NAPERVILLE, Ill., Nov. 24, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Executives and
guests from OfficeMax® Incorporated (NYSE: OMX), a leader in office
products and services, kicked off the holiday shopping season by
ringing The Closing Bell® at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on
November 23. OfficeMax Chief
Executive Officer Ravi Saligram
joined by members of the company's management team rang the NYSE
Closing Bell as 80 of OfficeMax's iconic, jolly elves brought their
unique form of holiday fun and merriment to the occasion.
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"With Black Friday just around the corner, there's no better or
more festive way to celebrate the 2010 OfficeMax holiday shopping
season than to have our new CEO Ravi
Saligram ring The Closing Bell at the New York Stock
Exchange," said Bruce Besanko,
executive vice president and chief financial officer for
OfficeMax.
During its three-day Black Friday shopping event, OfficeMax will
offer customers a range of exciting offers on products ranging from
computers to digital cameras, office furniture, DVDs and video
games. "We are excited to offer our customers a wide
assortment of office and technology products this holiday season
with great offers and competitive prices," said Ryan Vero, executive vice president and chief
merchandising officer. "We are also happy that our busy elves could
take time from their pressing holiday preparations to show their
new moves at the NYSE."
Following The Closing Bell, 80 elves performed several dances
from OfficeMax's popular holiday website, ElfYourself.com, live on
the floor of the Exchange. On Thanksgiving
Day, OfficeMax's ElfYourself.com will make its debut as a
new float titled "Elves Raise the Roof" in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade® on November 25, 2010, and parade viewers can enter
to win OfficeMax's Thanksgiving Day Sweepstakes by texting PARADE
to 30364*.
Since its debut in November 2006,
ElfYourself.com's dancing elves have flooded the world with holiday
cheer. Its users have created more than 416 million customized
elves, and ElfYourself.com has attracted more than 378 million
visits from across the globe during the past four holiday
seasons.
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About OfficeMax
OfficeMax Incorporated (NYSE: OMX) is a leader in both
business-to-business office products solutions and retail office
products. The OfficeMax mission is simple. We help our
customers do their best work. The company provides office
supplies and paper, in-store print and document services through
OfficeMax ImPress®, technology products and solutions, and
furniture to businesses and individual consumers. OfficeMax
customers are served by more than 30,000 associates through direct
sales, catalogs, e-commerce and approximately 1,000 stores.
To find the nearest OfficeMax, call 1-877-OFFICEMAX.
For more information, visit officemax.com.
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