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OPI Talk speaks with South African industry veteran Hans Servas as he prepares to retire as Chairman of the country’s shop-sa stationery and office products trade association. As reported recently on the OPI website, South African trade association shop-sa has appointed a COO ahead of the retirement of its current Chairman Hans Servas at the

Financial Times journalist Dan McCrum endured threats and persecution as he battled to bring an explosive story to public attention – but by the time he was finished, one of the biggest companies in Germany lay in ruins

Seeking inspiration for summer reading material? With 70 books, the Big Jubilee Read could be just the ticket

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently upheld a protest by Office Depot over the terms of a request for quotations (RFQ) for a new US Army and Air Force blanket purchase agreement (BPA). The RFQ was issued by the US General Services Administration (GSA) in December last year. It sought to establish a single

Seeking inspiration for summer reading material? With 70 books, the Big Jubilee Read could be just the ticket

Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers held its 2022 Strategy Briefing Day last week, with Officeworks Managing Director Sarah Hunter presenting the latest developments at the office supplies retailer. I say ‘office supplies retailer’, but that is more for SEO purposes and brevity than anything else – ‘omnichannel reseller of products and services that help Australian households, businesses

There have been a couple of big stories in the European aftermarket print supplies channel in the past few weeks. First, it was announced that the European Commission had rejected a Voluntary Agreement for the imaging equipment sector, saying the proposals didn’t go far enough in terms of sustainability targets. That means the EU will

ECI Software Solutions’ Brian Bowerfind has responded to an OPI request to comment on the recent open letter by Jordan Kudler, Chairman of US dealer organisation Independent Suppliers Group (ISG). In his letter – published in OPI on 19 May – Kudler argued that wholesalers and technology providers had too much control over what independent

RAJA Group CEO Danièle Kapel-Marcovici has been a busy woman lately – or probably more accurately, a bit busier than she usually is. In the past few weeks, she has been crisscrossing Europe for what she describes as her “one-woman show”, hosting numerous conferences at the various group subsidiaries dotted around the continent. Her latest

Jordan Kudler, President and COO at New York dealership Legacy Workplace Solutions and the current Chairman of Independent Suppliers Group (ISG), has highlighted some key issues he believes are holding back the independent reseller community in the US. In his latest Chairman’s Corner letter to the ISG membership, Kudler argues that the independent dealer community