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2006
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- Sales of $15 billion
- 50,000 employees
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2005
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- Steve Odland appointed Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
- Named Official Office Products Partner of NASCAR
- Relaunched the Taking Care of Business tagline
- First global office supply Company to be included in
the FTSE4Good U.S. and Global Indexes
- Received "Outstanding Retailer" award from
International Council of Shopping Centers and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
- Opened 1,000th store
- Listed on Companies That Care Honor Roll
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2004
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- First
M2 format store opened in Venice, FL, June 30
- Neil
Austrian appointed interim Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Partnered
with Conservation International, NatureServe and The Nature Conservancy
in establishing the Forest & Biodiversity Conservation Alliance
- Launched
first free, nationwide in-store electronics recycling program and free,
in-store cell phone and rechargable battery recycling program in all
stores in the U.S. and Canada
- Released
the industry's first independently audited Environmental Stewardship
Report; first in industry to establish annual quantified environmental
performance goals
- State
of Florida, Office of Supplier Diversity- Corporation of the Year.
- Hispanic
Network Magazine: Supplier Diversity, Best of the Best list (Nov/Dec
2004 issue)
- U.S.
Chamber of Commerce Center for Corporate Citizenship honors Office Depot
for Corporate Stewardship
- Powered
20 retail stores with renewable "Green Power" to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions
- Listed
on Companies That Care Honor Roll
- Sales
of $13.6 billion
- 969
stores in North America
- 47,000
employees
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2003
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- Acquired
Guilbert S. A., a leading European contract stationer. Acquisition
doubled the size of the Company's European business
- First
office supply superstore to offer fully-functional and comprehensive
Spanish website
- Number
two global online retailer with sales of $2.6 billion
- Launched
Magellan, the most ambitious supply chain initiative in the
Company's history
- Unveiled
exclusive Christopher Lowell line of furniture and accessories, first in
the industry to develop exclusive line
- Office
for the Environment and Environmental Paper Procurement Policy
established; Environmental Auditing and Verification policy for paper
products released
- Envirocopy
recycled paper receives environmental certification from Green Seal
- Implemented
Ink and Toner Recycling program in stores nationwide
- Introduced
"Green Book" Catalog
- Expanded
Vendor Diversity Program to include internal procurement and re-launched
the process as Supply Chain Diversity
- Women's
Business Enterprise National Council - Applause Award
- BusinessWeek magazine listed Office
Depot among the top corporate philanthropists in the U.S. on the basis of its in-kind donations
- Sales
of $12.4 billion
- 900
stores in North America
- 46,000
employees
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2002
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- $2.1
billion in worldwide e-commerce sales
- Launched
Web Café, an online, small-business seminar series
- Began
Viking Direct catalog/direct mail operations in Switzerland, Spain and Portugal
- Expanded
into Central America with new retail stores in Guatemala and Costa Rico through a joint licensing agreement
- Sold
Australian operations
- Sponsorship
of 2002 and 2004 U.S. Olympic Team announced
- Won
naming rights for the sports and entertainment center in Sunrise, FL. Office Depot Center became the official home of the NHL Florida Panthers
- Superintendent
Award - SHOPA Foundation for Educational Excellence
- Partnership
Award - American Red Cross
- Corporation
of the Year Award - Florida Minority Supplier Development Council
- Advocate
of the Year - Florida Regional Minority Business Council
- E.V.I.E.
award for corporate best practices - Professional & Business Forum
(2002)
- In the
2002 Mercury Awards competition, Office Depot received Gold Awards for
its 2002 Great Place to Work Campaign and for its fundraising campaign
for City of Hope.
- Sales
of $11.4 billion
- 861
Stores in North America
- 43,000
employees
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2001
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- Acquired
4Sure.com
- $1.6
billion in worldwide e-commerce sales
- Smart
Business Magazine. OD was ranked in "Smart Business 50" for the second
consecutive year.
- CIO
Magazine -
Winner of Annual Enterprise Value Award
- First
annual Success Strategies Conference for women business owners
- Women's
Business Enterprise National Council - named Office Depot as one of America's
Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises, still listed as
of 2005
- Florida Regional Minority Business
Council -
President's Award
- Office
Depot partnered with Gifts In Kind to launch nationwide product donation
program
- Inaugurated
National Backpack Program providing free backpacks filled with school
supplies to underprivileged children
- Sales
of $11.2 billion
- 859
stores in North America
- 45,000
employees
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2000
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- Bruce
Nelson appointed Chief Executive Officer
- Office
Depot entered European contract stationer market with launch of the
European Business Services Division
- Adopted
strong commitment to corporate values of Respect for the Individual,
Fanatical Customer Service and Excellence in Execution.
- CIO
Magazine designated OD as the top-rated retail Company in the magazine's
annual Enterprise Value Award, which honors the Company's powerful use
of technology, technology innovation and industry leadership.
- Information
Week selected OD as the top-rated retail Company in the magazine's 2000
list of the most innovative users of information technology in the US.
- PC
Computing recognized OD as the online retailing leader and ranked the
Company first on the magazine's Business E-shopping list for office
supplies.
- Initiated
"5% Back to Schools" Program
- Launched
National Vendor Diversity Program
- DIV2000.com,
a leading internet business portal, named OD as one of the top 50 US
corporations dedicated to serving woman and minority-owned businesses,
still listed as of 2004.
- Sales
of $11.6 billion
- 888
stores in North America
- 48,000
employees
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1999
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- Sales
exceed $10 billion, first in office supply industry to reach this
milestone
- Launched
first international website in March
- Business
Services Group Sales surpassed $3 billion
- Domestic
internet sales of close to $350 million
- Office
Depot is included S&P 500 listing in June
- Internet
Retailer - Office Depot ranked "Top 25 of the Web"
- Fortune
Magazine - Office Depot named as one of "10 Companies that Get
It"
- PC
Computing ranks OD 10th in "Best 100, Top 10 Business to Business
Companies"
- Entrepreneur
Magazine - OD named in the "100 Top Web Sites for
Entrepreneurs"
- CIO
Magazine - Office Depot named in "Web Business 50/50"
- Sales
of $10.3 billion
- 825
stores in North America
- 48,000
employees
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1998
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- Merged
with Viking Office Products, the leading direct marketer of office
products in Europe and Australia
- The
Company's International Division operates under both the Office Depot
and Viking brand names. By end of year, the Company owned and operated
15 stores in France and had 72 Office Depot locations in Colombia, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Poland and Thailand through joint venture or
international licensing agreements
- Under
the Viking Office Products brand, the Company has direct mail and
delivery operations in Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
- Over
$1 billion in international sales
- Over
100 new store openings in North America, highest in the Company's
history
- North
American Retail stores sales exceed $5 billion
- Launched
public website officedepot.com in January
- Office
Depot's public website receives several prestigious Internet awards in
its first year, including CIO Web Business 50/50, the Retail Network
Innovation and Biz Rate Buyers Best Gold awards
- E-commerce
sales totaled $66.5 million
- Sales
of nearly $9 billion (8.99)
- 702
stores in North America
- 44,000
employees
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1997
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- Office
Depot remains the largest supplier of office products in the world
- Continued
international expansion by opening 21 new locations. Ended year with 45
international locations in eight countries, excluding the United States and Canada
- Designed
the first public website to offer customers the convenience of
"point and click" for all their office supplies needs
- Dilbert
TM introduced as new print and
broadcasting icon to be used in the Company's newspaper ads and inserts,
catalogs, direct mail pieces, television commercials and online website
- Sales
of $6.7 billion
- 602
stores in North America
- 35,000
employees
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1996
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- 10th
Anniversary
- Announced
plans to open the first Office Depot stores in Japan under a joint venture agreement
- Pioneered
our first B2B e-commerce site
- Sales
of $6 billion
- 570
stores in North America
- 31,000
employees
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1995
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- Leader
in the office products industry
- 500th
store opened in North America
- Opened
stores in Mexico and Poland
- Continued
international expansion by signing joint venture agreement to open
stores in France and sign international licensing agreement to open
store in Thailand
- Established
Office Depot's Business Services Division
- Sponsored
the First Office Depot Father & Son Challenge, a nationally
televised golf tournament. Official sponsor of the U.S. Volleyball Team
- Introduced
Arnold Palmer as the Company's spokesperson
- Introduced
a Regional Vendor Diversity Initiative
- Sales
of $5.3 billion
- 501
stores in North America
- 30,000
employees
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1994
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- Acquired
six additional contract stationers in North America
- Commenced
international expansion beyond North America by opening licensed Office
Depot stores in Israel and Colombia.
- Announced
retail joint venture agreement in Mexico and licensing agreement in Poland
- Launched
sports and event marketing programs around the country
- Company
raised more than $1 million for Junior Achievement, the Leukemia Society
of America and the March of Dimes
- Sales
of $4.3 billion
- 420
stores in North America
- 26,000
employees
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1993
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- Entered
the contract stationer business via the acquisition of two leading
contract stationers: Wilson Stationery & Printing Company and
Eastman Office Products Corporation
- Miami
Herald names Office Depot the Company of the Year in April
- Adopted
corporate social responsibility program
- Established
Office Depot Foundation to assist employees and members of the community
at large in times of extreme hardship
- Sales
of $2.6 billion
- 351
stores in North America
- 20,000
employees
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1992
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- Office
Depot expanded operations in North America by acquiring The Great
Canadian Office Supplies Warehouse Chain
- Industry
leader in total sales, number of stores, and net earnings
- Sales
of $1.7 billion
- 284
stores in North America
- 11,000
employees
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1991
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- Office
Club merger completed in April
- Office
Depot is the largest office products retailer in North America
- Office
Depot listed on the NYSE under the symbol "ODP"
- Sales
of $1.3 billion
- 228
stores in 29 states
- 9,000
employees
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1990
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- Merger
with Office Club, Inc., signed on Dec. 20, 1990
- Office
Depot private label credit card introduced
- 100th
store opened in Sept.
- Personal
computers and peripherals added to merchandise assortment
- Extensive
line of recycled paper products introduced, initiating Company's
environmental focus
- First
delivery center opened
- Sales
of $626 million
- 122
stores in 19 states
- 5,600
employees as of February 28, 1990
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1989
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- Sales
of $315 million
- 67
stores in 12 states
- 3,500
employees
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1988
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- Initial
public offering of common stock completed on June 1, 1988. Listed on the NASDAQ under the symbol "ODEP"
- Employee
Stock Option Plan adopted
- Sales
of $132 million
- 26
stores in seven states
- 1,600
employees
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1987
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- David
I. Fuente appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Sales
of $34 million
- 10
stores in Florida and Georgia
- 800
employees
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1986
|
- Office
Depot Inc., founded in Florida by Pat Sher, Jack Kopkin and Stephen
Dougherty
- Opened
first store in Fort Lauderdale, FL in October
- Sales
of $2 million
- Three
stores in Florida
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