OFFICE 1 Indonesia opens 5th store

19 December 2012 Indonesia

OFFICE 1 Indonesia has recently launched its store number 5, a 200 sqm outlet, located on the Ground Floor of Artha Gading Mall in Jakarta Utara.

The grand opening event, held on November 30^th, was attended by representatives from some of the most respected national print, TV and online Media, local business owners, as well as the U.S. Commercial Attaché in the country.

Since its launching day, the new store has been offering special discounts, vouchers, and free gifts to its business and individual customers for the entire month of December, thus resulting in the second most successful opening event after the 1500 sqm store in Living World Mall Alam Sutera in 2011.

For more photos from the new OFFICE 1 store in Indonesia, please visit the OFFICE 1 International Facebook page.

OFFICE 1 Buyers at the 112th Canton Fair in China

20 November 2012 China

For a 2^nd year in a row OFFICE 1 buyers attended China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, whose last session was held between October 15^th and November 4^th 2012 in Guangzhou, China.

Exhibitors from all over the world participated and a total of 188,145 visitors and buyers attended the Fair. Although it was reported that the number of participants and turnover fell around 10 % compared to the previous spring session, the percentage of returned visitors rose over 8 %, which underlines the great commercial value of the event.

OFFICE 1 International team members representing the OFFICE 1 China Export department visited the fair accompanied by buying teams from OFFICE 1 Indonesia.

This year’s visit was driven by the intent of OFFICE 1 International to expand its product assortment, distributed from China, as well as to offer its master franchisees, joint venture partners and distributors better purchasing terms and costs.

The company has developed and exports a product mix of two thousand high quality OEM products as well as items branded by some of the leading China manufacturers. 

OFFICE 1 Philippines Expands

08 October 2012 Philippines

OFFICE 1 Philippines marks its expansion to a new area outside of Metro Manila with the launch of its store number 11.

The latest outlet is conveniently located on the Ground Floor of the Walter Mart Center – Makiling in Calamba City, Laguna, a popular tourist destination and modern industrial center.

This is the third OFFICE 1 store launched in the country this year. As a standard, it will offer the full range of quality products and services to all individual and business customers.

For more information about the other OFFICE 1 stores in the Philippines, please visit www.office1.ph. 

OFFICE 1 Ecommerce Site Launches in the Czech Republic

25 September 2012

OFFICE 1 International Joint Venture with Micos, spol. s r.o. recently launched its E-commerce website – www.office1.cz. This is the third of the OFFICE 1 JV Partner Program focusing on online trade in developed markets.

The e-shop features the latest trends in design and functionality offering Czech consumers the convenience of online shopping with fast and free delivery of orders over 1200 CZK (49€) as well as secure online payment through PayU, the leading operator of online payments in the Czech Republic.

The website offers a large assortment of 14000 SKU’s. at unbeatable prices.

Please go to: www.office1.cz to preview the new website.

OFFICE 1 New E-shop Launch in Greece

13 August 2012

Despite the economic and political crisis in Greece rocking the country the OFFICE 1’s Master Franchisee, Office One Hellas SA has managed not only to survive during these tough times, but to grow.

The company recently launched a brand new e-commerce website to complement its retail operation. Featuring the latest design and functionality improvements, the OFFICE 1 e-shop will offer a wide selection of quality office products to consumers and corporate customers who will benefit from the convenience of placing online orders quickly and securely, without leaving their homes or offices.

For more information about the new OFFICE 1 Greece e-shop, kindly visit www.office1.gr.

Back to School Season is Coming

24 July 2012

One of the most important retail events of the year, the Back to School season is approaching. For this occasion OFFICE 1 marketing department has recently created a set of very attractive materials for all OFFICE 1 master franchisees and partners.

The marketing materials include a new design and arrangement of a promotional flyer, a poster, as well as a rich collection of banners for online advertising.

These materials and many more are available in OFFICE 1’s Marketing Library which main purpose is to give to all master franchisees and partners access to a huge source of various OFFICE 1 materials created around the world.

Mark Baccash outlines the OFFICE 1 E-commerce Program to

14 June 2012

Mark Baccash, OFFICE 1 International’s CEO, recently shared with “Visions & Trends”, a global stationery and office products publication, some of OFFICE 1’s forthcoming plans. The interview focused on web franchising concept which was developed to capitalize on the fast-growing ecommerce segment.

For more details about the interview, kindly follow the link: http://www.office1international.com/Mark_Baccash_Interview.

OFFICE 1 Master Franchisees Conference 2012

04 May 2012

The OFFICE 1 annual Global Conference took place on April, 27^th in Rome, Italy. It was attended by master franchisees and joint venture partners from ten countries in Africa, Asia and Europe.

The theme of this year’s Conference, organized and hosted with the logistics support of OFFICE 1 Italy, was “The New Office 1 and the New Age of e-commerce.” Conferees were updated on the latest developments and improvements of the OFFICE 1 E-commerce platform, already running in eight countries and were updated on some of the newest developments at OFFICE 1 such as its newly formed and fully staffed e-commerce Division, the Web Associates Program, Store in Store concept, and the new CES program (Corporate E-Solutions Services).

This conference was an opportunity for all OFFICE 1 team members to get updated, meet with each other and exchange views and experiences from all over the world. The conference ended with a dinner at a venue near the Pantheon which ended up late into the night after much toasts and libations.

Following the conference, there are firm plans for expansion of the OFFICE 1 E-commerce platform in Turkey, Czech Republic, Libya and Indonesia.

For more pictures from the Conference please go to the OFFICE 1 International fan page on Facebook.

OFFICE 1`s Director European Operations Promoted to Managing Director Worldwide

24 April 2012 International

Mr. Radostin Kirilov, who has been with OFFICE 1 for 11 years, most recently as Director European Operations, has just been promoted to the newly created position of Managing Director Worldwide at the European Headquarters of OFFICE 1 International.

Mr. Kirilov started his career as Store Manager in 2001 at OFFICE 1 Bulgaria. Three years later he joined OFFICE 1 International as Marketing Coordinator.

His promotion to Managing Director Worldwide is a recognition for his contribution to the growth of OFFICE 1 in launching many countries with innumerable stores during his tenure. In his new function, Radostin will be responsible for OFFICE 1’s global marketing and operations activities while also managing its investments in the Ecommerce Joint Ventures in France, Germany and the Czech Republic.

This promotion specifically recognizes his leadership and accomplishments in the transformation of OFFICE 1 from a retailer based company to a future oriented one deeply focused on Ecommerce and fully capable of assisting and supporting the company’s master franchisees and partners as they compete and gain recognition in the new Ecommerce environment. 

Mark Baccash in Top 100 OP Resellers 2012

18 April 2012

Every year OPI Magazine publishes a list of the Top 100 executives from leading resellers, wholesalers and dealer groups in the office products world. OPI’s goal is to reflect trends in this industry as well as to highlight the key players who influence the OP market.  

OFFICE 1 International’s CEO, Mark Baccash, has shared this honor for the 5^th year running. Please take a look at this featured article from OPI Magazine. The full list can be downloaded from the OPI website.