Office Products Retail & Distribution Industry Overview

Companies that retail and/or distribute office products, including office furniture, fixtures, and supplies.

Summary

Office supply closets around the world would be pretty bare without these companies. The office products retail and distribution industry plays an important role in helping businesses do business by providing a wide array of office supplies to enterprises large and small.

The retail sector, accounting for more than $300 billion in sales, is dominated by well known superstore chains Staples, Office Depot, and OfficeMax.

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Consolidation

In the last decade, the economies of scale possible for large distributors with a sophisticated computerized inventory and order system have almost driven out midsized distributors. Small distributors still survive because of their high level of service.

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• ABI Office Furniture
• Acratod of Austin, Inc.
• AFD Contract Furniture Inc.

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Hoover's has developed its own industry classifications to better serve its customers. These classifications are mapped to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the older U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The Office Products Retail & Distribution maps to a number of NAICS codes including:

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• Business Technology Association
  
• National Retail Federation
  
• Office Products Wholesalers Association
  

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