Best Buy reacts

to Amazon attack

CEO Dunn in denial with

diversionary downsizing
and multichannel spin?

29 Mar’12 (Complete)

Best Buy, the world’s leading consumer electronics retailer, today reported another set of disappointing results for Q4’12 ended 3 Mar’12. We were reminded once again of CEO Brian Dunn’s(pic below)defensiveness in dealing with analysts at the webcast…

Can Best Buy
battle back?

Results out this week. Has it
addressed ‘best browse’ jibe?

27 Mar’12

Brian Dunn is a Best Buy lifer, that rarest of CEOs who went from the shop or showroom floor to the corner office. He sold TVs in a Minneapolis store. Now he runs the company that sells more flat screens than any other retailer anywhere, Wal-Martincluded.

Depot’s white
wash, won’t wash

Propaganda partner attempts

to minimize USC contract loss

25 Mar’12

On Friday OPI published a story headed ‘Schools contract didn't achieve expected sales’ leaving readers with a false impression of Office Depot’s recent heavy losses…

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Penketh's: the
OPS progressive

Personalized productivity

p r o v i d e r  o f  h i g h

performance workplaces

21 Mar’12 (Complete)

Last week, we visited Penketh’s,one of the UK’s top 3 progressive OPS resellers. It was joy to review the tremendous progress they have made in the past few years…

Depot dismissed
from schools contract

US Communities severs all ties

19 Mar’12

In another massive blow to the beleaguered bigbox player Office Depot, U.S. Communities (USC) has announced the termination of the National School Supply Contract through lead agency Fairfax County Schools (VA)...

ODgate Scandal:
Breaking News!

D e p o t  does
Dallas for $1.8m

Assisting Texas neighbours
with similar fraud investigations

13 Mar’12

Dallas County has today released emails revealing that it assisting the City of Houston and Maricopa County in ongoing fraud audits-investigations of Office Depot.

Discount dynamos
double sales drive

US #2 etailer embraces Twitter
and Facebook to fuel growth

9 Mar'12 (Complete)

In February, we visited Columbus (WI) to meet the team leading one of the hottest etailers on the planet, Discount Office Items (DOI).We speak with TimandJim Hortonand marketing chief Joe Schaefer…

ODgate Scandal rages

Resign call for
California official

Whistleblower accuses
procurement chief of failure

to uphold state law

8 Mar’12

Today, Office Depot whistle-blower David Sherwin has called on the California DGS, State Procurement Officer, Jim Butlerto immediately resign his position.

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The Office City
lights the way

Bill Jones discusses the progress
of AOPD and his Bay Area ace

6 Mar’12 (Complete)

Bill Jonesis chairman/director of global contract group AOPDand CEO of The Office City (Redwood, CA). We discussed the remarkable progress of the group over the past 5 years and the brand refresh at his progressive OPS reseller…

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Twitter is not
social media!

It’s strictly the best business
communications medium

3 Mar’12

Jack Dorsey is the genius founder of Twitterand Square,the brilliantly simple and affordable mobile payment device that is revolutionizing small businesses. He talks with Fast Company’s Ellen McGirt…

Acme’s cutting
edge growth

Innovation key to its sharpness

2 Mar’12

Acme United today announced impressive results for Q4’11 financial results to 31 Dec’11...