After yesterday’s post, which was titled – “Has Service Point Shuttered Its Operations in the U.S.?” – I heard from four different sources, including one source within Service Point U.S., that the answer to that question is, “YES”. This morning, a person posted a “comment” to yesterday’s post, and here’s what that comment says: “Service…

UPDATE #1, FRIDAY, 3:55 PM: I just heard from an SP-internal-source that this is true, not just a rumor.  If/when I have additional details on this story, I will post a further update.  This news is shocking. UPDATE #2, SATURDAY, 8:00 AM: Check out the “comment” that was just posted by someone apparently in the…

11/07/2013 | 04:42pm US/Eastern WALNUT CREEK, CA — (Marketwired) — 11/07/13 — ARC Document Solutions Inc. (NYSE: ARC), the nation’s leading document solutions provider for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, today announced it has been positioned in the October 21, 2013 Magic Quadrant for Managed Print Services, Worldwide, published by Gartner Inc. (NYSE:…

In September, Mr. Trenor became Service Point’s new CEO. While I’m not exactly sure what Mr. Trenor was doing just before he joined Service Point, I did find an article about him indicating that he was formerly the CEO of one of Spain’s largest construction equipment rental companies.  Which brought to mind an observation I…

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11/07/2013 | 08:58am US/Eastern WALNUT CREEK, CA — (Marketwired) — 11/07/13 — ARC Document Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: ARC) today announced that the company has concluded the open-market repurchase of approximately $5.3 million in aggregate principal amount of its 10.5% senior unsecured notes due December 15, 2016. Similar to the transaction announced on July 10, 2013,…

WALNUT CREEK, CA, Nov 06, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — ARC Document Solutions, Inc.,  the nation’s leading document solutions provider for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, today reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013.         —  Quarterly revenue grew year-over-year for first time in five years         —  Q3…

Below is just a portion of the article that’s up on Bloomberg this morning…. U.K. Outlook Raised by CBI as Construction Strengthens: Economy By Scott Hamilton & Eshe Nelson – Nov 4, 2013 6:05 AM ET The Confederation of British Industry raised its forecasts for U.K. economic growth and said business investment and trade will…

Note:  this is a Google-Tranlsate translation from Swedish to English, so it is definitely not a perfect translation of the “news” that was posted on Arktektkopia’s web-site. FYI, Arkitektkopia is the largest reprographics enterprise in Sweden.  – – – – – – – – – – News Arkitektkopia hires new CEO 2013-10-10 Board of Arkitektkopia…

Blog Publisher’s comment: Well, I’m certain that this merger will reduce the number of stores they operate and, with that, the number of “copy centers” they operate.  – – – – – – – – – Office Depot Merger With OfficeMax Wins U.S. Approval Bloomberg News – By David McLaughlin – Nov 1, 2013 11:54…