Stationery and Office Supplies in the UK is a fascinating business – not only does it supply excellent products which we all use on a daily basis but the speed of development of new ideas to improve your office efficiency is as amazing as the wonderful people who work in it.
The corporate side of the business is pretty exciting too – here’s a brief summary of the activity in the industry in the last 19 years:
Year Events
1991 First Issue of Office Products International Magazine
1992 Viking Stationery enters France; Staples launches in Germany
1993 Staples opens first UK store; Office Depot enters contract stationery Business
1994 Mark Baccash Launches Office 1 franchise operation, UK Office Products Dealer Group “Superstat” launched
1995 CE buys Australia’s number one dealer; Office Products International hosts first conference in Palm Springs
1996 Office Depot’s merger with Staples is aborted; Guilbert acquires W H Smith’s BSD
1997 Newall buys Rubbermaid; Dave Guernsey Creates BPGI
1998 USOP restructures; Staples buys Quill; Depot buys Viking; UK Office Products Dealer Group Superstat creates new “OfficeBiz” division
1999 Buhrmann buys CE; Office products wholesaler John Heath sold to Kingfield
Opi.net launched
2000 Bruce Nelson takes over as Office Depot chief replacing Dave Fuente
2001 USOP files for chapter 11; Lyreco opens in Japan; UK Office products wholesaler Spicers buys Plein Ciel
2002 Wall Marts office products sales reach $4.7 billion; Ampad files for Chapter 11
2003 Boise buys OfficeMax; Office Depot acquires Guilbert; Daisytek files for Chapter 11
2004 Bruce Nelson leaves Office Depot; Staples buys Hartford Office Supply and enters China
2005 Lyreco swoops for Ahrend; Staples buys Prime; Office Depot drops Viking in the USA
2006 Office Depot buys Allied Office Products; Burhmann enters Scandinavia through ATG
2007 Office Products wholesaler Kingfield Heath completes deal with ISA; Officeworks join Wesfarmers; UK Office Products dealer Group “Superstat” launches new division “Praxis” for office product dealers aligned to the stationery wholesaler VOW
2008 Staples buys CE
2009 UK office products wholesaler Vasanta is rescued from the verge of collapse; Superstat launches theSupermarketonline.com programme – a suite of ten niche office products ecommerce websites in the UK
2010 Eric Bigeard announces his departure from Lyreco; Sam Duncan plans to retire from Office Max; TheOfficeSuppliesSupermarket.com starts trading and quickly processes 1,000th office products orders
1991 First Issue of Office Products International Magazine
1992 Viking Stationery enters France; Staples launches in Germany
1993 Staples opens first UK store; Office Depot enters contract stationery Business
1994 Mark Baccash Launches Office 1 franchise operation, UK Office Products Dealer Group “Superstat” launched
1995 CE buys Australia’s number one dealer; Office Products International hosts first conference in Palm Springs
1996 Office Depot’s merger with Staples is aborted; Guilbert acquires W H Smith’s BSD
1997 Newall buys Rubbermaid; Dave Guernsey Creates BPGI
1998 USOP restructures; Staples buys Quill; Depot buys Viking; UK Office Products Dealer Group Superstat creates new “OfficeBiz” division
1999 Buhrmann buys CE; Office products wholesaler John Heath sold to Kingfield
Opi.net launched
2000 Bruce Nelson takes over as Office Depot chief replacing Dave Fuente
2001 USOP files for chapter 11; Lyreco opens in Japan; UK Office products wholesaler Spicers buys Plein Ciel
2002 Wall Marts office products sales reach $4.7 billion; Ampad files for Chapter 11
2003 Boise buys OfficeMax; Office Depot acquires Guilbert; Daisytek files for Chapter 11
2004 Bruce Nelson leaves Office Depot; Staples buys Hartford Office Supply and enters China
2005 Lyreco swoops for Ahrend; Staples buys Prime; Office Depot drops Viking in the USA
2006 Office Depot buys Allied Office Products; Burhmann enters Scandinavia through ATG
2007 Office Products wholesaler Kingfield Heath completes deal with ISA; Officeworks join Wesfarmers; UK Office Products dealer Group “Superstat” launches new division “Praxis” for office product dealers aligned to the stationery wholesaler VOW
2008 Staples buys CE
2009 UK office products wholesaler Vasanta is rescued from the verge of collapse; Superstat launches theSupermarketonline.com programme – a suite of ten niche office products ecommerce websites in the UK
2010 Eric Bigeard announces his departure from Lyreco; Sam Duncan plans to retire from Office Max; TheOfficeSuppliesSupermarket.com starts trading and quickly processes 1,000th office products orders
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