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High-Performance, Go-to-Market Partner Presented with Staples Advantage Technology Vendor Award and Staples Category Development Award
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO – May 29, 2015 – Ingram Micro Canada, a subsidiary of Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), today announced it earned two distinct honors from Staples, Inc. for its service excellence and new business contributions around the Staples Advantage Marketplace and Mobility.
The prestigious awards – Staples Advantage Technology Vendor Award and Staples Category Development Award – were presented to Ingram Micro as part of the retailer’s annual conference. During the ceremony, Ingram Micro was recognized as a strategic business partner who consistently exceeds service levels, helps the company generate new ideas and uncovers new areas of revenue growth, while working to expand its business within existing market and product lines. In 2013, Ingram Micro Canada earned Staples’ President’s Award and in 2014, was named a key partner within Staples’ launch of its new ecommerce Marketplace.
“Once again, Ingram Micro has raised the bar and helped Staples exceed its goals through greater efficiency, scale and measure,” said Pete Gibel, senior vice president of merchandising at Staples Canada. “Ingram Micro is always finding new and different ways to add greater value to us and the customers we serve.”
In 2014, Ingram Micro also helped Staples introduce a new product category and revenue stream around unlocked phones and mobile accessories. The new product category sparked demand throughout the Canadian marketplace and contributed to Staples growing revenues and profits.
“Ingram Micro continues to serve as an indispensable business partner for retailers and channel partners that are seeking to gain efficiency, grow profitably and achieve unrivaled service excellence through partnership,” said Mark Snider, senior vice president, Ingram Micro. “We are honored to once again help Staples meet and exceed their business objectives and position themselves for greater success in the future. Thank you to Staples for recognizing our efforts and the strategic importance our successful alliance.”
Ingram Micro provides a dedicated staff to Staples and continues to play an incremental role in the overall expansion of the industry leader’s scope and scale across the Canadian marketplace.
More information about Ingram Micro Canada is available at www.ingrammicro.ca.
About Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro helps businesses Realize the Promise of Technology™. It delivers a full spectrum of global technology and supply chain services to businesses around the world. Deep expertise in technology solutions, mobility, cloud, and supply chain solutions enables its business partners to operate efficiently and successfully in the markets they serve. Unrivaled agility, deep market insights and the trust and dependability that come from decades of proven relationships, set Ingram Micro apart and ahead. More at www.ingrammicro.com.
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