Indianapolis and Rosemont, IL (Oct. 25, 2017) — Independent Stationers and TriMega Purchasing Association’s national account joint venture—EPIC Business Essentials—announces new contracts and YTD 2017 revenue results.
Q3 2017 exceeded Q2 2017 results which outperformed Q1 2017, which was record-setting. Managing Director of EPIC Business Essentials, Grady Taylor stated, “We continue to be very pleased with the overall sales and operating income performance for EPIC Business Essentials. In fact, the trends have resulted in double-digit growth going as far back as Q3 2016. 2017 sales through Q3 are up 27.1% over last year with September being an all-time record month. We attribute this to experiencing more interest and inquiries from both enterprise end-users and our servicing dealers.”
EPIC Business Essentials also announces a new contract with a “Fortune 600” organization with over forty locations in forty states. National Vertical Accounts Sales Manager, Scott Zintz stated, “We continue to place more focus on the commercial side of the business, and it is paying off. We are also pleased that one of the nation’s largest consulting firms working for this client on this RFP, chose EPIC Business Essentials over our power channel competition. We believe this is the beginning of a growing strategic relationship that will pay off in the near future for our participating dealers.” The new client is excited to partner with EPIC based on the competitive pricing program provided, but also to support the local economies where their installations are located and create relationships with EPIC participating dealers.
Finally, EPIC Business Essentials has been re-awarded a three-year contract with a U.S. healthcare GPO. The agreement with CHAMPS Healthcare solidifies a relationship formed in 2011 and runs through September 2020. The contract enables EPIC dealers access to the 10,000+ members of CHAMPS, which focuses primarily on healthcare and commercial business members nationwide. “The new three-year agreement allows EPIC dealers to retain existing business as well as have an opportunity to grow in the important acute and non-acute healthcare market segments. This contract goes beyond office supplies and into related categories such as office furniture, janitorial supplies, print/promotion and more,” commented Zintz.
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About EPIC Business Essentials
EPIC Business Essentials is the nation’s largest force of independent dealers who through a collaboration of the two biggest office products cooperatives in the United States, TriMega & Independent Stationers, have decades of experience working with all types of industries of all sizes. EPIC Business Essentials provides all the office essentials to government customers, education customers and national and regional account customers need to run their business at a competitive price. With its proven model of utilizing its local independent dealer network, EPIC Business Essentials allows its customers to take advantage of industry leading service and customized delivery–all while keeping the dollars circulating right back to their community.
About TriMega Purchasing Association
TriMega Purchasing Association is a not-for-profit member owned buying group serving office products dealers and technology retailers nationwide. The group helps its nearly 550 members profit through group purchasing, rebate negotiation and tracking, the production of quality marketing materials and information sharing through networking and education at various TriMega events.
About Independent Stationers
Founded in 1977, Independent Stationers is a leading global organization providing sales, marketing support and purchasing power for the community based independent office products dealer. The organization’s members are located throughout the U.S. and in 5 foreign countries. Collectively, Independent Stationers members produce $4 billion in end-user sales.
