Is called Stationery to the commercial establishment in which objects and supplies for offices, for students are soldamong other stakeholders.
Commercial business in which supplies and items for offices and students are sold
That is, the stationery offers us, sells us, all those products and elements that in the office, at school and even at home will allow us to write documents, modify them, transcribe them, highlight those fundamental issues, print them, among other issues.
There are two types of stationery, distributors, which are those that supply other stationery stores but of a smaller size, for example, those smaller ones that are established in remote or small neighborhoods. And then we can meet the other type, which are the stationery for the general publicwhich will offer the services and supplies that any student of any level, housewife or office worker may demand.
Generally, there are multiple and most varied services that a stationery offers to its customers, as well as the supplies that it sells.
Services you offer and products you sell
Among the most common services are: black and white photocopies, duplications, laser CD downloads, binding, printing and ring binding of monographs.
Meanwhile, among the inputs, as we mentioned, there are many and also the most varied: pens, markers, highlighters, sheets, notebooks, folders, cartridge cases, envelopes, rubber bands, labels, folders, scissors, cardboard, geometry games, rules , compasses, maps, diagrams, stickers and typical desktop and office accessories, although they are also often used both at school and at home, such as: stapler, staples, paper clips, hole punch, calculator and agendas.
On the other hand, stationery stores are the quintessential providers of teaching, useful, and study materials for school or university students, and by the way, near the aforementioned academic institutions there will always be a stationery store ready to sell them the necessary products. for study.
We must emphasize that in countries like Argentina these commercial establishments are called bookstores.
The diversification of the business brought about by new technologies and the entry of other players into the business
At present, as a consequence of the new competition exercised especially by supermarkets that also offer typical stationery items, the business has diversified and has also added new services and variants, including: fax service, gift wrapping, plotter, sale of gifts (stuffed animals, toys and cosmetics), among others.
Nor can we ignore in this sense that the presence of computing in everyday life, something that did not happen a couple of decades ago, has also caused this business to add items related to this sector to gain customers and of course sales.
In other words, if we look at a stationery store from a few years ago, we will surely find only basic school and office supplies, while today the universe of proposals has expanded incredibly to those already mentioned, and we also add, as we said, computer material that today is highly demanded by the public, for example, cartridges for printers, devices to use in the computer such as Pen Drives, headphones, to name some of the most common.
On the other hand, books have become an increasingly stronger presence in stationery stores, as well as gifts and cards, although we must say that in the case of gifts, their presence tends to vary depending on the time of year or dates. specials such as mother’s day, father’s day, children’s day, Christmas, friend’s day, among others.
Although it is a business that can function without problems, therefore, those who want to undertake it do not need large investments or specific knowledge, it is a reality that at present, as a consequence of the tremendous advance of new technologies, has generated that for For example, some basic inputs that this business commercialized, such is the case of paper, today, it is not in large volumes as in the past, because of course, computer screens have taken away that prominence at a great level and not to mention having reduced your need.
Today, if you want to send a document to someone, you do it by email, by social network, using less paper.
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