1 headquarters east bentleigh melbourne vic australia number of locations 158 key people john gillam ceo of bunnings & officeworks mark ward managing director officeworks revenue a 1.9 billion 2016 operating income a 139 million 2016 total assets a 1.4 billion 2016 number of employees 6 000 2 parent wesfarmers divisions officeworks retail officeworks business harris technology website www.officeworks.com.au officeworks is a chain of australian office supplies stores in australia and the market leader . the company was established in the early 1990s by coles myer which became coles group now part of and owned by wa based company wesfarmers . its head office is located in bentleigh east melbourne . the store concept adopted by officeworks was based on the us chain office depot . 3 officeworks store in braddon australian capital territory view of the interior of a new officeworks store post re branding . view of the interior of a new officeworks store post re branding . contents 1 history 1.1 formation to 2008 1.2 since 2008 2 business 3 3d experience centre 4 community involvement 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit formation to 2008 edit the first officeworks store opened in the inner city suburb of richmond in melbourne on the 16th of june 1994 . harris technology an it retailer was purchased by coles myer in 1999 and became a subsidiary of the larger office supplies retailer . viking australia a subsidiary of office depot was purchased by coles myer in december 2002 and was merged with officeworks direct to form officeworks businessdirect now referred to as officeworks business . by late 2006 the business opened its 100th store in south yarra just kilometres from the first store in richmond . officeworks had 139 retail stores as at may 2011 4 with a presence in every australian state and territory . following the purchase of coles group by wesfarmers in november 2007 officeworks and harris technology became part of wesfarmers home improvement and office supplies division . since 2008 edit officeworks rebranded in 2008 revising its logo uniforms store department names and slogan lowest prices everyday . the revised branding positioned officeworks as a low cost warehouse similar to that of its sister company bunnings warehouse . officeworks also adopted the lowest price guarantee similar to that found at bunnings where officeworks will beat any competitor s price of an identical item by 5 % . in 2011 officeworks cut ties with paper supplier april over claims that the paper supplier was illegally logging indonesian forests . 5 officeworks changed its slogan in august 2012 to big ideas . lowest prices . under the new advertising campaign commercials focussed on store prices being checked twice daily and slogans such as we buy in bulk so you get the lowest prices were used . 6 officeworks lowest price guarantee still remains with a 5 % discount offered if a lower price is found elsewhere . officeworks also began offering free wi fi access in all stores . 7 by 2016 officeworks reached 158 stores in total . business edit most officeworks stores feature the following departments print & copy aka copy centre formerly printworks provides services including printing photocopying laminating custom promotional products photobooks business cards printed stationery stamps and name badges technology aka business machines formerly techworks computers business machines consumables and other electronic products . furniture formerly furnitureworks chairs desks workstations filing cabinets pedestals lighting and other office furniture . stationery pens paper and other stationery needs . some stores formerly featured inkworks which provided ink and toner replacements and recycling . this is now part of technology business machines . officeworks business is the internet and phone sales division of officeworks with its own warehouses . it stocks a larger range to retail stores on a delivery only basis with a focus on day to day needs of medium to large businesses rather than small business and general consumers that shop in store . 3d experience centre edit on june 15 2015 the russell street store in melbourne opened officeworks first 3d experience centre with 3d printers and scanners for sale as well as 3d printing and scanning services . installed is a full body scanner where a customer can have a mini me printed a miniature figurine in full colour . the centre was launched with the minimelb campaign where 50 melbourne icons were 3d printed and placed on display at a tram stop on flinders street . officeworks has partnered with additive manufacturing company keech3d to provide these products and services to customers . community involvement edit officeworks has a number of local and national community programs . officeworks also sponsors local community groups sporting organisations and schools through donation of supplies . on a national level officeworks is sponsor of the rsl . 8 in january each year customers can donate or purchase a stationery tag to aid the smith family s back to school appeal . officeworks also supports the smith family with its in store range of yoobi branded products . 9 each september officeworks stores run a wall of hands initiative which supports the australian literacy and numeracy foundation who work to close the national indigenous literacy gap . 10 officeworks also conducts many customer interactive and internal activities for national reconciliation week including welcome to country ceremonies and colouring activities for children . 11 see also edit australia portal companies portal list of companies of australia references edit our stores . officeworks . retrieved 4 march 2013 . about us . officeworks . retrieved 4 march 2013 . officeworks fits in the bunnings shed . the australian . 4 april 2007 . retrieved 2008 05 05 . second quarter retail sales results . wesfarmers limited . 31 january 2011 . retrieved 31 january 2011 . officeworks cuts ties with papermaker . wesfarmers limited . 24 august 2011 . retrieved 17 august 2012 . campaignbrief officeworks launches big ideas . lowest prices campaign free wifi service . officeworks . retrieved 4 march 2013 . 1 2 3 http www.officeworks.com.au information about us sustainability report external links edit officeworks v t e wesfarmers limited retail operations coles coles coles.com.au coles express vintage cellars first choice liquor bi lo liquorland home improvement and office supplies bunnings bunnings trade bunnings warehouse officeworks kmart kmart kmart tyre & auto service target target target country industrial businesses resources wesfarmers resources curragh bengalla chemicals energy & fertilisers wesfarmers chemicals energy & fertilisers csbp australian vinyls agr qnp evol lng air liquide kleenheat gas modwood industrial & safety wesfarmers industrial & safety blackwoods protector alsafe nz safety bullivants coregas blackwoods protector safety source total fasteners packaging 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