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Segment Discussion
We report our results using three reportable segments: OfficeMax, Contract; OfficeMax, Retail;
and Corporate and Other.
OfficeMax, Contract distributes a broad line of items for the office, including office supplies and
paper, technology products and solutions and office furniture. OfficeMax, Contract sells directly to
large corporate and government offices, as well as to small and medium-sized offices in the United
States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. This segment markets and sells through field
salespeople, outbound telesales, catalogs, the Internet and in some markets, including Canada,
Australia and New Zealand, through office products stores.
OfficeMax, Retail is a retail distributor of office supplies and paper, print and document
services, technology products and solutions and office furniture. Our retail segment has operations
in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Our retail segment’s office supply
stores feature OfficeMax ImPress, an in-store module devoted to print-for-pay and related services.
Our retail segment also operates office products stores in Mexico through a 51% owned joint
venture.
Corporate and Other includes support staff services and the related assets and liabilities as
well as certain other expenses not fully allocated to the segments.
Management evaluates the segments based on operating profit before interest expense,
income taxes and minority interest, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of accounting
changes. The income and expense related to certain assets and liabilities that are reported in the
Corporate and Other segment have been allocated to the Contract and Retail segments.
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