THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- Retailer Conn's said its furniture and bedding sales jumped 31.7% in the quarter ended Oct. 31 as the company continued to heavily promote the categories and focus on higher-end goods. In a preliminary sales report ...
Pontiac Township High School recently teamed up with Ace Hardware in Pontiac to bring more recognition to their current fluorescent light bulb recycling program. Compact fluorescent lights (CFL) (which are described as the curly-cue ...
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Tosco Office National at Cairns has been named national member of the year by the Office Brands group. Tosco principal Stephen Gardiner was presented with the award and a cheque for $1000 at the Office Brands 2012 Expo, held in Adelaide ...
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Several organisations have expressed interest in buying the office products business of Avery Dennison following the collapse of the takeover deal by 3M. Avery Dennison CEO Dean Scarborough told an investor conference in the US last week ...
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Computerworld-ORLANDO--Enterprises won't move quickly to adopt Windows 8,and most will wait till the year after next,according to market research firm Gartner. Users at Gartner's Symposium/ITexpo conference tended to back up the view that ...
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Corporate Express will officially change its name to Staples on 26 October. As previously reported by Stationery News, US-based Staples has been phasing out the name Corporate Express since its takeover of the company in 2008. As of 29 ...
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Only a limited number of seats remain for the inaugural Australian office products charity lunch, to be held at Doltone House in Sydney on 16 November. Round-the-world sailor and motivational speaker Tony Mowbray will be the guest speaker ...
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A wide range of new and innovative products have been nominated for the inaugural Australian Office Product of the Year Awards, an initiative of Stationery News. The awards have been established to provide the industry with an opportunity ...
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Lakes Office Choice at Tuggerah, NSW, has been named 'Champion Dealer of the Year' at the 2012 Office Choice awards, which were announced at the group's annual general meeting and conference in Cairns on 13 October. The 'Supplier's ...
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Office Choice's new website is expected to drive more web-based sales as online increasingly becomes the ordering method of choice for many of its customers. "The new contemporary, user-driven website is a significant step forward for the ...
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Staples has announced plans to phase out the Corporate Express name in Australia as part of the company's move towards a single global brand. The rebranding of the Australian company, which has used both names in the region following ...
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Microsoft will debut a major redesign of its MSN consumer web portal with a new layout and navigation scheme optimized for the upcoming Windows 8 operating system. The redesigned MSN will go live on October 26,the same day that the ...
ACCO Australia was one of six finalists in this year's awards, the others being Dynamic Supplies (runner-up) Bantex, Cumberland Stationery, General Stationery Supplies and Pelikan Artline. The Supplier of the Year program is sponsored by ...
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X-Rite Incorporated has introduced the RM200QC handheld spectrocolorimeter to give companies an inexpensive yet powerful way to record and communicate color differences to speed introduction of new products and reduce instances of scrap. ...
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To benefit from a growing Chinese market, Microsoft on Thursday said it is increasing its investment in the country, with new hires, more research for local requirements, and an expansion to additional cities and provinces to bring cloud ...
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