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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
Sony saved by
Sony said Thursday that its net profit more than tripled during the April-June quarter, helped by strong sales in its videogame and smartphone image sensor divisions.
Stung Samsung
Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones debuted to strong reviews and ratings, but a combination of manufacturing delays and consumer apathy appears to have killed most of the phone’s forward momentum.
V i s t a p r i n t
Vistaprint, renamed Cimpress, the leading online provider of professional marketing services to SMB's reported strong sales growth for its Q4'15.
Windows 10
Microsoft’s last version of Windows put off business customers. The new edition looks set to benefit from a long, hard effort to rebuild corporate goodwill.
IP packaging
International Paper continued its transformation from printed papermaking into packaging and the hygiene market but results were down across the board for second successive quarter
Coke's 2020
Coca-Cola continues on track to achieve its four key global well-being commitments that it set out to reach by 2020.
Acco Brands
Acco Brands, the one time leading OP marketer, issued less depressing financial results for Q2'15. It behaves complacently & reacts slowly to market trends and shows little sign of life.
AMZN defines
The #1 etailer Amazon has laid out drone delivery plans including dividing airspace to avoid manned aircraft. They've been testing in Canada...
Staples to make
Staples will celebrate the launch of Windows 10 with the arrival of new devices, deals, demonstrations and free services tomorrow...
Twitter turns
Co-Founder, Interim CEO Jack Dorsey of Twitter, the permission based news broadcaster, made terrific progress convincing skeptical analysts at Q2'15 earnings call, shown live on Periscope (pic left) today...
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