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Privacy & Climate
21Cy's top issues
Apple CEO Cook discusses
EU's GDPR coming to US
Jan28th was 'Data Privacy Day' yet few people were aware. It’s never been more important as technology captures, analyzes and categorizes virtually any imaginable piece of data about us; and becomes more advanced, invasive and pervasive. In an exclusive Fast Company interview, Apple ceo Tim Cook addresses his concerns and action agenda
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Rethinking the
Future Office
COVID challenges norms
& tests furnituremakers
The office will change forever. Furnituremakers have a history of chasing one size fits all solutions. Cubicles, benching, hot desking, 'resimercial'...making the office look like home, have featured strongly. Recent trends were largely designed to reduce space costs while selling it as the new collaborative environment. Workrite Ergonomics ceo Charlie Lawrence explains how Covid will cause a different approach?
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Reimagining
the future office
Herman Miller CEO Owen
hedges on hybrid working
When Andi Owen took over top office furniture company Herman Miller, in 2018, she didn’t expect to get caught up in politics. But these days, it seems no CEO is safe from the culture wars. NYTimes David Gelles interview with Owen tells more about her, than the future of Miller's reimagination of future workspace
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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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