Office Depot's North America president resigns

Date: Thursday January 10, 2013 08:48:33 am

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Office Depot’s North America president resigns
 Office Depot’s North American leader leaves company 

<a href=”http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/search/results?q=Kevin%20Peters”>Kevin Peters</a>, president of North American operations for Office Depot, has left the company for a CEO position at an industrial distribution company, the retailer announced Friday. 

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Neil Austrian will resume the responsibilities of Office Depot’s North American business after the departure of Kevin Peters. 
The office supplies retail giant announced that the separation was effective immediately and <a href=”http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/search/results?q=Neil%20Austrian”>Neil Austrian</a>, chairman and CEO, will oversee the company’s North American business.
”In his five years with Office Depot, Kevin was instrumental in building a strong team while driving the strategic vision for our North American sales channels and our supply chain organization,” Austrian said in a press release. “We thank him for his many contributions to our company and wish him well in the future.”
Peters led North American operations for the Boca Raton-based company<a href=”http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2011/07/13/office-depot-announces-management.html” target=”_blank”> after it consolidated its North American Retail and North American Business Solutions division </a>in 2011.
He was responsible for all customer-facing sales channels and profit and loss issues in North America.
Phone calls to Office Depot were not immediately returned. It’s unclear whether the company has a replacement in mind.
Office Depot has undergone an array of changes in North America over the past few months, including downsizing large-format stores and opening smaller boutique-like shops.
The company also plans to shut down 10 to 20 stores in 2013 when their leases run out.
In recent news, Office Depot has faced another number of allegations of overcharging for office supplies to government agencies across the country. The <a href=”http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2012/12/10/houston-alleges-office-depot.html” target=”_blank”>city of Houston alleged that Office Depot </a>overcharged the agency by as much as $6.6 million.
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