Office Depot ( ODP +5% ) trades higher with the office supply chain drawing closer to a Tuesday deadline which will determine how aggressive Starboard Value will be in pushing for changes through a proxy fight. For the year, shares of ODP are up 35%. Post your comment! Office Depot ( ODP ) is reportedly in talks to sell its 50% stake in its Mexican unit to Grupo Gigante, which already owns the other half. The discussions come amid falling group revenues at Office Depot and pressure from its largest investor, Starboard Value, to reverse the tide. The holding may ... Office Depot ( ODP ) launches sales of Keurig Vue brewers with packs available from Starbucks, Green Mountain Coffee, Caribou Coffee, and Tully's. The office segment of the coffee industry is viewed as wide open as smaller-sized companies move away from traditional coffee services to let employees ... Office supply chains Staples ( SPLS +3.5% ), Office Depot ( ODP +3.8% ), and Office Max ( OMX +5.2% ) post strong gains following late news yesterday that Staples is drawing interest from P-E firms. While still far from being back in favor, sentiment on the sector has picked up a bit with costs ... Office Depot ( ODP ) says the FTC made a second request on details of its planned combination with OfficeMax but that it still expects the deal to close by the end of the year.  A lack of details on what a combined ODP-OMX entity will look like persists, keeping visibility somewhat cloudy for ... Jana Partners discloses a position of 13.814M shares of Office Depot ( ODP -2.7% ) as of the end of March. The holding becomes more interesting to consider when it's combined with the sizable stake of Starboard Value to create a 20% hedgie voting block - a bit of a small leash for management. ( 13F ... More on Office Depot's ( ODP ) Q1 : A shift in the timing of New Years and Easter negatively impacts sales to the tune of $58M — this was a contributing factor to the company's 5% Y/Y revenue decline. Q1 also includes ~$25M in merger-related pretax charges. The company says it saw "modest ... Office Depot ( ODP ) and OfficeMax ( OMX ) confirm that each company received a request for additional information from the FTC in relation to the proposed merger between the two companies. The action could push out the final closing date of the transaction, but isn't expected to pose a serious ... Office Depot ( ODP ) North American chief Kevin Peters, who has been with the company for 5 years, is leaving to become the CEO of an unnamed industrial distribution firm. ODP reported a 5% Y/Y decline in North American retail sales in Q3. Post your comment! Shares of OfficeMax ( OMX ), Office Depot ( ODP ), and Staples ( SPLS ) all retreat in premarket action after word hits that the press release covering the ODP-OMX merger was released prematurely. Reuters is reporting talks on a deal are still ongoing. Post your comment!