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Is the 'Greenwash'
There's been much PR and social media postings by makers and distributors promoting their sustainability credentials. How much is genuine and how much is sham posturing aka 'greenwash'? Certainly there are doubts about printer paper claims given the toxic journey between makers, distributors, users, mailing and recycling. We explore....Updated
Depot distraction
Beleaguered bigbox ODP Corp (aka-Depot-Max) has leaked that more acquisitions under its faux 'Federation' distraction platform can be expected. With many dealers under pressure post-Govt Covid relief, could major Mid-Atlantic and Carolinas' resellers be in play? We discuss ceo Gerry 'Bizarro' Smith's latest attempt to distract attention away from its dire demise...
S t o c k l e s s
Is the end nigh for stockless dealers? Back in the 2019 'normal' days, dealers were struggling with a slowing economy. Then, Covid crashed the corp office market. Then, Government relief ran out last year. Now consolidation is happening? Moreover, wholesalers raised prices above inflation squeezing dealers competitiveness? The BIG question is how will transactional dealers survive? Should we expect larger progressives to lead an acquisition wave in the business supply market? We investigate latest market views. Later today ...
Are limping locals
'Buy Local' campaigns have been promoted by dealer groups for 30 years, largely as defensive plays v bigbox attacks. But, what user benefits do they offer in terms of personalized productivity gains v the increasingly local and faster Amazon army of resellers? We discuss and offer guidance...Updated
Proficiency Index Poll
Nominations for the 6th Annual edition of the Proficiency Index ’40 under 40’ Poll are complete. The hugely popular feature identifying the rising stars of the Personal Productivity Services (PPS) marketplace attracted 187 nominations. Top 40 results are below:
WBMason, the US #1 mega-independent reseller has acquired 2 more OP dealers in Massachusetts to consolidate its stronghold in the Northeast. We spoke with CEO Leo Meehan
#SPOT owner's
Three former directors of City Link including a director of Better Capital face criminal trial following firm's shock Christmas Day collapse
Messy WHSmith
WHSmith, UK’s #1 High Street & travel location retailer, reported results for full year ended Aug 31st. CEO Stephen Clarke has continued Kate Swann’s 10 years of growth-less complacent ommentary
Will Staples sell
As we revealed from the outset, Staples is exploring the sale of assets to help resolve US antitrust officials’ concerns about its planned takeover of Office Depot. Perhaps Depot's toxic contract division?
Uber couriers
UberRush, the app enabled courier service tested in New York, is now available in those two additional cities, the company said Wednesday.
"Half IT top 100
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger says that the Dell-EMC deal is part of 'tectonic shift' that will see over 50% of IT top 100 vanish
Michael Dell on
After Dell announced its blockbuster plans to merge with EMC for $67bn on Monday, the question of what would happen to the storage/cloud giant was finally answered by Michael Dell
Wilson moves
James Wilson's back at newly formed XPD Group with a plan to join forces with Superstat Group to secure the future of its members from acts of sabotage by pseudo-wholesaler SPOT's CEO Jeff Whiteway...
HP tumbles thru
A year ago HP CEO Meg Whitman was in merger talks with EMC CEO Joe Tucci. Immediate plans were made to split HP into hardware and software to facilitate "agility". Kerpow! Dell arrives to gazump HP with an integrated IT plan and now she's trashing her rival...
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