OfficeMax is the biggest, now it has to prove it's the best

Authors :: Troy, Mike
Source :: Discount Store News. Nov 17, 1997, Vol. 36 Issue 22, p31, 5 p.
Publication Year :: 1997
Abstract: OfficeMax is planning to further expand its presence in both domestic and international home and small office supply markets in 1997 and 1998. The retailer is planning to implement innovative merchandising strategies and reorganize its management team to further boost its profitability and competitiveness. OfficeMax stores operate on a store-within-a-store concept and conduct business in 260 markets in 48 states and Puerto Rico.<br />CLEVELAND -- If OfficeMax chairman and ceo Michael Feuer comes across as smug, who can blame him? The chain he founded two years after the first Staples and Office Depot [...]