HP Purchasing Programs Will Be Discontinued

United Stationers & Azerty will retire the Follow the Supplies program effective April 30. Current SPIFFs, which are listed here, will be paid on sales through April 30, 2008. After that date, the program will officially end. United Stationers & Azerty have made the decision to retire this program to mirror the retirement of the HPUpgrade and Save promotion. Make the Upgrade and Save also will officially come to an end on April 30. At this time there are no plans to renew the program. Your customers need to take advantage of these upgrade rebates before the program terminates on April 30. Be on the lookout for more information regarding new and exciting promotions from United Stationers & Azerty.

Green Training Can Pave the Way
For Sales Growth

With the whole green movement on its way to becoming the hottest trend of 2008 and possibly the decade, you don’t want to miss this valuable opportunity to expand your knowledge of green product and markets at United Stationers upcoming Green Training Seminars. Training starts May 6 in Minneapolis and winds down July 17 in Atlanta. In between training will hit another 14 cities across the country. Click here for a full training schedule. Contact your account manager to sign up for training at your earliest convenience.

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Check Out Alera at NeoCon This June

United Stationers is committed to providing greater value to the business consumer and greater profit opportunities to dealers. One of the best ways to accomplish both is when dealers sell Alera furniture. Alera fits so well into so many office environments, making the potential market enormous and the complete offering including casegoods, seating, storage products and wire shelving makes Alera the perfect choice. You can see the Alera line for yourself at United’s NeoCon exhibit – 7th floor, Booth 7062 – June 9 – 11 at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. You can find more information on Alera here.

2008 Closeout Sale Offers Great Pricing

Our 2008 Closeout Sale started on April 1 and runs through May 31. It features great deals on discontinued furniture, ink and toner, filing, school supplies and more. Now there are two way to announce these incredible deals to your customers – Lined Out List Price and Consumer pieces. A Dealer Net Pricer is also available. Further details, including pricing, are available on the Resellers Classified Zone – click here. And return to the Classified Zone soon for an update inventory list. You don’t want to miss out on these great deals – be sure to act fast as supplies are limited.

Dennis Miller to
Headline Vision 2009

Dennis Miller, five-time Emmy award winner for his half-hour talk show "Dennis Miller Live," will be the featured entertainer for United Stationers’ Vision 2009 National Dealer Forum, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008, in Orlando. Miller first gained recognition as host of "Weekend Update" on "Saturday Night Live." Since then he also wrote and starred in the Emmy-nominated cable comedy special "Raw Feed," was the host and executive producer of CNBC's "Dennis Miller," and has appeared on many politically oriented television talk shows. Click here for a preliminary look at Vision 2009.

United's New Orlando Facility Opens Monday

United's new state-of-the art Orlando, FL, Distribution Center officially opens on Monday. The 400,000 square-foot facility, which also includes LagasseSweet, will replace the existing Tampa and Jacksonville facilities. Customers serviced by those DC's will be transitioned to Orlando over the next several months. This fact sheet provides details, including address & phone information, key dates, and facility code information. A series of mailings have been going out to local customers; nationwide dealers are being notified that the new facility is open for NED shipments via OfficeLine OnLine.

What can we
do for you?
97% of customers remain with the reseller who originally signed them up for PurchasEdge. And, on average, customers who join the program increase their HP supplies purchases at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 36.5%. Visit the Web site to learn more about the latest member promotions.

When independent office products
dealers want to grow, they turn to software from ECi. Whether growth means adding new accounts or boosting the bottom line with improved operational control, ECi has solutions for dealers of every size and business model. Support for additional lines of business like furniture, equipment and jan/san; employees with practical industry experience; customer involvement in development — these are just a few of the reasons why more dealers rely on ECi software than all other industry-specific software packages combined.

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