FY earnings follow-up with ACCO’s Boris Elisman
2021 was a record year for ACCO as its PowerA acquisition at the end of 2020 drove annual sales over the $2 billion mark for the first time. But it wasn’t just about PowerA. ACCO posted healthy compar...
18 Feb 202220min
Talking dealers and technology with ECI
OPI Talk speaks with Ben Jarvis, Product Manager at ECI Software Solutions. The stakes have never been higher for independent resellers to have robust technology tools for both customer-facing transac...
8 Feb 202226min
The Supply Room’s Source acquisition
Recently on the opi.net news service, we reported on the acquisition of leading US dealer Source Office & Technology by The Supply Room. OPI News Editor Andy Braithwaite caught up with Source founder ...
24 Jan 202218min
Selling business furniture during a pandemic
In the first OPI Talk podcast of 2022, we speak with Marcelo Podesta, President of US-based National Business Furniture. Prior to the recent news that Marcelo Podesta is to lead two of the three new b...
7 Jan 202222min
OPI Talk end of year podcast
In this final OPI Talk of 2021, OPI CEO Steve Hilleard and News Editor Andy Braithwaite discuss some of the main events and stories of the past year and look ahead to what we might expect in the busin...
17 Dec 202126min
Opportunities in the videoconferencing category
When you look at what products and services businesses will need to function efficiently in a hybrid working environment, then a fit-for-purpose audio and video communications system surely makes the ...
3 Dec 202138min
AF International’s green story
Desktop and surfaces cleaning specialist AF International believes that its longstanding commitment to the environment is its ‘best-kept secret’. In this episode of OPI Talk, Andy Braithwaite speaks t...
26 Nov 202122min
From the show floor at Industry Week (part 3)
The third and final podcast from the recent Industry Week ’21 in Orlando focuses on two key figures from the event’s organiser, Independent Suppliers Group. Chairman Jordan Kudler and CEO Mike Gentile...
22 Nov 202117min
