Contents May 2014
News
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6 Round-up
HP fined; success for Pinnacle; management buyout at Armor
45 London Stationery Show Review
UK trade show gets thumbs up from exhibitors and visitors
8 Beyond OP
47 ABC Preview
IS sweeps into FM; Staples ups 3D ante; United offers boot camps
What to look forward to at this year’s SP Richards ABC event
10 Analysis
48 NAOPA Preview
FSIoffice scoops state contract; US investor on the hunt for o2o
We have the NAOPA shortlist, but there’s still time to get involved
Features
Category Analysis
16 It’s going OCAY
OPI talks to OCAY CEO Tomas Bergström about a new force in the Swedish business supplies market
53 Filing and archiving Fighting the digitisation battle
57 Office Paper
25 Top 100
Supply and demand
Who have been the movers and shakers of the past year or so? On these pages you’ll find out who’s in and who’s out
Regulars
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36 The personal touch
The art of customisation according to Austrian vendor Colop
5 Editor’s comment 60 On the move 63 5 minutes with... Cordelia von Gymnich
40 The low-down on co-ops
64 What’s on
United Stationers’ David Haugh on the rise of cooperative contracts
43 Boise Paper
Shows
Key dates for your calendar
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66 Final word Carolyne Turnbull
Meeting dealers’ needs
“Not only has our cooperative contract allowed us to gain a significant amount of new business, but the public sector customer is still very traditional in its business processes and thus consumes more office supplies than the typical private sector business.” ... For the full story, turn to page 40
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