communities contract. Deceitful Depot, of course, were in denial and failed to mention this unprecedented, sledgehammer blow.

New HP chief plans better connectivity

Apotheker in contrast with ex-CEO Hurd

21 Feb 11

New Hewlett PackardCEO, the ex-SAP Leo Apotheker was interviewed recently by WSJ about the wholesale board changes and his plans after his first 100 days.

Portland’s Depot
contract stinks!

Greenest city guilty of misleading officials with potty price claims

18 Feb 11

Office Depot whistle-blower David Sherwin calls for investigation:  Did the City of Portland purchasing director mislead the city council concerning the office supply contract?

TCPN: The Corrupt
Purchasing Network

Whistleblower's account of Depot’s deceit

By David Sherwin

15 Feb 11

Here is the unique insight into the deceptive depths that Office Depothave gone in order to win contract business through bid rigging and unethical practices.

ODgate Scandal- Breaking News

Depot flaunts
Florida contract

Is there no end to its tyranny?

14 Feb’11

News just in that Office Depot continues to violate state contracts.

B e s t  B u y
bungles launch

Top UK managers in shock exit

US consumer electronics #1 Best Buyadmits that it has failed to make the desired impact in the UK after denials to the contrary in December.

Depot’s dirty
attack on ISG

Waging war on whistleblower too: instigating smears and intimidation

13 Feb 11

Office Depot using typical tactics has initiated a vicious email campaign against whistle-blower David Sherwinand attacked the credibility of Independent Stationers (ISG)

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Internet Explorer

There seems to have been some major issues with Internet Explorer 8.

Proficiency Profile

Westcoast 
is  c l e a r

UK technology wholesaler

in rich seam of growth

5 Feb 11

Tech wholesalers are on a tear as businesses refresh workers with the latest productivity tools. None more so than UK leader, Westcoast,based in Reading. We spoke with sales and marketing chief, Alex Tatham. My apologies for the delay, but this was really worth waiting for...

Office Megatrends 2011 -
Market Review 2010

Power shifts positively...

from the large, limp and lifeless, to the low-cost locals

5 Feb'11(Updated)

The decade of developing personalised productivity services is well underway. Independent resellers in partnership with leading wholesalers have had a winning year with 2011 expected to show more positive growth.

2010 was a strong year of recovery spearheaded by a widespread ‘technology refresh’ investment by US and UK business. We expect 2011 to be even better... positive...