| A very popular resource for purchasing office supplies | | | | designed for use in American retailing to provide |
| such as computers, furniture, hardware and software | | | | real-time, integrated information throughout their |
| in addition to copy and print services and much, much | | | | organization. Also during 2000, OfficeMax combined |
| more is a store you've undoubtedly heard of called | | | | eCommerce business, catalog operations and its |
| OfficeMax. OfficeMax came onto the retail scene in | | | | commercial sales groups into what they now call their |
| 1988 and has since grown from a single outlet to one | | | | Direct Business Unit. |
| largest office products superstore chains in the | | | | OfficeMax also gives back to the communities that |
| country. | | | | helped them achieve their success. In 2000, The |
| OfficeMax actually materialized into the largest | | | | OfficeMax Charitable Foundation was established to |
| American office products superstore in operation in | | | | donate more than $300,000 for worthwhile causes. |
| terms of the number of stores they opened and their | | | | One foundation the company sponsored was a |
| vast geographical coverage. In January 1997, | | | | National Kids N Need Resource Center Cleveland, |
| OfficeMax set a national record by exceeding $3 billion | | | | Ohio which was the first of its kind. |
| in sales making them the fourth company in United | | | | Through its partnerships with companies like Hewlett |
| States history ever to achieve that amount of | | | | Packard and introductions of its FurnitureMax, |
| success in less than nine years. | | | | CopyMax and TechMax ventures, OfficeMax |
| It all began on April 1, 1988 in Cleveland, Ohio when | | | | provides the public with complete, state-of-the-art |
| OfficeMax was founded by Michael Feuer, its | | | | services through all of its associations with a supply |
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, along with | | | | chain network and high-tech computer system. |
| seven other of the company's associates. The first | | | | Presently, you can find an OfficeMax store just about |
| store opened its doors to the public in Cleveland on | | | | anywhere you travel in the United States. They have |
| July 5th of the same year and by the end of that year, | | | | over 900 convenient locations throughout America |
| there were a total of three stores in the suburban | | | | which include operations in Puerto Rico and the Virgin |
| Cleveland area. | | | | Islands. In 1996, they opened their first international store |
| The year 2000 was huge for OfficeMax because | | | | in Mexico and by the year 2000, a total of 27 |
| during that time, the company implemented their | | | | OfficeMax (OfficeMax de Mexico) stores were open |
| Enterprise Resource Planning software which is the | | | | for business there. |
| largest program of this type. The software was | | | | |