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Where2Getit Can Help You Find Your Local Office Depot

The Where2GetIt Web Locator can now be found on http://www.officedepot.com. Consumers can find their local Office Depot by entering their zipcode, city and state or even search by store number. Over the next year, it is estimated that millions of people will search for their local store and use the interactive maps and driving to find the best place to go in their area. Maintaining the Web Locator is easy with the Location Manager and detailed statistics will show Office Depot exactly when and where people are searching to buy. This is critical information since we know that some people go to the local store already knowing exactly what they want because they’ve done their product research online. Forrester Research has a name for it: “cross-channel shopping.”

Cross-channel shopping is rapidly becoming a force to be reckoned with, and the stakes are high. Forrester determined that cross-channel shoppers spend an average of $458 on products they research online and then buy offline. And when they do go to the local store, 47 percent end up spending $154 more on average for additional products!

Multiply that number times the number of people using the locator and it’s easy to see just how valuable this tool is to the overall sales of the company.

Where2GetIt is proud to be part of Office Depot’s online/offline channel shopping experience.

About Office Depot

With annual sales of more than $12 billion, no one sells more office supplies to more customers in more countries than Office Depot. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Delray Beach, Fla., the company conducts business in 23 countries and employs nearly 50,000 people worldwide.

Office Depot is a leader in every distribution channel - from retail stores and contract delivery to catalogs and e-commerce. The company is the world’s number three online retailer - on track to generate $3B in sales for FY’04. In North America, Office Depot has 923 retail stores in addition to a national business-to-business delivery network supported by 22 delivery centers, more than 60 local sales offices and 13 regional call centers.

The company’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ODP and is included in the S&P 500 Index. Additional press information can be found at: http://mediarelations.officedepot.com.

About Where2GetIt:
Since 1997 Where2GetIt has helped customers locate products and services, online and locally. The company offers comprehensive Web-based product locators for manufacturers, both online and locally, as well as Web- and mobile-based business locators for, retail stores, restaurants and agencies. Where2GetIt serves more than 550 brands worldwide. Headquartered in Anaheim, Calif., the company also has offices in the greater Chicago area. For more information, visit www.where2getit.com