New Staples Benelux owner 123inkt has appointed one of its executives to head the business. Albert Zwart was named as the new Staples Benelux Managing Director, effective 15 November. He takes over from George Steur, who had been in charge of the company for around three years under its ownership by Standard Investment. In addition
Staples Netherlands – part of Staples Benelux – was declared bankrupt by a Dutch court on 17 October. Rumours had been circulating for some time about the health of Staples Benelux, but now the bankruptcy of the Netherlands-based assets has been confirmed by the country’s insolvency register. It is still not clear what the status
Dutch trade publication KBM has provided an update on the price Staples Benelux paid for certain assets of the now-closed office supplies retailer Office Centre. When Office Centre went out of business in April, it was revealed that Staples Benelux had acquired assets such as contract customers and the web shop. Now, following an administrator’s
Hopes of finding a buyer for the Office Centre retail chain in the Netherlands proved to be a false dawn. Earlier this month, we reported that there were a number of “serious candidates” looking at acquiring the Dutch retail operations of Office Centre – comprising around 30 outlets. The retailer had been placed into a
Long-awaited and highly anticipated, a sizeable contingent of the European business supplies industry gathered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in late March. It all kicked off with the eighth OPI Partnership on 21 March, just over two years after the previous Partnership event was held shortly before the long and painful pandemic period began. And judging