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BOSS Today #40 NEWS

REPRESENTING

THE INDUSTRY

BOSS CEO Phil Lawson is on the road again…

don’t watch much popular television cyber security alarms, dynamic pricing so key to the retention of information in
I - mostly just the news and sport - so and mobile ecommerce it was good to education and it’s great that this issue
I wasn’t one of the 3.4 million viewers remind ourselves that people do still highlights the whole writing instrument
that tuned in to Love Island on ITV2 to buy from people. I made a pledge, rather sector and the rebirth of the WIA within
see Jack Fincham, the Sales Director from publicly, that we would work at BOSS BOSS.
DMG Office Supplies in London, woo the in finding more ways to help smaller I’d also like to give you advance notice
audience with his pearly white teeth and companies, including dealers, to reach of the event we are planning for 29
his “I sell pens, mate” chat up line. their ideal digital destination. Thanks to November, the day of our big gala event,
I was soon alerted to the fact that the OPI team for an interesting event. the BOSS Awards, at the Tower Guoman
we had a new ambassador for our We were pleased with our Members’ hotel, London. Never before, to my
industry in the mass culture media and Day as the article on page 12 details and knowledge, have we brought together
the excitement in the BOSS office was thanks go to all of our members that in one place all of the providers of
palpable. Our track record for having showed up to support BOSS and take technology solutions, software systems
positive figures from our industry in advantage of the mix of speakers and and data to the industry, but that’s
the media hasn’t exactly been stellar so panellists, who went down well. The what we have planned. So, pop the date
far and our industry’s reputation has Charity Day also went really well and in your diary as it is going to be a very
perhaps been tainted by the likes of Sid thanks go to all that took part, as well special day.
James playing travelling stationery sales as to Graeme and the organising team, Talking of special days, my two-year
rep in Bless This House (1971), while the including Stanley Vaughan and Mike anniversary in the job came around
less said about Ricky Gervais as David Gowen, who have put so much work in at the beginning of June and I
Brent at fictitious paper merchant on this over the years. really don’t know where those
Wernham Hogg, the better. I’ll be travelling around two years have gone.
So, can we rely on Jack to paint us in a England during conference Time flies when you
good light? Let’s hope so, at least millions season over the next few are having fun!
of others now know that we have a weeks and I’m looking So, enjoy the
“massive thing” going on when we sell forward to speaking at summer – hopefully
stationery and office supplies for a living. the Nemo conference on I’ll see you out there
I enjoyed attending the OPI European the 16 June, where I hope at your dealer group
Forum in London recently, which focused to meet a number of our conference or at the
on Digital Transformation and disruption readers. I’m also flying the Synergy meeting,
to the industry. We are all on a digital flag for the business supplies regional meetings or
development path, and some are ahead industry, particularly the Writing sector-specific events –
of others on this, but as the moderator Instruments Association (WIA), please see page 30 for all
Gordon Christiansen said, “It’s important at the One Big Show, a of the details.
that we all remember that there is always conference for the
a real person at the end of what we do as Craft Industry, on
our end customer.” the 24 June.
In the mind-boggling world of analytics, Writing is

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