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Walmart ape AMZN
in Business Supply
Recruiting sales people to
develop single source svc
The huge success of Amazon's Business Supply division has attracted attention from wannabe copycats eg Home Depot, Lowes and now Walmart. These bigbox players are recruiting ex-OP industry sales leaders to build sales forces to grow revenues in the burgeoning, broadline business supply market. Who's next, Costco, Tesco? Updated
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BOSS Stationery &
OP Awards 2023
Why so few new business
supply category leaders?
The UK's OP & Stationery industry association, BOSS Federation held its annual awards tonight in Manchester. We highlight the winners' stories. Very noticeable from the nominees list was the heavy presence of declining stationery makers & resellers compared with only a few in the new growth categories in hygiene, foodservice; with no packaging players? Full Results and pics here
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D e l l down from
weak PC market
Infrastructure mkt steady.
'Anywhere' network drive
Dell Technologies the $100Bn tech giant, reported a weaker sales and profits performance again in Q3'24. Whilst the consumer PC market slowed down, the infrastucture solutions group made steady headway in servers and networking. Results analysis complete
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Endless lossmaking
endures at E V O
Self proclaimed 'knowhow'
at VOW feels very hollow
UK PE firm Endless that rescued EVO Group (inc. VOW the OP wholesaler and ex-Vasanta) back in 2009, has just published its financial review for 2022. After 14yrs of decline: sales have halved from £700m ($850m); it continues to sustain net losses. The BIG question: how much longer, given EVO's management incompetence?
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Reimagining Print
trends by Quocirca
From digitisation to AI to
security to sustainability.
Researcher Quocirca predicts the rapidly transforming office working and AI, automation and collaboration tools will shape the print industry in 2024. But how can it stop its secular decline? Its conclusion sugarcoats the challenge when many industry leaders have already pivoted away from MPS to Managed Tech Services! Updated
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Staples suffers
3rd cyberattack
Multiday systems outage
disrupts order processing
In Sep'20 Staples suffered a damaging data breach; in March sister wholesaler Essendant experienced a multi-day outage that prevented customers and suppliers from placing or fulfilling online orders. On Tuesday internal sources confirmed Staples had again been hit by a cyberattack. Time Sycamore invested in better security? Updated
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Vestis venture
spins off well
Ex-Aramark uniforms unit
resumes steady growth
Aramark spun off its uniforms business in Sept'23, renamed as Vestis. New ceo Kim Scott. “We are energized as we enter 2024 with great momentum and a clear pathway to value creation for all of our stakeholders” Updated
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Salesforce soars
to reach $35Bn
CRM king elevates AI-CRM,
enterprise apps to mkt leader
CRM #1 systems provider Salesforce ceo Mark Benioffenthused about growth trends in Q3'24. Wall St sentiment has transformed... shares up +86% YTD, with concerns over the executive exodus and activist activity forgotten. The lone wolf leader seems unfazed...analysis complete
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HP: H o l l o w
Protectionists?
CEOs Lores & Neri preside
over plunge in Revs & MktCap
In 2015 when ceo Meg Whitman decided to split mighty HP into HPInc & HP Enterprise she waxed that it would "enable more focused strategies". Since then sales have tumbled -20%, in spite of compound price increases +50%+; and market cap has plummeted -35%. Did the ceos Lores & Neri forget the 'HP Invent' mission? Updated
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ECom Champions:
Shopify or BigCom?
Who matches AMZN one-click
webstore experience best?
When deciding on the most user friendly e-commerce webstore , dealers have many options, two of the best are Big Commerce & Shopify. We’ve checked both pro' and user reviews to determine which is best? In summary, both platforms shine in different areas, still below Amazon, but way ahead of OP industry options.
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HPE H o n e s t
Pace Eventually
Smug ceo delivers via
strong Greenlake platform
Tech relic HP Enterprise ceoAntonio Neri substantiated some of his much hyped progress in Q4'23. The embryonic Aruba SaaS cloud and Greenlake platforms are becoming growth catalysts, amid slowing group sales. Can it sustain growth through 2024? Report analysis here
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