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Office Depot Closing 27 Stores

DELRAY BEACH, FL-The office supply retailer outlines plans to shutter 27 stores along with several distribution warehouses.

By Jennifer D. Duell | Updated on September 13, 2005

DELRAY BEACH, FL-In an effort to improve operations,Office Depot Inc. plans to close 27 stores in theUnited States and abroad in addition to closing two distributions warehouses and a number of call centers and sales offices. The office supply retailer didn’t disclose where it planned to make the closures, but said it will shutter the facilities by the end of the year.

Specifically, the retailer will close 16 stores in theNorth American Retail Division and 11 retail storesand one warehouse in its international division.Moreover, Office Depot will relocate one warehouse and consolidate certain call center facilities outside of the US as well as terminating contract business in an unidentified country. The Viking brand in the US is another casualty of consolidation. The brand’s demise allows Office Depot to eliminate two warehouses.

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