United Stationers Creates E-Commerce Group

DEERFIELD, Ill. – June 2010 – United Stationers today announced it has formalized its e-commerce capabilities and talent into an e-commerce group to serve resellers’ growing e-commerce needs.

The new group is responsible for supporting resellers’ chosen technology platforms and ensuring United’s technology and services can be seamlessly integrated into these platforms. The new group will be responsible for deploying United Stationers’ product content via a variety of initiatives, including United Smart Search, biggestbook.com and other reseller sites.

“United Stationers’ e-commerce group is a natural extension of our e-business strategy,” said Mark Hammerschick, vice president, e-commerce. “The group will be integral in continuing to develop new e-business capabilities that differentiate our resellers and help them compete successfully.”

Acting as subject matter experts to both internal and external customers on e-commerce and marketing technology initiatives, the e-commerce team consists of a number of experienced United Stationers employees, including: 

Brian Leo, director of Marketing Technology, continues to lead a team responsible for deployment of United Stationers content via various initiatives, as well as maintaining business relationships with industry technology providers in support of resellers’ needs.

Analorena Melendez will act as director of web merchandising. Melendez manages website merchandising efforts for the e-commerce team and works closely with the merchandising organization.

Laine Powers will serve as director of commercial web services. Powers develops standards and system requirements for how e-commerce integrates and operates with United’s internal systems and processes.

About United Stationers

United Stationers Inc. is a leading wholesale distributor of business products, with 2009 net sales of approximately $4.7 billion. The company stocks approximately 100,000 items, including technology products, traditional office products, janitorial and breakroom supplies, office furniture, and industrial products.  A network of 64 distribution centers allows it to deliver these products to over 25,000 reseller customers.  This network, combined with United’s depth and breadth of inventory, enables the company

to ship most products overnight to more than 90% of the population of the U.S. and major cities in Mexico.  For more information, visit www.unitedstationers.com.

United Stationers’ common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol USTR.