Copiers Northwest

2022 Elite Dealer Challenges: Pandemic Aside, Physical Health Always a Priority

It starts with a sneeze, then devolves into a runny nose, aches and pains, chest congestion and other maladies that indicate a cold (at best), the dreaded flu, or, even worse, coronavirus. The reaction to coming down with an ailment is somewhat universal and sad, but we’ve all
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Post-COVID, Dealers Examine Strategies for Continued A4 Growth

As we’ve examined throughout the month of March in our State of the Industry report, the focus is less on an A3 versus A4 conversation, as the true topic is how device placement—albeit with an edge toward A4 in today’s distributed workforce—fits into the context of managed print
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A4 and MPS: The Symbiotic Relationship Within Dealer Portfolios

Abbott and Costello. Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock. Lennon and McCartney. Heck, you can even add Cagney & Lacey to the list of dynamic duos that are inseparable in our minds and certainly realize their greatest potential when working in tandem. It’s only fitting that we add A4
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When Creativity Meets Opportunity: Nontraditional Marketing Ploys Spark Engagement

It doesn’t take a pandemic to alert office technology dealers to the possibilities that unique and nontraditional marketing initiatives can provide in generating engagement among existing and prospective clients. But what we have learned since March 2020 is that ingenuity, humor
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Help Wanted: Dealers Assess Market for New Employees During the Pandemic

What the pandemic has done to the business landscape, among other things, is to add a variable layer to the quest for finding and maintaining quality employees. The pool of competent, industry-specific applicants was quite thin at the onset of 2020, but with millions of people
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On the Lead-up to Election Day, Dealers Reflect on Legislative Wish List

It is difficult to turn on a television these days. Unless you hit the mute button when your program breaks for commercials, it is impossible to avoid being inundated by advertising spots either extolling the virtues of one candidate or denouncing the practices of another. Come
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Stimulus Package: Dealers Ponder Relief Options as Election Approaches

As Election Day fast approaches, with less than two weeks remaining, President Trump and Congress find themselves in the unique position of agreeing that American workers and the business community are in need of another round of stimulus relief. In a fluid process that seems to
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Talk to Me: Corporate Messaging Takes on Greater Meaning During Pandemic

Almost in the blink of an eye, everything changed. While it came as little surprise that companies would be shut down, given how the situation seemed to mushroom around the second week of March, the impact was nonetheless jarring. Welcome to COVID-19. Companies with on-site
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Copiers Northwest Difference Maker Mark Petrie Charts Success Course

Early on in his professional career, Mark Petrie was confronted with a truism that is as relevant now as the first time he heard it: Lead, follow or get out of the way. The CEO of Seattle dealership Copiers Northwest appreciates the impact of not just selecting one option. At any
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Sales Ingrained in DNA of Copiers Northwest Difference Maker Gregg Petrie, but it’s All About People

It’s not hard to see why Gregg Petrie teamed with his brother, Mark, to form Copiers Northwest 33 years ago. After all, his father, Bob, sold 3M Thermofax copiers in the late 1950s. “He told us growing up that ‘sales makes the world go around,’” Gregg Petrie recalled, “and that
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Copiers Northwest Triples Large-Format Print Volume in First Four Months with Océ Colorado 1640 Printer

Melville, NY (Feb. 5, 2019) — Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced that Copiers Northwest, a provider of office technology products and services, has reported more than 300 percent growth in large-format print volume since the installation of
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Copiers Northwest Acquires Assets of Synergy Office Systems

July 2015 – Mike Dudek served as legal counsel and provided legal advice and services to Mark and Gregg Petrie and Copiers Northwest on its purchase of assets of Synergy Office Systems. Terms of the transaction are confidential. About Synergy Office Systems Synergy Office
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Seattle Pacific University Upgrades its Business Systems

(Editor’s note: We don’t often run case studies as we aren’t often able to get an exclusive, but this one seemed particularly interesting and should be of interest to technology resellers.) Located in a quiet residential neighborhood, Seattle Pacific University’s (SPU) 40- acre
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Copiers Northwest Acquires Assets of Lasercharge Holdings

Philadelphia, PA – July 2015 – Mike Dudek and Rich Wisniewski of Zygoquest Group have served as the advisors to Mark and Gregg Petrie and Copiers Northwest, Inc. on its purchase of assets of Lasercharge Holdings, LLC doing business as Synergy Office Systems.  Terms of
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