Will Staples benifit from Michael Jackson memorial?

They say 'there's no such thing as bad publicity' and even in times of sadness and loss - if you can get your name out there; then PR is good from any source!!

The latest debate making waves throughout the blogging world is whether of not the office supplies giant Staples with benifit from the recent media storm that has been Michael Jackson.

Earlier this week the Staples Centre in downtown Los Angeles hosted the worlds final farewell to the 'king of Pop'. The event was billed as a farewell concert but viewers soon saw that it become far more of a remembrance service including; religious leaders, Actors, sports stars, family and icons from the music world - all paying tribute in their own ways to the legend that was Michael Jackson.

Staples purchased the naming rights to the arena in the late nineties in a deal worth over $100, Staples are one of the US's largest chains of office products to to retails sector specialising in business products, paper supplies, C4 envelopes, Pens and writing supplies, DL envelopes, office furniture, filing supplies, C5 envelopes and much more for the office and home office.

A CNBC blogger had quoted Joyce Julius & Associates' estimate that the exposure would benefit Staples by about $70m. A Daily Finance blogger responded saying: "This is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. How do you measure ‘advertising exposure'?"

Office supplies manufacturer turns to Coca Cola guru

Office products manufacturer Rubbermaid Inc. is turning to a colossal drinks giant executive to try to increase growth at its office-products unit.

The consumer office products company announced this week that Penny McIntyre, a senior vice president at drinks company Coca-Cola Co., will take charge at a division that looks after such brands as Sharpie office highlighters, Liquid Paper correction fluids and the popular Rolodex office organizers.

This new appointment of Ms. McIntyre, Ex coca cola, comes as part of a broader managerial restructuring process at the Atlanta-based Rubbermaid inc.

The office supplies unit has been affected particularly badly by the global economic recession as businesses and corporations strive to make savings on spend and budgets for general office supplies, desktop stationery products etc. The Revenue at the unit section, which makes up over a quarter of Newell Rubbermaid's overall sales, fell by almost 25% in the first 4 months of 2009 to just under $2 million.
Chief Executive of Rubbermaid office products Mark Ketchum, who has been directly overseeing the unit since James Roberts resigned at the end of 2008, said Ms. McIntyre was hired to expand Newell Rubbermaid's presence in office equipment markets outside America. Over half of the unit's sales are in the U.S.A., and the company hopes to export brands such as Sharpie markers more aggressively in the near future.

The office equipment maker announced during 2008 that it would have to axe around 1000 jobs and exit several product lines totaling around half a million dollars in annual sales, or a little short of 8% of its overall revenue. In the office products unit, Newell Rubbermaid already has dropped items such as plastic chair mats and pen holders.

National office week is here

All this week the team over at National Office Week aims to bring office products and stationery supplies from around the world to the forefront of office life in the UK.

Running from 11th to the 15th of May and with top names backing it from the world of office products and also the world of office life (names including Bic, Your M&S, Oxford, Pritt, Sellotape and Tombow - Consumers can grab a goodie at one of the many giveaways and also win prizes through a variety of online prize draws and competitions... What better way to brighten up your boring office day!!

Visit the National office week website now to check out whats new in your gorgeous office life.

UK first for Carbon neutral paper

Report Carbon Neutral office paper has been launched as the first carbon neutral office copier paper currently available in the UK, by The Aims Group.
According to them, all carbon emissions from production and shipping are offset, the mill and transportation process are independently audited by The Green Initiative, 6.1 trees are planted for every tonne produced and shipped to Europe and it's FSC-certified.
The Aims team will be at SOPX on 7 and 8 April at stand 824.

Officeprofiles range of recycled office supplies is the pefect solution for the greener minded office shopper.

Calibre Office Furniture

Buyiny quality Office furniture should never be an afterthought. By carefully deciding on the right office furniture and office accessories for your workplace, you can create a positive working environment in which your office staff can be comfortable, happy, and (most inportantly) productive.
At Calibre Office furniture, our team are passionate about sourcing the highest quality stylish office furniture and offering a taylored personal service that is second to none. Since our foundation, we have worked hard to build strong working relationships with all the leading office furniture manufacturers, allowing us to combine their expertise and experience with our own to pass onto our customers.
Choosing the right workstations, computer chairs and filing accessories can be a daunting task. We do not believe in the hard sell, and our friendly and experienced staff offer free onsite consultations to ensure that you make the right choices for your office. Where possible, we offer a free site visit to discuss your requirements and suggest a variety of suitable layouts.

Office interiors and office refits

Commercial fit out and office interior specialists Newbury Interiors can offer the complete refurbishment solution. Services include partitioning systems, suspended ceilings, flooring, office furniture & decoration, office storage and receptions & washrooms.

Ergonomic chairs

Your Comprehensive Guide to Ergonomic Office Chairs

We try to bring you a range of useful websites and resources to make office life a little easier and cost effective here at office supply store.

If there is one product that you probably use more than any other in the workplace its your office chair and with most people spending 7 hours a day sat at their desk its important to ensure that you are sitting in the correct position to maintain the correct posture.

For advice on getting the right office chair, why not look to this website for tips on ergonomic chairs and ways to improve your general posture etc.

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Staples Inc., the US office supplies retailer, has today announced that as "the first official day of the 2008 back to school period shopping season."
According to a new survey commissioned by the office supplies and stationery products retail giant, more than 70% of parents who took part said that they would welcome an official start for the back to school shopping season to help them see when they can expect to start finding school supplies and kids stationery in stock, Staples said.
The winter holiday season has Black Friday - the day after the Thanksgiving celebration - to signal the start of that particular season, and the Staples team has decided that it was only fitting and just, based on over ten years experience in tracking and studying back-to-school shopping trends, that it should step up and officially declare July 8 as the new opening day of the 2008 back-to-school shopping season.
By clarfiying an official start to the new back-to-school stationery shopping season, which most parents deem to be quite a stressful time, "Staples office products is giving parents a clear road map to the find the best office products and deals this season," the office equipment company said in a press release.

To help publicise the back-to-school shopping period, Staples said it is teaming up with Dosomething.org and American Idol competition winner Jordin Sparks (pictured here); as part of a great and worthwhile campaign called "Do Something 101," Sparks will be encouraging teens to collect school supplies and stationery and drop them off at one of hundreds of Staples office supplies stores around the US, or make a $2 donation, to help out needy students.

For much of the year, Staples generally focuses on customers and small businesses with home offices or business units; the back to school season is the one time of the year when the company sees a surge of customers coming into the store froma non business perspective.

Staples recently agreed to buy the commercial stationery giant Corporate Express of the Netherlands for a figure thought to be around $2.6 billion.
That deal will give Staples office products a bigger presence in the segment of the business that delivers office supplies and office furniture to large corporate customers, and that's likely to mean that this back-to-school shopping season will account for a smaller portion of the company's total sales than back to school seasons have in the past.

packnmove supplies the lot

PacknMove is a partner in the Oxfam Oxboxx programme, run by Oxfam and the British Association of Removers. This allows you to easily donate any saleable items that you do not want to take with you when you move home.

PacknMove offer a huge range of cardboard boxes, packing boxes, furniture covers, floor and moving home supplies. Our moving boxes are ideal for house removals, providing cheap, high quality corrugated cardboard boxes and other packaging materials such as protective wrapping that are acceptable to any removal firms.

photo forum

The photo forum is a great resource for both proffesional and amatuer photographers alike.

With popular topics on the subject of digital photography, you are sure to find rhe answers you are looking for on the site.