Work Hard, Play Hard: Office Depot Helping Bus. Professionals Keep Track of Their Health with New Line of Digital Fitness Dev...
January 13 2014 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
New Items Focused on Attaining a Healthier
Lifestyle In and Outside of the Workplace
Office Depot, Inc. (NYSE:ODP), a leading global provider
of office supplies and services, has announced it is expanding
its technology product offerings to include health and fitness
devices that give business professionals smarter ways to stay
healthy. The new line of digital fitness products is designed for
customers who want to live a healthier lifestyle, track and achieve
fitness goals and, ultimately, be more health-conscious whether at
home, the office or on the road.
“New technology innovation in the digital fitness space is
allowing people to seamlessly blend work and health,” said Tom Lee,
Vice President of Merchandising & New Product Acquisition for
Office Depot, Inc. “Our expansion into this area is part of the
Company’s growing assortment of wireless technology gadgets that
allow professionals to remain productive wherever they go. Offering
customers easy access to products to help enhance and impact their
lives in all realms is an obvious move for our brand.”
New digital fitness devices available at Office Depot retail
locations and OfficeDepot.com include:
Work Hard, Play Hard
- Striiv Play Pedometer
($59.99): Striiv’s sleek, discreet activity tracker makes
fitness feel like play. The device tracks activity including stairs
and steps as well as distance, calories and more.
- Striiv Smart Pedometer
($99.99): The world’s first smart pedometer, Striiv’s
activity motivation system learns your behaviors and designs
personalized challenges tailored to your activity levels to help
you reach your fitness goals even on the busiest of days.
Keeping a Pulse on Fitness
- Rhythm by Scosche
($79.99): The Rhythm Bluetooth armband heart rate monitor is
app-powered and easily attaches to your forearm to track heart
rate, calories burned, distance, speed, pace and more.
Performance-Based Health Tracking
- SYNC Burn and Fit
($79.99-$99.99): SYNC Fitness Bands capture truer calorie
burn by uniquely combining heart rate measurement and intensity of
movement. In addition to knowing how many calories you burn 24
hours a day, the fitness bands also capture steps taken and
distance traveled to help give a comprehensive view of daily
movements.
- SYNC GPS Watches and Heart Rate
Straps ($59.99-$79.99): SYNC GPS Watches and SYNC Heart
Rate Straps are performance products suited for those individuals
looking to accurately monitor and track their workouts. SYNC taps
into the power of your smartphone to provide optimized fitness
routines and smarter training.
- SYNC Elite Fitness Band
($39.99): SYNC Elite is an activity tracker that captures
all day motion data by tracking core metrics such as distance,
steps, speed, and calculating calories burned to provide a detailed
snapshot of daily motion.
About Office Depot, Inc.
Formed by the merger of Office Depot and OfficeMax, Office
Depot, Inc. is a leading global provider of products, services, and
solutions for every workplace – whether your workplace is an
office, home, school, or car.
Office Depot, Inc. is a resource and a catalyst to help
customers work better. We are a single source for everything
customers need to be more productive, including the latest
technology, core office supplies, print and document services,
business services, facilities products, furniture, and school
essentials.
The company has combined annual sales of approximately $17
billion, employs about 66,000 associates, and serves consumers and
businesses in 59 countries with more than 2,200 retail stores,
award-winning e-commerce sites and a dedicated business-to-business
sales organization – all delivered through a global network of
wholly owned operations, joint ventures, franchisees, licensees and
alliance partners. The company’s portfolio of leading brands
includes Office Depot, OfficeMax, OfficeMax Grand & Toy,
Viking, Ativa, TUL, Foray, and DiVOGA.
Office Depot, Inc.’s common stock is listed on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol ODP. Additional press information
can be found at: http://news.officedepot.com.
Additional information about the recently completed merger of
Office Depot and OfficeMax can be found
at http://officedepotmaxmerger.com.
Zeno GroupRaquel Erwin,
212-299-8951Raquel.Erwin@zenogroup.com
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