Office & Desk

Looking to generate business in the absence of live events, Naomi Bodway and 10 other distributors put together a virtual event for customers. The group hoped to reach 150 attendees. Thanks to their creative approach and a killer swag box, they ended up with more than 200. The event directly resulted in multiple orders for each distributor...

Let’s talk about consistency for a second! Time and time again, these are the products that are constantly making waves and continuing to impress! These are products you can trust to make an impact—products that always seem to strike the right chord. We’re starting 2021 off with showcasing our best sellers that instill confidence! We…

ODP, parent company of Office Depot, has rejected Staples’ most recent acquisition proposal, coming back with a counter-offer to merge the two companies’ direct-to-consumer retail operations without including Office Depot's business-to-business operations...

Five years after the Federal Trade Commission put a stop to it, Staples Inc. is once again trying to buy its old competitor, Office Depot. Staples has reportedly put up an offer of $2.1 billion for Office Depot’s parent company, ODB Corp. Part of the plan involves working directly with the ODP board to tailor a merger plan that fits within FTC confines...

Gemline, Lawrence, Mass., announced today a strategic long-term partnership with Atlanta-based Newell Custom Writing Instruments. Gemline will be the first supplier partner to offer the Paper Mate and Sharpie brands to the promotional products industry in the U.S. The partnership increases Newell’s reach in the industry, expands Gemline’s presence in the sizable writing instrument product…

Fanatics has acquired hard goods manufacturer WinCraft, creating a new opportunity for the sportswear and fan apparel company to expand its product offering. WinCraft does business as LarLu in the promotional products industry, selling via the traditional supplier-distributor model...

Forbes labeled 2020 as the Zoom Era, meaning people are glued to their devices since their main means of communication is video conferences for business meetings, gatherings with friends and family, and even workouts with their favorite instructors. While the convenience is there, the privacy may not be. Uncovered webcams can leave people vulnerable to…

A gold Royal typewriter originally given as a gift for an employee’s 10th year as vice president in 1940 was appraised on “Antiques Roadshow” for between $30,000 and $40,000. The typewriter was brought to the appraisers by the original recipient’s granddaughter, who added that all of the top salespeople had their signatures engraved onto the…

VisionUSA, in collaboration with Rocketbook, is launching a Home HQ Kit to offer customers a branded, high-quality, tech-savvy collection of customized essentials that make employees’ work-from-home experience more convenient, productive and efficient...

BIC Graphic North America, Clearwater, Fla., continues to support long-standing donation partnerships in its local communities with a recent donation of 55,176 items to organizations benefiting students and educators. Contributions in both Florida and Minnesota included more than 3,000 backpacks, as well as a variety of notebooks, earbuds, headphones, power banks, writing instruments, sport bottles…