Navigating South Africa’s choppy waters
Economic problems, social unrest, spiralling unemployment, corruption scandals, and then COVID. You might be forgiven for thinking that running a business supplies dealer group in South Africa was a t...
1 Okt 202126min
Office coffee and hybrid working
OPI Talk speaks with Beth Langley, Out-of-Home Director for Nespresso Professional in the UK & Ireland. Beth Langley joined Nespresso Professional at the beginning of 2021 – certainly an ‘interesting’...
24 Sep 202120min
Collaboration and change with Mike Gentile
The Big Interview in the special 30th anniversary issue of OPI – which will be published shortly – is none other than Mike Gentile, CEO of Independent Suppliers Group (ISG), the US’s – and the world’s...
17 Sep 202123min
AOPD members focusing on growth
With 68 independent dealer members throughout the US, AOPD is an important player in the business products national accounts arena, both for the public and private sectors. In this episode of OPI Talk...
10 Sep 202130min
Chewing the fat with Bill Cardone
The Business Solutions Association in the US recently named TOPS Products’ Bill Cardone as this year’s recipient of its Lifetime Achievement award. Cardone has been involved in business products sales...
3 Sep 202137min
Back-to-school 2021 – how’s it shaping up?
With 2020’s important back-to-school (BTS) season hit by COVID restrictions and school closures, there are hopes that 2021 will see something of a return to normal. Whether that will now be the case –...
27 Aug 202120min
Messe Frankfurt gearing up for in-person trade shows
With Paperworld set to return as a physical event in January 2022, OPI catches up with Messe Frankfurt’s Julia Uherek. You don’t need us to tell you that the business products events calendar has been...
20 Aug 202128min
S.P. Richards – 12 months on (part 2)
Tune in to this episode of OPI Talk to hear the second part of our interview with Yancey Jones and Mike Maggio of US wholesaler S.P. Richards (SPR). Following on from the previous episode, Yancey and ...
13 Aug 202114min
