Dealer groups Office Brands and Office Products Depot New Zealand used their joint conference in Cairns last week to remind members and suppliers that the independent OP channel is ‘alive and kicking’.

Independent UK dealer groups have yet to see any discernible change in the pricing strategy of the former Staples businesses in the UK following their acquisition by private equity interests last year.

Western Australian dealer Office National Kalgoorlie has been named Office Brands ‘Member of the Year’ for 2017.

Dealer groups Office Brands and Office Products Depot New Zealand presented respective 2017 supplier of the year awards at their combined EXPO in Cairns last weekend.

Office Brands is to phase out its Niceday ‘price fighter’ range as part of a major rethink of its private label strategy.

Office Brands has added five new independent office supplies dealers to its membership ranks this year, boosting attendance at its forthcoming annual Expo to more than 500 people, including dealers, suppliers and supporters.

Office Brands has engaged with the Benojo platform as a single solution to capture and measure the collective social and charitable activities of their support staff and members.

The finalists have been announced for the 2017 Stationery News Reseller and Supplier of the Year Awards, now in their 17th year.

More than 70 office products resellers have been nominated for this year’s Stationery News Reseller of the Year Awards, now in their 17th year.

A cost-sharing distribution and back-office arrangement between four western Sydney Office Brands dealers is proving to be a successful solution to the costly and time-consuming management of independent warehouses.