Papermakers in

damage limitation

International Paper’s industrial

packaging a silver lining play.

UPM takes €1.8Bn impair hit

Inside Staples
Velocity Lab

#1 reseller m-poweringgrowth

through ecommerce innovation

30 Jan’13

We met with StaplesCEO Ron Sargentrecently and have never seen him so relaxed after ‘grasping the nettle’ on the European transformation. Everything now points to positive progress. We visited its Velocity Labin Cambridge (MA) today to witness a great example of his optimism.

S u p e r s o n i c
Samsung  s o a r s

Galaxy S111 phone: ‘The
next big thing is already here’

24 Jan’13

Samsungis trampling rivals and gunning for Applein the smartphone/tablet market.Can its hot streak last?

2012 Brand Design Review

Does your brand
ooze personality?

More & more resellers abandon
cold paperclip, building images

18 Jan'13 (Complete)

Over the past 2 years, we’ve attracted an impressive number of entries from US & UK resellers to our now, annual Reseller Brand Design Review. The Proficiency Indexdesign team highlight the best of 2012 with comments

Plight of Papermakers

Leader UPM
cuts capacity

Paperless trends pummel
prospects, not the economy

17 Jan’13

Bad news for papermakers, printermakers and stationery manufacturers is expected to accelerate in 2013. UPM Kymmene one of the world’s top 3 paper mills has announced massive cut backs following Stora Enso’s 2012 closures

Papermakers
shift markets

From printers to specialty
packaging and hygiene

16 Jan’13

Another leading papermaker Wausau Paperhas announced moves to exit print and shift resources to personal productivity, packaging and hygiene markets...

2012 OPS Market Review

The commodity

cliff looms large

A month-by-month analysis of
a year when the paperless office

dawned as reality for skeptics

8 Jan'13 (Completed)

Time to review a positive year for the office productivity services (OPS) marketplace with progressive service providers setting an example to bigbox players and independent dealers stuck in a traditional stationery mindset…