ELLISON Promoted to Vice President of Sales at Office Supply Hut

    JACKSON, MI, August 08, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Mr Ellison has worked for such companies as; The Empire Group, which owns several Internet office supply companies. Ellison's particular focus, over the last 8 years, has been the K-12 school market. This is an area where Office Supply Hut is experiencing tremendous growth. Mr. Ellison's duties will include managing Office Supply Hut's outside sales force; and in developing new key vendor relationships. He will also initiate and expand the product lines, on the web site. Ellison will focus on opportunities, in the school bids market, with products such as; school furniture, composition books, science display boards and poster boards. These products have been very successful, for Office Supply Hut. Over the years, Ellison has developed many key contacts with vendors. These contacts have given him very helpful knowledge, which he will implement, to help win school contracts. A focus on bid analytics, which will help in the procurement process of bids, will be another area of key focus in his new job description. Even with the cutbacks in school budgets and this ever changing economy, the K-12 market, colleges, and universities still provide an avenue for growth.

Other areas of future growth, for Office Supply Hut, will be in the healthcare industry. Healthcare is expected to grow, at an annual rate of 5.8 percent, between 2010 and 2020. Several lines of healthcare furniture are currently available through the outside sales force, but are not currently listed on the e-commerce site. Mr. Ellison will have a role in changing that fact. Such products are expected to be offered on the web site in the 4th quarter of 2011.

The online product offering is currently over 30,000 items. With the addition of the new product lines, Office Supply Hut's online items will increase to over 100,000 products. Thirty thousand products are currently stocked in 37 warehouses across the country. With the new offering, an additional 70,000 items will be available with a lead time of 10 days to 3 weeks from the manufacturer. For more information on this press release, contact Office Supply Hut at [email protected] or visit www.officesupplyhut.com.

Office Supply Hut is a Leading Provider of Business to Business Office Supplies.

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