Bouncebackability
Reports are all in for Business Supply players in Q4'22. Predictably they show inflated profits but weak sales recovery v pre-Covid 'norm' Q4'19. Proficiency Index reports the Leaderboard of makers, wholesalers & dealers' 'Bouncebackability' performance. It covers 100 leading paper & printer makers, hygiene, foodservice and packaging suppliers, OP/furnituremakers and retailers Updated
Healthy Hygiene
Hygiene is now #1 business supply category alongside technology. Progressive business suppliers: brandmakers, dealers have pivoted into hygiene, safety, foodservice & packaging, WFH-tech & wellness services. Proficiency Index Q4'22 analysis is almost complete with brand volumes slowing, boosted by double-digit price hikes. Updated for KPTissue, Sappi & Suzano. Diversey delayed to 22Mar
Top 50 Women
Marketing to businesses by brandmakers & resellers was traditionally dominated by men. As we celebrate International Women's Day, Proficiency Index recognises the most successful women leaders. This is 16th edition of 'Top 50 Women in Business Supply', the market's real growth achievers, including new entrants from progressive independent dealers.
Office Mkt Legends
It's 10yrs since the top OP mega-independent dealer champs Lyreco's Eric Bigeard and WBMason's Leo Meehan met with Staples CEO Ron Sargent in Boston. We reflected on past glories, Covid, digital transformation and looked forward to a 'hybrid office productivity' future..Updated
Hybrid work future
The contrast in opinions over the 'hybrid work future' & the 'return to work', is stark. New thinking is positive about the huge rise in entrepreneurial productivity. Old thinking believes a return to corporate office control is inevitable. Are corporations underestimating the hollowing out of office space; the time waste and the need to trust workers' motives? Updated
Soporcel: saved
Leading brand papermaker Portucel/Soporcel of Portugal reported slower results for Q3'15 against a background of internecine warfare across a declining market
United managed
Last week we visited the marketing offices of leading UK managed services provider United in Bristol. We met with co-owner Darren Lloyd and marketing chief Olivia Gilbert
Old techmakers'
It's been a tough Q3 for many industrial suppliers with flat/declining sales trends. For old-tech makers the downward spiral has accelerated with in-denial CEO's fudging the figures....
Arrow flat &
Arrow Electronics the $23Bn in sales global provider of IT products, services reported flat sales and profits for Q3'15.
International Paper continued its transformation from printed papermaking into packaging and the hygiene market but results were down across the board for 3rd successive quarter
Adveo: adversity
Adveo, the leading mainline Euro OP wholesaler (inc. ex-Spicers Europe) continued its deteriorating sales slide in Q3'15. The outlook is dismal unless new business supply categories are added quickly...
Acco Brands, the one time leading OP marketer, continued its depressing decline in Q3'15. It's complacent behaviour & slow reaction to market trends seems hopeless...
It's the way
We've visited over 200 resellers in the US, UK and Italy in the last 2 years and less than 20 exemplify high performance workspaces. Les Kerr's Zen Office in Manchester (UK) is probably the best in UK ...
Twitter user
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, the permission based news broadcaster, has still not convinced skeptical analysts after his Q3'15 webcast
Amazing Apple
Apple today announced phenomenal financial results for its Q4'15 ended 26 Sep'15. the predicted slowdown in iPad demand failed to supress terrific sales of iPhones and the Watch.
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