Office Depot Rolls Out New Microsoft Office XP Across www.officedepot.com and Its North American Catalogs and Retail Stores
Office Depot chosen as the premier "Office Supplies Superstore" available on Microsoft`s Tools on the Web site
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--May 31, 2001--
Office Depot, Inc., (NYSE:ODP), the world`s largest seller of office products announced today that in conjunction with its previously announced strategic alliance with Microsoft, it will begin to offer Office XP to its North American retail, catalog and Internet customers.
Additionally, the Company has joined forces with Microsoft to bring Office XP customers the 24-hour convenience of ordering office supplies through Office Depot`s own web site www.officedepot.com. Office Depot has been chosen by Microsoft as the official co-branded "Office Supplies Superstore" available on Microsoft`s Tools on the Web site (http://office.microsoft.com), which is integrated into Microsoft Office XP. Through the "Tools on the Web" navigation in Office XP, customers can access Office Depot`s award-winning web site www.officedepot.com as part of their online tools to run their business.
Office XP provides users with the tools needed to work more productively. It delivers a smarter work experience by making productivity simple, enabling collaboration for all users and extending Office XP beyond the desktop. "We are thrilled to offer the new Office XP suite to our business customers across our different sales channels. Our goal is to provide products and services that help customers work smarter not harder; and this new introduction of Office XP delivers enhanced capabilities that will enable our customers to do just that," said Steve Embree, Executive Vice President of Merchandising for Office Depot.
"We`re pleased to be working with Office Depot which is supporting the launch of Office XP through a variety of channels including its retail stores, catalog, and www.officedepot.com. Office XP provides Office Depot customers with the ability to increase productivity, collaboration, and communication within their organization," said Jeff Olund, General Manager eServices, Microsoft Office. About Office Depot
As of March 31, 2001 Office Depot operated 824 office supply superstores in the United States and Canada, in addition to a national business-to-business delivery network supported by 25 delivery centers, more than 60 local sales offices and eight regional call centers. Furthermore, the Company had operations in 16 countries outside of the United States and Canada, including 23 office supply stores in France, not including store closings announced on January 3, 2001, and seven in Japan that are owned and operated by the Company; and 97 additional office supply stores under joint venture and licensing agreements operating under the Office Depot(R) name in five foreign countries.
The Company also operates an award-winning U.S. Office Depot(R) brand Web site at www.officedepot.com where customers can access Office Depot`s low competitive prices seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day, and it operates www.officedepot.co.jp in Japan and www.officedepot.fr in France as well as Viking(R) brand Web sites at www.vikingop.com in the United States, www.viking-direct.co.uk in the United Kingdom, www.viking.de in Germany, www.vikingdirect.nl in The Netherlands, www.vikingop.it in Italy, www.vikingop.com.au in Australia, www.vikingop.co.jp in Japan and www.vikingdirect.fr in France. Office Depot`s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ODP and is included in the S&P 500 Index. Office Depot is an Official Sponsor of the 2002 U.S. Olympic Team.
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CONTACT:
Office Depot, Inc., Delray Beach
Lauren E. Garvey, 561/438-2895
lgarvey@officedepot.com
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