The UK industry gathered in London yesterday to debate the future of the office supplies sector.<\/p>\n
The Future of the Office Products Industry Conference was hosted by local trade association BOSS Federation (BOSSF) and was pretty well-attended at a senior level by many of the markets larger players. <\/p>\n
The audience enjoyed a number of punchy, brief views on the state of the sector from many leading executives and, while it is fair to say that several of the presentations overlapped in terms of content, the overriding message taken away by most delegates is that change is both inevitable and desperately needed if the sector is to avoid going the same way as many other now-almost defunct industries, such as book retailing, video rental, etc. <\/p>\n
The single biggest unanswered question is, however, who will lead the industry down the path of change? Conventional wisdom suggests that event organisers BOSSF ought to be the logical starting place, but even the relevance and future of that association itself was questioned publicly at the event in a development we reported on separately yesterday. <\/p>\n
London, UK <\/p>\n
Tags: BOSS Federation , event , office products <\/p>\n
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