Office Depot
Office Depot is a global supplier of office products and services. The company has a presence in North America and Europe. Through direct mail catalogs, Internet portals and joint venture agreements, the company sells its products in about 21 countries.
Office Depot's business activities are organized in three main divisions: North American Retail, Business Services Group, and International Group.
The North American Retail division sells a selection of merchandise, including brand name and private label office supplies (under the Office Depot brand), business machines and computers, computer software, office furniture and other business-related products and services through the Office Depot chain of high-volume office supply stores. Most stores also contain a multipurpose copy and print center offering printing, reproduction, mailing, shipping, and other services. The company's North American Retail division operates 969 office supply stores in 49 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. The largest concentration of the retail stores is in California, Texas and Florida.
The Business Services Group provides office supplies and services to businesses of large and medium size. These are provided through catalog and contract operations. The group, after its merger with Viking Office Products, also sells branded and private label products and services through direct sales, catalogs, and via the Internet. The division's direct customers order products using Office Depot and Viking brand catalogs and through Office Depot (officedepot.com), Viking (vikingop.com) and technology purchases (techdepot.com) websites.
The company's International Group division sells office products and services in 21 countries outside the United States and Canada through direct mail catalogs, a contract sales force, Internet sites, retail stores (in France, Japan, Spain and Hungary), and through international joint venture and licensing agreements. The International Group also serves customers through 78 company-owned stores, and 153 additional stores operated under licensing and joint venture agreements.