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Printerland exceeds £50 million revenue

The printer and consumables reseller is on course to hit a turnover record for the 2019 financial year. According to CRN, “the Manchester-based VAR has reported a revenue of £44 million ($56.4 million/€49.5 million) for its 2018 fiscal year, which was an increase of...

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Ricoh scores a double

The OEM announced last week that it has made two new acquisitions, LAC Corporation and MakeLeaps, Inc. LAC Corporation, explains Ricoh, is a company with unique inkjet technology that supports printing on three-dimensional surfaces e.g. on the sides of cars, trucks,...

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Intertec joins forces with Lexmark

Qatari printer and IT products distributor, Intertec Group, has announced the formation of a new partnership with Lexmark International. News of their new collaboration was broken at a recent customer event held in Doha, which was organised “for the benefit of channel...

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HP expands on CSR commitments

Following the recent announcement that it had signed up to the NextWave Plastics initiative, HP has been shedding further light on its sustainability efforts, as Plastics Today reports. The OEM’s Chief Supply Chain Officer, Stuart Pann, explained that HP had joined...

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China launches anticounterfeit legislation

China has rolled out new anticounterfeiting legislation which will place more responsibility on ecommerce sites like Alibaba and Pinduoduo. The legislation holds ecommerce platforms “jointly responsible for counterfeit goods sold by third parties on their site,” TBO...

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ECS expands with Hastings hiring

The South Yorkshire-based company has appointed Steven Hastings to its sales team in the role of Executive Account Manager, a move that ECS believes will “help them reach new heights.” Responding to what the company itself calls “an ever-increasing market demand...

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Sharp smashes mental health stigma

The OEM’s British subsidiary, Sharp Business Systems UK, has been training its employees in mental health first aid. Fifteen of the company’s employees completed the two-day course delivered by Mental Health First Aid England, reports Employee Benefits. The course is...

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Annodata boss becomes Kyocera CEO

Following Kyocera UK’s 2016 acquisition of Annodata, the OEM has now named Annodata’s helmsman, Rod Barthet, as its new CEO. As CRN reports, Kyocera acquired Annodata and Midshire Communications two years ago and says both companies have now been integrated into its...

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Toshiba awards Stargel Office Solutions

Stargel Office Solutions has announced that it has received the All Star Award from Toshiba America Business Solutions. The Houston reseller secured the prestigious recognition for its significant sales growth within all of Toshiba’s product categories encompassing...

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HP’s Kim Rivera addresses diversity

In a recent interview with Dede Henley, HP’s Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary shed some light on how she was striving to promote diversity and inclusion. When asked why she was so focused on diversity, Rivera replied, “As a woman of colour and an executive,...

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