Proficiency Profile

MPS success for
United resellers

OP+ and Southwest demo how
sales skill, not size is everything

25 Sep’11 (Updated)

Managed Print Services (MPS)is a hot topic right now, but very few traditional OP dealers have achieved conversion success. United’s HQueue service has gone back to basics with powerful results….tomorrow

D a l l a s
does Depot

Is US Communities still colluding
to cover up past overcharging?

25 Sep’11

Office Depot, the battered and beleaguered bigbox, will be hit with more bad news on Tuesday when Dallas Countydumps its supplies  contract…

Proficiency Profile

9 Passions of Porcini

3M’s design chief’s
elegant office designs

19 Sep’11 (Updated)

The excellent Fast Companymagazine features the 9 passions of its design guru Mauro Porcini. We highlight the most elegant designs …

ODGate Scandal: Breaking News

Depot’s denials
d i s m a n t l e d

Fraudulent overcharging process

upheld by new audit findings

15 Sep’11

Whistleblower David Sherwinclaims that new revelations in Dallas and Detroit have upheld the findings against Office Depotin April 2010 by Jim Barnes and the Hillsborough County (FL) audit staff.

Is this Amazon's

new showroom?

Flat sales and declining profits at Best Buy fail to dim 'connected-world' vision. Time to get real!

14 Sep’11 (Updated)
Best Buy,the world’s leading consumer electronics retailer, today reported another disappointing set of results in Q2’12 ended 27 Aug’11

Proficiency Index
Bigbox Webwatch 2011

Massmarketers
m o b i l i z e d !

How they compare with OP
bigboxes and indies’ best?

14 Sep’11 (Updated)
Sorry, it was worthy waiting for! Today we publish a full comparative review of massmarketers’ webstore user-friendliness. From Amazon to Staples; Depot to Target; Costco to Tesco; Best Buy to Wal-Mart; Max to Sainsbury’s.

Will OPI dishonour

Depot’s dirty deeds?

Griffin calls for recognition of

Whistleblower Sherwin’s zeal

6 Sep’11

Diane Griffin,ownerof Radstons Office Supply(Hercules, CA) has emailed OPIcalling them to demonstrate journalistic courage and balance its unhealthy bias towards fraudsters Office Depot.Here are the full details...

Breaking News
ODGate Scandal

Now, Depot does
Detroit for $5.2m

Inspector reports public schools
district fraudulently overcharged

1 Sep’11

Office Depot, the deeply troubled #2 global office reseller, continued to be riddled with allegations of systematic and fraudulent overcharging of state and local government departments. Last week it was, Dallas, this week its Detroit…next week Denver?

Proficiency Profile

The Office
Environment
Company

OEC’s leadership in low-cost,
low-carbon, local communities

1 Sep'11 (Updated)

It’s rare to see genuine commitment to local community care…to real green processes, not just products; to cutting clients costs. Louisville’s Office Environment Company (OEC) has been committed since 1907. We discuss its success with president Tricia Burke…