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Costco captures
more SMB share
Business supplies hubs
& sales force expansion
Costco Wholesale reported impressive market gains in its Q3'15 ended 10 May'15 results today. Growth is consistently strong for the $100Bn broadline business supplies reseller
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Depot sitting
uncomfortably
Exposed! In denial again
over dangerous chairs
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission confirmed Office Depot has agreed to pay $3.4m in penalties over knowingly failing to report defects in office chairs. These problems were first exposed by PP in 2012 and again in 2014.
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Everything
on demand
Meeker updates market
on latest online trends
"In the new on-demand economy you can get whatever you want whenever you want it, except, perhaps, a full-time job with health care coverage," Mary Meeker told #CodeCon delegates
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SPLODGE: Union
urges FTC block
Monopoly claim mistaken
Merger aids competition.
The American Posts Workers Union (APWU) has urged the FTC to block the proposed $6.3 billion Staples takeover of Office Depot. Whilst its stance is understandable, the merger will work in consumers' interest
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C r u m b l i n g
Crystal R o c k
Competitive pressure
causes heavy losses
Crystal Rock, the US Northeast water and OP dealer, announced another serious decline in financial results Q4'15 ended 30 Sep'15. The CEO is living in cloud cuckooland with his platitudinous commentary
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SPLS stakes 3rd
Basics member
Canada division cleaning
up best Eastern dealers
Staples Canada has acquired its 3rd ex-Basicnet group member based in Ontario. Apparently ceo David Boone has agreed to allow the local regional brand ro continue? Strangely, there has been little to report on the acquisition front in the US? Is owner Sycamore Partners considering more 'strip and flips'?
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