BradyIFS + Envoy Solutions has made its first acquisition as a single entity. The jan/san, foodservice disposables and industrial packaging products distributor – which was officially established on 1 November – has bought Qualmax Supplies. New Jersey-based Qualmax was founded in 2007 by Joel Greenfield. Two years later, he was joined in the business by
UK multichannel operator OT Group has announced that its contract business will go to market under one brand. The move will mark the end of the OfficeTeam and ZenOffice brands, with OT Group selecting Office Depot as the name for its contract unit going forward. OT Group bought Office Depot Europe’s larger mid-market, major and
New Zealand reseller Warehouse Stationery has reported a mid-single-digit drop in sales for the first quarter of its 2024 financial year. Q1 revenue at the retailer was NZ$54.6 million (US$32 million), down 4% versus last year. Promotional activity in copy and print services and communication products resulted in sales growth in these areas, but there
UK multichannel operator OT Group has made a series of promotions and appointments over the past month. Most recently, Martin Weedall has been named COO. Having spent 30 years at EVO Group, Weedall joined OT Group in 2022 as Group Operations Director. In early November, it was announced he would fill the new position of
The ODP Corporation (ODP) has said the strength of its balance sheet is helping it keep and win enterprise customers in its ODP Business Solutions division. During today’s third quarter conference call, CFO Anthony Scaglione referred on more than one occasion to ODP’s financial stability as being a source of comfort for large contract customers.