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OfficeMax: History, Companies & Measurement

OfficeMax is an American office supplies retailer founded in 1988. As an independent chain, it was the third-largest office supply retailer in the United States. Following a 2013 merger, it is currently a brand and subsidiary of Office Depot.

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OfficeMax topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around OfficeMax.

Related topics
30
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
32
Extracted relationships
96
Concept neighborhoods
16
Bridge connections
32

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 28 topics
Overview · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
April 1, 1988; 38 years ago (1988-04-01) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Industry
Retail
Area served
United States Mexico (since 1996) New Zealand Australia (until 2020)
Founder
Bob Hurwitz Michael Feuer
Number of locations
941 (2021)
Parent
Kmart (1991–1995) Boise Cascade (2003–2004) Office Depot (2013–present)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How OfficeMax connects Entity context

The extracted context around OfficeMax shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, OfficeMax → April, BizMart, Bob Hurwitz, Boston, Cleveland, Corporate Express, Feuer, FurnitureMax, Golden Gate Shopping Center, Highland Superstores, Hurwitz, In, In January, In May, In November, Intelligent Electronics, June, Kmart, Kmart's, Kmart-owned Another extracted example is OfficeMax → Boca Raton, District Court, Eric Hollander, Exchange Commission, February, Florida, Hollander, However, Illinois, Inc, It, May, Naperville, No, Northern District, November, Office Depot, OfficeMax Inc, On December, Securities. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

OfficeMax

Top relations

related to history · 37
OfficeMax → April, BizMart, Bob Hurwitz, Boston, Cleveland, Corporate Express, Feuer, FurnitureMax, Golden Gate Shopping Center, Highland Superstores, Hurwitz, In, In January, In May, In November, Intelligent Electronics, June, Kmart, Kmart's, Kmart-owned
related to Merger with Office Depot · 21
OfficeMax → Boca Raton, District Court, Eric Hollander, Exchange Commission, February, Florida, Hollander, However, Illinois, Inc, It, May, Naperville, No, Northern District, November, Office Depot, OfficeMax Inc, On December, Securities
related to Public corporation · 15
OfficeMax → Around, Batteries, BatteryMax, CarMax, Circuit City, Everything, For, In, Kmart, Max, Med Max, Office Depot, On July, Phoenix, Staples
related to New Zealand branch closures · 10
OfficeMax → Adrian Blake, August, CEO, COVID-19, In, Later, New Zealand, OfficeMax NZ, Platinum Equity, The
see also · 3
OfficeMax → Grand, OfficeMax's Canadian, Toy
Area served · 1
OfficeMax → United States Mexico (since 1996) New Zealand Australia (until 2020)
Founded · 1
OfficeMax → April 1, 1988; 38 years ago (1988-04-01) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Founder · 1
OfficeMax → Bob Hurwitz Michael Feuer
Industry · 1
OfficeMax → Retail
Number of locations · 1
OfficeMax → 941 (2021)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

office depot kmart 2013 merger new stores acquired store ohio cleveland founded shares zealand chain following subsidiary hurwitz feuer states

OfficeMax relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 96 structured relationships around OfficeMax. Examples in this analysis include OfficeMax → Area served → United States Mexico (since 1996) New Zealand Australia (until 2020) and OfficeMax → Founded → April 1, 1988; 38 years ago (1988-04-01) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
OfficeMaxArea servedUnited States Mexico (since 1996) New Zealand Australia (until 2020)1.00infobox
OfficeMaxFoundedApril 1, 1988; 38 years ago (1988-04-01) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.1.00infobox
OfficeMaxFounderBob Hurwitz Michael Feuer1.00infobox
OfficeMaxIndustryRetail1.00infobox
OfficeMaxNumber of locations941 (2021)1.00infobox
OfficeMaxParentKmart (1991–1995) Boise Cascade (2003–2004) Office Depot (2013–present)1.00infobox
OfficeMaxProductsOffice supplies1.00infobox
OfficeMaxTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
OfficeMaxWebsitewww.officedepot.com1.00infobox
OfficeMaxis aAmerican office supplies retailer founded in 19880.90text
OfficeMaxrelated to historyCleveland0.60section
OfficeMaxrelated to historyApril0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around OfficeMax bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Depot, Acquired and Kmart. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • OfficeMax
    • Depot
    • Acquired
    • Kmart
    • Would
    • New
    • Ohio
    • Merger
    • Store
    • Corporation
    • Founded
    • Heights
    • Zealand
  • officemax
    • Depot
    • Acquired
    • Kmart
    • Would
    • New
    • Ohio
    • Merger
    • Store
    • Corporation
    • Founded
    • Heights
    • Zealand
  • office supplies
    • Depot
    • United
    • Merger
    • Zealand
    • Officemax
    • Chain
    • Shareholders
    • Would
    • Retailer
    • Supplies
    • Exchange
    • Founded
  • office depot
    • Depot
    • Office
    • Merger
    • Would
    • Officemax
    • Chain
    • Shareholders
    • Subsidiary
    • Following
    • Market
    • New
    • Retailer
  • office square
    • Depot
    • Merger
    • Officemax
    • Chain
    • Shareholders
    • Would
    • Retailer
    • Supplies
    • United
    • Exchange
    • Founded
    • States
  • boise cascade corporation
    • Ohio
    • Kmart
    • Supplies
    • United
    • Became
    • Cleveland
    • Feuer
    • Founded
    • Heights
    • Hurwitz
    • States
    • Subsidiary
  • covid-19 pandemic in new zealand
    • New
    • Zealand
    • Supplies
    • United
    • Cleveland
    • Corporation
    • Feuer
    • Founded
    • Hurwitz
    • States
    • Stores
    • Subsidiary
  • kmart
    • Shares
    • Ohio
    • Store
    • Officemax
    • Supplies
    • United
    • Became
    • Exchange
    • Heights
    • States
    • Subsidiary
    • Zealand

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For OfficeMax, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects OfficeMax with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
OfficeMaxHistory · splits 4 ⟂ 29
OfficeMaxOverview · splits 30 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

OfficeMax

Nodes33
Edges32
Triples96
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.060606
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around OfficeMax to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — OfficeMax · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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