Brad O'Brien, most recently general manager at retail operations for Retravision Southern Limited, has been appointed chief executive officer of Office Choice. O'Brien, who succeeds long-standing general manager Max Ritchie, held previous ...
Tags: Office Choice, chairman, group's annual general meeting, new CEO
The value of the core Australian office products market declined by 3.2 per cent in 2011, the worst performance by the industry since the depths of the global financial crisis. The latest research study published by Penfold Research ...
The Queensland Government's office supplies arrangements have been thrown open with the dismantling of sections of its Sales and Distribution Services division, commonly known as SDS. Until recently, government offices, local councils, ...
Tags: office supplies, SDS online, paper shredders, binding machines
Ted Rogan, a co-founder of Group Newsagency Supplies, has retired as chairman of the newsagency buying group, effective 24 July. Rogan was one of a handful of newsagents who formed GNS in opposition to the then newsagency wholesaler ...
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John Vamos has stepped down as chairman of Office Brands, the umbrella group for Office National, Office Products Depot and O-Net. Office Brands director and director of Paul John Office National, Paul Toohey, will act as interim chairman ...
Tags: Office Brands, John Vamos, strategy development, business coaching
Since its foundation in 1966, Humphreys has always been a reseller of office products, looking after both retail and commercial trade within the Manly and northern beaches area. In the late 1990s, founder John Humphrey decided to take the ...
Tags: Humphreys, two-speed economy, retail, commercial trade, stationery news
ASA Australia will release a 64-page furniture catalogue next month to capitalise on increased activity in the office furniture category. In a catalogue first, six of ASA Australia's members with significant furniture business will each ...
Tags: furniture, ASA, "great benefits"
Tweed Office National will change its name to Cloud Office Supplies on 1 July when it makes the move to ASA Australia. Owner Marty Bate told Stationery News that his decision to join ASA was influenced by the guarantee of "independence" ...
Tags: ASA Australia, office supplies, stationery news, tweed office national
Diary supplier Collins Debden plans to "rejuvenate" the Australian entry-level, refillable pen category with the launch of the American FranklinCovey range. "With a reputation as an esteemed stationery and business to business brand in ...
Tags: diary supplier, refillable pen category, business to business brand
Edwards Dunlop Office Products has promoted national sales manager Dragi Ristevski to the position of general manager, effective 1 July. Former general manager Lou Tsoukalas will take up a new senior role with the BJ Ball Group. ...
Tags: Edwards Dunlop, office products, company, development of EDOP
STATIONERY NEWS: Australian Paper recently announced a feasibility study into the development of a major recycling plant at its Maryvale Mill as part of its Future Fibre Strategy. Can you summarise some of the key aspects of the Future ...
Tags: Future Fibre Strategy, stationery news, Paper's fibre, recycled papers
Australian Paper has launched an online campaign to gauge community and commercial support for the use of Australian recycled paper. "To help secure investment approval for a local deink (recycling) pulp plant at our Maryvale site, we ...
Tags: Australian Paper, online campaign, recycled paper, office supplies
Staples said that during the first quarter of 2012 the company recorded US$28 million of pre-tax expenses primarily related to head count reductions in North America, Europe and Australia, as well as the settlement of a contractual dispute ...
Tags: office supplies, deleverage, acquisition
The Lucky Charm (TLC) newsagency group is planning an overhaul of its stationery business following customer feedback that the category is “unexciting”. TLC managing director Mike Kentros told Stationery News “We have ...
Tags: Lucky Charm, TLC, more exciting stationery, home office products
WA Stationery sales manager Kane Smith has won a Brother HL-3045CN laser printer in the 'early bird' nomination draw in this year's Brother/Stationery News Reseller of the Year Awards . Smith's name was drawn from all nominations ...
Tags: WA Stationery, 'early bird', Year Awards, Nominations