DEX Imaging Acquires Kyocera Dealer

DEX Imaging, has acquired Gulf Business Systems of Sarasota, Florida, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 1972 and later acquired by President Martin Hyde in 1997, GBS is a single-line Kyocera dealership that’s served Southwest Florida for over 50 years. DEX Imaging, which was founded in 2002 and acquired by Staples in 2019, is based in Tampa, Florida, and provides document-imaging equipment,…

This Week in Imaging: Staples Focuses on Becoming Larger Player in the Industry

Staples’ best known tagline is “Yeah, we’ve got that.” This week, that might have been truer than ever with news involving Staples, Office Depot, and Konica Minolta. Office Depot First, Staples, which is owned by private-equity firm Sycamore Partners, said it was back at trying to acquire Office Depot, or at least a part of it, namely Office Depot’s consumer business, the Office Depot chain of…

Konica Minolta Makes Final Transfer of Direct Sales Branches

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. (KMBS) today announced its final transfer of select direct sales offices to its independent dealer channel. In particular, independent channel partner, DEX Imaging, will be acquiring a select number of Konica Minolta sales locations. DEX Imaging is based in Tampa, Florida, and provides the Canon, HP, and Konica Minolta brands. Staples acquired DEX Imaging…

Sycomore Seeking to Take $1 Billion out of Staples, May Be Considering Sale

Bloomberg reports that private-equity firm Sycamore Partners is seeking to take most of its cash out of Staples Inc. “through a recapitalization that will saddle the company with roughly $1 billion of additional debt, according to people with knowledge of the plan.”

Last month, Staples announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire  DEX Imaging, a leading independent U.S. document-imaging…

This Week in Imaging: Staples’ Acquisition of DEX Imaging: Game-Changer?

  One of the most interesting and potentially game-changing news items this week was Staples’ announcement that it had signed an agreement to purchase independent Florida-based office-equipment dealer DEX Imaging, marking what appears to be the first time an office-supplies retailer has acquired an office-equipment dealer.

The acquisition is unusual in that office-supplies stores and copier…

Staple to Acquire Office-Equipment Dealer DEX Imaging

Staples, Inc. – which bills itself as “the world’s largest office-solutions provider” announced today that it’s signed an agreement to acquire DEX Imaging, a leading independent U.S. document-imaging technology dealer, for an undisclosed sum.

According to Staples, Dan Doyle, Jr., president and CEO of DEX Imaging; Dan Doyle, Sr., chairman of DEX Imaging, and their existing executive team will…

DEX Imaging Acquires Kycera and Xerox Dealer

DEX Imaging, an independent dealer of document-imaging and data-management solutions in the eastern United States, reported that it’s acquired Cavin’s Business Solutions, Inc. for an undisclosed sum.

Established in 1959, Cavin’s Business Solutions is a Kyocera (Copystar), Konica and Xerox dealer that has offices in Fayetteville, Greenville, Jacksonville and Wilmington, North Carolina, and also…