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
Lexmark levers
Lexmark International, in spite of growth in strategic services initiatives in Q2'15 continued its downward trend in sales and profits.
Results Preview:
Today 4 tech heavyweights report Q2'15 financial reviews. We will analyse & comment later today
European IT giant DCC/Exertis suffered a revenue decline in first half of 2015 with sagging mobility sales impacting the top line.
SPOT cash:
SPOT, the toxic mix of Spicers wholesale - OfficeTeam direct, has secured a £60m ($100m) loan from Lloyds Bank for expansion into new sectors & product categories. Suspicion mounts about the vulture capitalist's real motives...
WSalers, groups,
Since the 80's disruptors have led the revolution from stationery to OP, to the burgeoning business supply market e.g. Staples, Viking, WBMason, Amazon and Uber. It's time for the professional supporters of independent dealers to accelerate their leadership drive...
E M P A T H YControl is a mirage . The most effective leaders right now are those who embrace traits once considered feminine: Empathy, Magnanimity, Patience, Accountability, Taking advice (listening), Humility Yielding to the new worklife confluence
Rometty's plan
IBM reported Q2'15 results today with sales continuing to slide as it transforms itself away from legacy businesses...
Apple Watch
Analysts are 'disappointed' over low Apple Watch sales. And yet sales continue to exceed iPhone and iPad post-launch patterns. Moreover, customers are 97% delighted according to latest surveys...
Depot declutters
OfficeDepot today announced the launch of Perch by Urbio, a new line of desk accessories, When will it address core growth strategy, in the absence of Staples merger?
Amazon: Bezos
When Jeff Bezos launched Amazon in 1995, creating TV shows was far from his mind. Here he shares his customer oriented approach with Hollywood Reporter that will drive $105Bn sales in 2015
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