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OP legend Baitler
back on TOPS
Ex-SPLS leader returns to
help convert papermakers
into hygiene growth mkts
Private Equity firm Atlas Holdings hired OP legend Jay Baitler 8yrs ago to help direct & develop, under-invested legacy paper makers, into new use markets eg hygiene supplies. I first met 'Easy Rider' Jay back in the 80's at Summit (NYC) and followed his 18yrs success with Staples (B2B chief). We discuss progress and plans...
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TechData: Tale
of 2 situations
CEO Hume on life w/VC
Apollo v public market
Global #2 IT reseller Tech Data CEO Rich Hume discusses how he expects the takeover by vulture capitalist Apollo Global to "accelerate our future" through growth organically and via acquisition. Why didn't happen before?
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P&G's pursuit of
packaging ideals
'Holy Grail' recycling plans
toward carbon neutrality
Gian DeBelder, technical director for R&D packaging sustainability at Procter & Gamble spoke with Packaging News' Waqas Qureshi about sustainability, working with NGOs and the group’s 'Ambition 2030' renvironmental initiative. We review and discuss details....
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SCJ ceo's plastic
pollution progress
Hygiene giant commits
w/450 fellow eco warriors
SC Johnson, a $10Bn global powerhouse of consumer and professional cleaning brands, is making significant progress toward its 2025 targets to tackle plastic pollution. CEO Fisk Johson has made it his personal mission to symbolize the problem and the cure
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Filtering A i r
w/Fine Fellowes
The healthy shift from OP
to ergonomics & hygiene
The much admired, family owned Fellowes company, is the shining example of a progressive OP maker pivoting to productivity solutions. The Bankers Box core business has been overtaken by ergonomic furniture & air purifiers in its drive for workspace wellness & higher hygiene through Covid & beyond. We spoke with CEO John Fellowes in May; and now report on its record progress. Updated
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Raja's packaging
power passes $1B
Staples Europe acquisitions
+ 'Essentials' fuel growth
Raja Group, the European packaging and OP distributor, will report commendable growth this year in spite of Covid. We speak with CEO Danièle Kapel-Marcovici about progress with OP acquisitions from Staples, future organic growth plans and her women's rights foundation
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Beyond Electricals:
Wesco One Source
US #2/#3 distributor duo
forge #1 mega broadliner
Mega electricals distributor WESCO International's acquisition of major rival Anixter will have repercussions across all channels, not just electrical, according to an industry panel hosted by MDM last week. What are CEO John Engel's integration plans?
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How HP views
the future of print
CEO Lores looks at DaaS,
MPS, WFH & sustainability
and channel development
HP CEO Enrique Lores in an interview with CRN's Kyle Aspach stated "The ongoing emphasis on work-from-home (WFH) is continuing to create new growth opportunities for HP and its channel partners, including a re-imagining of managed print services (MPS) for home offices" We discuss the 9 Q&A's
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Clearing the Air
w/John Fellowes
The healthy shift from OP
to ergonomics & hygiene
Much admired family owned Fellowes company, is the shining example of a progressive OP maker shifting to productivity solutions, in the business supply market. The Bankers Box core business has now been overtaken by ergonomics, mobile accessories & air purifiers in its drive to workspace wellness & hygiene. We speak with CEO John Fellowes. Complete
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Unilever looks
Beyond Covid
Hygiene giant WFH chief
talks about his 4 priorities
On March 13th Alan Jope, Unilever CEO, the $60Bn consumer-goods conglomerate that makes everything from Dove soap to Knorr soup, ordered the firm’s 60,000 office workers in all countries bar China to work from home (WFH). Jope now a full WFHomer talks about tthe giant's priorities and the future beyond Covid
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