Office Depot, Inc. Names Veteran Technology Channel Executive to Lead Copy, Print and Tech Services

Office Depot, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODP), a leading provider of office products, services, and solutions, today announced that Janet Schijns, a veteran channel executive from Verizon, has joined the company in the newly created role of senior vice president, services – copy, print and tech.

Schijns will lead the strategy for copy, print and tech services, focusing on execution and growth. She will also oversee the company’s regional print production facilities to support large scale printing capabilities and the delivery needs of business customers.

“Within our portfolio of service offerings, copy, print and tech services are positioned for the largest growth opportunity,” said Troy Rice, president of retail for Office Depot, Inc. “Janet’s extensive experience and proven record of driving superior business results and leading transformations make her the absolute right fit for this role. We are more than pleased to welcome her to Office Depot.”

While at Verizon, Schijns was responsible for driving customer growth and increasing revenue through Verizon’s enterprise, commercial and government channels. As a member of the business markets executive leadership team, she designed and executed on business unit growth strategy; created and developed go-to-market resources and led the partner ecosystem, as well as the execution plan. Prior to Verizon, Schijns was vice president of global channels at Motorola, and also ran a high-tech channel sales consulting firm.

“It’s an exciting time to join Office Depot and an extraordinary opportunity for me to utilize my go-to-market, program, supply chain, technology and channels skills to achieve significant growth for copy, print and tech services,” said Schijns. “With businesses burgeoning across the country, Office Depot is at the epicenter of what they need to succeed.”
http://investor.officedepot.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=94746&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2288451

Related Posts

Booksellers Respond to Book Challenges and Bans (publishersweekly.com)

On the closing day of the American Booksellers Association Winter Institute 2023, a keynote and idea exchange tackled book banning and other threats to the freedom to read. Stories of outrage were easy to come by: booksellers report going uninvited to book fairs, moving children’s books off tables occupied by general “adult” titles, or second-guessing whether to host Drag Queen Story Time. But solutions were in shorter supply. Booksellers are frustrated with schools’ and libraries’ capitulations to uninformed book challenges, despite understanding the fears of harassment and violence driving those chilling decisions. ABA chief communications officer Ray Daniels moderated a panel that included Gender Queer author Maia Kobabe, Rediscovered Books co-owner Laura DeLaney, Green Feather Book Company proprietor Heather Hall, and Kendrick Washington, director of policy at the ACLU of Washington. “I have had a wild ride over the past couple of years,” said Kobabe, whose memoir tops the American Library Association’s list of 10 most-challenged books. “I have seen a rise of book sales, but I think most of those sales are to adults and people who listen to NPR. People in book deserts are the ones missing out. We shouldn’t have to have a lawsuit in every single school district just to have the books in schools and libraries. It’s such a drain on resources.”

Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports October Sales Results

Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $17.73 billion for the retail month of October, the four weeks ended October 30, 2022, an increase of 7.7 percent from $16.47 billion last year. For the nine weeks ended October 30, 2022, the Company reported net sales of $39.19 billion, an increase of 9.0 percent from $35.97 billion last year.

Book Manufacturing Outlook: Time for Clarity and Communication (piworld.com)

The book printing market is experiencing high levels of demand and a continued resurgence among consumers for physical books. While a good problem to have, it could be a problem nonetheless as we move into 2023. Kevin Spall, senior VP at Scholastic, offers a perspective on this from the publishing side, explaining: “Publishers are full, having overbought because demand was high and capacity was low. We bought inventory to be prepared. And now, as demand softens, we still have inventory. The need to reprint is less certainly than it was a year ago when the demand was just starting to spike, and those are not issues that are going to go away quickly.” Demand has soared in 2022, according to the Book Manufacturers Institute’s (BMI) "State of the Book Industry 2022” report. The printed book market remains on an upward trajectory, continuing to build on the momentum of 2020, when COVID-19 kept people at home and interest in reading surged.
Back To Top
×Close search
Search