It Could Happen to You

Faced with this new reality, Stoddard quickly assessed the situation. He considered an employee buyout of the operation and contracting services back to the company. He was told that the chances of that succeeding were slim to none.

He pleaded that although printing may not be core, the supply business was really a mini-distribution center, and utilized so much of the company's internal resources that no one else would be competitive. That spurred a new study of the supply piece of the combined operations, and his argument won out; supply would stay. But sadly, in June of 2004, three growing and bustling print shops were closed.