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products as the biggest obstacle to the sustainable procurement of office supplies at UCLA. We delved deeper into the current procurement system, learning that the UC System is contracted with OfficeMax and that it uses an interface known as BruinBuy to make purchases. We thus decided to use the OfficeMax Green Office catalog (available to the public online) to compile a product recommendation list. We also made general plans to incorporate this list into an education program set to take place during

Staples – 2011 Forest David A. Case Abstract Staples is a comprehensive strategic management case that includes the company’s year-end 2010 financial statements, organizational chart, competitor information and more. The case time setting is the year 2011. Sufficient internal and external data are provided to enable students to evaluate current strategies and recommend a three-year strategic plan for the company. Headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, Staples’s common stock

consolidation of the OfficeMax with the Office Depot, the merger resulted to a strong revenue growth of 43.2% reaching $16.1 billion. However, the merger incurred $354 million loss in the same year which is mainly attributed to supply chain mismanagement, restructuring costs, and higher operational expenses. The consolidation made Office Depot the second largest office supply store retailer, next to Staples Inc. However, it continued to grow negatively in terms of net income while Staples

The only competition the merged firm would face in some areas is OfficeMax. Even though many other retailers sell office supplies, none of them offer the same variety and one-stop shopping convenience as office superstores do. The situation is unlikely to change over time due to high barriers of entry into the market, which

existing contestant which even till today I remember and that is OfficeMax. Office Depot has been very insistent, in addition, Staples and OfficeMax are to participate more assertively as well. The office supply prices for staples are the cheapest in the cities that all three of the nationwide office supply chains staples, office depot, and office max compete. Prices reach higher in the markets that only the additional competitor is OfficeMax. Office Depot incriminates drastically with increased prices

It’s been a great experience doing an internship at OfficeMax. Through this internship, I realize I need to be more proficient. This internship gave me an opportunity to develop professional skills. When I’m presenting a safety technique I need to make sure I don’t have any grammar errors in the materials I created. The reason why I need to make sure there are no grammar errors is that so I don’t undermine my credibility in front of everyone. I have to proofread my written work carefully. I had to

Case Study: OfficeMax    1. Introduction  This  assignment  focuses  on  case  study  analysis,  where  we  were  expected  to  analyse  and  provide  executable  strategy  for  a  specific  corporate  retailer.  The  1997  case  relates  to  OfficeMax, a superstore that primarily carries office equipment and supplies to small business  and  consumer  markets.  However,  the  company  is  seeking  diversification  and  market  share  growth, with the prospect of a merger between the industry’s number 1 and 2 office supply 

This is not enough to erase the teacher-funded classroom. OfficeMax joins a partnership with Adopt-A-Classroom and begins planning for a way to accomplish this task. Rather than create a new product, the idea is generated for OfficeMax to adopt classrooms, calling this event “A Day Made Better.” Each OfficeMax retail location is assigned a classroom, and receives products that will be part of the classroom donation for that particular

MGT 498 Environmental Scan Paper MGT/498 Environmental Scan Paper Environmental scans play a crucial role in the strategic planning process by helping organizations take a look at their competitive advantages and identify ways to sustain the advantages. Wheelen and Hunger (2010) describes environmental scanning as “the monitoring, evaluation, and dissemination of information from external and internal environments

spin-offs of successful television shows. Therefore, when OfficeMax Inc. launched Elf Yourself’, an interactive holiday e-card on its website in 2006, its success took everyone by surprise. Thacker, an OfficeMax marketing and advertising executive admitted, “When you think of holiday shopping, you don’t think office supplies” (Colorado State University Global Campus, 2014).The following discussion focuses on the objectives, timely launch, and how OfficeMax reached their intended target with the surprise hit