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OfficeMax Opens Fourth Colorado Springs Store to Serve Growing Local Business Community Four-day celebration includes $1,000 shopping sprees, how-to workshops for small business and consumers ITASCA, Ill., May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OfficeMax(R) (NYSE:OMX), one of the nation's largest office supply retailers, will respond to local business and consumer needs with the opening of its fourth Colorado Springs superstore. In celebration, the new store, located in the First & Main Town Center North shopping center, will host a four-day grand opening celebration Thursday through Sunday, June 2 - 5. The celebration will include an After Hours business networking event, shopping spree giveaways and how-to workshops for businesses and consumers. Opening-day festivities on Thursday, June 2 include a chance to win the first of four $1,000 shopping sprees. Other activities include how-to business seminars, a grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony with local dignitaries at 3:30 p.m., and a catered OfficeMax After Hours business leadership event from 4 - 7 p.m., which is open to the public. The 20,000 square-foot OfficeMax store, located at 3826 Bloomington Street in the First & Main Town Center North shopping center, provides a one-stop shop for all office-related needs. The store will employ approximately 30 full- and part-time associates. "The city of Colorado Springs is developing rapidly and OfficeMax is stepping up the fill the growing need of local businesses," said Harold Mulet, Executive Vice President - Retail Stores, OfficeMax. "We appreciate customer response to our stores in the market and look forward to serving small business and individuals with our extensive product offerings and great customer service." The store is OfficeMax's 26th in Colorado, and is one of 40 new stores nationwide that the retailer plans to open in 2005. OfficeMax's four-day grand opening celebration will continue through Sunday, June 5. Each day, shoppers can enter a chance to win a $1,000 OfficeMax shopping spree, and 100 customers will receive free goody bags filled with office supplies. Free business workshops and informational seminars will be offered through Saturday. The store will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. OfficeMax has named Maribel Lawrence as the store's general manager. The phone number is (719) 591-5801. About OfficeMax(R) Incorporated OfficeMax(R) Incorporated is a leader in both business-to-business office product solutions and retail office products. OfficeMax delivers an unparalleled customer experience -- in service, in product, in time savings, and in value -- through a relentless focus on its customers. The company provides office supplies and paper, print and document services, technology products and solutions, and furniture to large, medium and small businesses and consumers. OfficeMax customers are served by more than 40,000 associates through direct sales, catalogs, Internet and nearly 1,000 superstores. OfficeMax trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol OMX. To find the nearest OfficeMax, call 1-877-OFFICEMAX or more information can be found at http://www.officemax.com/ . OfficeMax Contact Media Contact Bill Bonner Cari Trayner, Bader Rutter & Associates 630 438 8584 262 938 5462 DATASOURCE: OfficeMax Incorporated CONTACT: Bill Bonner of OfficeMax, +1-630-438-8584, or Cari Trayner of Bader Rutter & Associates, +1-262-938-5462 Web site: http://www.officemax.com/

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