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Hear the latest news, interviews and analysis from the business supplies industry hosted by OPI, the leading media organisation for the international office products sector.
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100 EpisodenTom Tedford - ACCO Brands
Leading office and business products vendor ACCO Brands recently reported its 2024 earnings.
A few days after those results were published, OPI...
Kristy Howe – Safco
OPI has just published its latest Influential Women in the Business Products Industry list.
One of those featured is Kristy Howe, SVP at US work...
Podcast: 30 years at OPI with Steve Hilleard
January 2025 marks Steve Hilleard’s 30th anniversary at OPI.
To celebrate the occasion, Steve is the subject of the Big Interview in the forthco...
Ian Kirton, PBS Global Solutions
PBS Global Solutions (PGS) is a subsidiary of PBS Holding. It was formed following PBS’s acquisition of the former Staples Global Accounts Team in 202...
Brother inkjet remanufacturing
A few weeks ago, Brother announced it was the first print OEM to begin the remanufacturing of inkjet cartridges.
To find out more, OPI Talk spok...
Office supplies and back-to-school trends with Circana
Market research firm Circana tracks the office supplies category (excluding janitorial, breakroom and storage) at leading US bricks-and-mortar and onl...
Lyreco France: Gearing up for the Games
In its capacity as an Official Supporter of the Paris 2024 Olympics, Lyreco France is delivering tens of thousands of items of office furniture to doz...
GSA Commercial Platforms: Pacific Ink and Glass Commerce
In March 2024, the US General Services Administration awarded contracts for its Commercial Platforms Programme. Along with household names Amazon Busi...
ACCO Brands CEO Tom Tedford discusses 2023 results and recent developments
Leading consumer and business products vendor ACCO Brands recently reported its 2023 financials.
In this episode of OPI Talk, Andy Braithwaite c...
OPI Talk at Ambiente 2024
A series of interviews from the show floor at Ambiente 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Mega consumer products show Ambiente took place in the German...
Mike Gentile, Independent Suppliers Group (ISG)
OPI catches up with Mike Gentile shortly before he steps down as CEO of leading US dealer group ISG.
Earlier this year, Mike Gentile announced h...
Discussing sustainability with Mondi UFP
If you are an OPI subscriber, you should have seen or even received the latest issue of OPI magazine, which is our annual Green Thinking issue.
...
James Rodgers, Independent Suppliers Group (ISG)
OPI’s first chance to speak with incoming ISG CEO James Rodgers.
It’s all change at the top of ISG, the biggest business products dealer group i...
Ken Sweder, CEO BradyIFS + Envoy Solutions
OPI Talk speaks to Ken Sweder following the closing of the transaction that has brought together leading US facilities and jan/san distributors BradyI...
All you need to know about the OPI Global Forum 2023
Andy Braithwaite is joined by OPI Director Janet Bell to look at the upcoming OPI Global Forum taking place in Chicago.
It promises to be anothe...
Boris Elisman’s final OPI Talk podcast as CEO of ACCO Brands.
On 9 August, ACCO Brands CEO Boris Elisman announced he would be retiring as CEO of the company effective 1 October, with COO Tom Tedford stepping up...
The heat is on
As the US state of Arizona sweltered in temperatures exceeding 110°F (43°C), OPI Talk spoke to Ian Wist, General Manager of leading independent dealer...
Half-year update from Acme’s Walter Johnsen
OPI Talk catches up with Acme United CEO Walter Johnsen following the release of the company’s Q2 earnings.
Johnsen gives his take on a number o...
Interaction’s sustainable journey
Jan Van Belleghem on why sustainability is core to the development of Interaction’s Q-Connect brand.
European distributor alliance Interaction r...
Sam Moncada of COPA, the Canadian Office Products Association
This episode of OPI Talk takes us to Canada, where we catch up with COPA President Sam Moncada.
Sam tells OPI about a recent training initiative...
Free previews from keynote speakers at OPI’s European Forum 2023
The OPI European Forum is taking place in Amsterdam from 22-24 May 2023, but you can listen now to three of its keynote presenters.
In this epis...
The potential of data-driven cleaning with Tork’s Nancy Farrell
With cleaning and hygiene taking on even greater importance since the COVID pandemic, one way of driving productivity and efficiency gains is through...
Podcast: Walter Johnsen, Acme United
OPI Talk spoke to Acme United CEO Walter Johnsen shortly after the supplier’s FY2022 earnings conference call.
Johnsen gives his frank assessmen...
Podcast: ACCO Brands CEO Boris Elisman
OPI Talk spoke with Boris Elisman straight after ACCO’s FY2022 earnings conference call.
Last Thursday, 24 February, ACCO Brands published its Q...
Podcast: Beth Wright of Fellowes
The March 2023 issue of OPI magazine will feature the inaugural Influential Women in the Business Products World list.
To mark the occasion, the...
Kim Leazer & Beth Freeman, FSI Office
OPI Talk speaks to mother and daughter duo Kim Leazer and Beth Freeman, part of the leadership team at family-owned US independent dealer FSI Office.<...
OPI Talk meets NAOPA 2022 winner Charlie Kennedy
In the final OPI Talk podcast of 2022, Andy Braithwaite catches up with Charlie Kennedy, winner of the Professional of the Year prize at the 2022 Nort...
OPI’s 2022 round-up and 2023 predictions
OPI CEO Steve Hilleard and News Editor Andy Braithwaite take a look back at the main business products stories from 2022 and make some predictions on...
Langstane - still evolving after 75 years
Leading Scottish independent dealer Langstane has been celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2022.
To mark that occasion, and to find out how Lang...
A look at the latest US school and office supplies trends with NPD
In this episode of OPI Talk, NPD’s Leen Nsouli discusses the back-to-school (BTS) season and year-to-date performance of the office supplies sector in...
The frictionless online customer experience
This week’s OPI Talk features Paddy Donnelly and Dave Bent, Group CEO and President North America respectively at ES Tech Group.
OPI’s H...
Market share opportunities in Australia
The board of Australian dealer group Office Choice recently approved a new strategic plan. Therefore, it seemed like an opportune moment for a catch-u...
Q2 catch-up with ACCO’s Boris Elisman
A closer look at ACCO Brands’ Q2 2022 performance with the company’s CEO Boris Elisman.
ACCO Brands reported its second quarter 2022 earnings on...
The breakroom goes high-tech
Vending firm Selecta now refers to itself as a ‘food tech company’ after repositioning itself in the workplace food and beverage space.
In this...
The 135-year-old start-up
Writing instruments vendor uniball recently announced a rebrand of its operations in North America to uni.
As the company’s President Mike Parke...
Brushing off a “dusty” industry
Lyreco Germany’s Falko Köhler is making something of a name for himself in the business products industry.
Following an impressive appearance at...
Tackling dealer challenges in Italy
The guest on this episode of OPI Talk is Adriano Alessio, Managing Director of the country’s last remaining B2B independent dealer group, In Ufficio.<...
Reinvigorating South Africa’s office products trade association
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 pr...
Update on the European aftermarket imaging supplies channel
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 t...
Broadening horizons
Our guest in this episode of OPI Talk is Jeanette Bresitz, Managing Director of UK dealer group Office Friendly.
OPI’s Heike Dieckmann spoke to...