Office Depot Shows Holiday Shoppers How to Gift Smarter This Holiday Season

“Top 30 Smart Gifts” Campaign Provides Helpful Advice and Special Deals on This Season’s Hottest Products

• Press Release
• Source: Office Depot
• On 3:11 pm EST, Tuesday November 10, 2009

BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Office Depot (NYSE:ODP - News), a leading global provider of office products and services, is helping this year’s holiday shoppers with smart shopping advice and access to the best deals with its “Top 30 Smart Gifts” campaign.

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Starting this week, customers can head to an Office Depot retail store or www.top30smartgifts.com to find the “must-have” smart gift items for everyone on their holiday shopping list. The “Top 30 Smart Gifts” list features this year’s hottest products combined with extraordinary savings that will help holiday shoppers “give more and spend less” this season. These “Smart Gifts” are indicated both in-store and online by a “Smart Gift” icon that appears next to the product.

“By providing our customers with great value and selection on some of the most sought-after gifts this season, paired with helpful gift-giving advice, Office Depot is on a mission to help customers shop smarter,” said Chuck Rubin, President of North American Retail for Office Depot. “Whether you are looking for the new Sony Pocket Reader, a stylish Ed Hardy iPhone case, or a Cross pen set for a co-worker, you can find a gift that will fit nearly anyone’s budget at Office Depot.”

Shoppers can go online and visit www.top30SmartGifts.com for gift giving advice and to find special deals for the week. For those struggling to find the perfect gift for someone on their list, customers can shop by personality type on the website to get ideas on the right present.

Beginning November 22 through December 24, visitors also have the opportunity to win one of the Top 30 Smart Gifts by playing the “Gift of the Day Instant Win Game” – five winners will be selected every day. In addition, the website houses funny holiday videos, games, and gift ideas that visitors can pass along to family and friends. For those looking for an added bonus, become a fan of Office Depot on Facebook (www.facebook.com/officedepot), and get access to special deals and promotions.

Included in Office Depot’s “Top 30 Smart Gift List” this year are the following products:

Hot Tech Gifts of the Season:

• Sony Pocket Reader: Read your books electronically and store up to 350 of your favorite titles at a time. Make this gift even more enjoyable by pairing it with a gift card to the Sony Bookstore or even pre-loading the Pocket Reader with a few of the recipient’s favorite books.
• The HP Photosmart Premium Web Printer: This combination printer/scanner/fax machine/copier lets you print everything from documents and photos to maps and coupons, all without the need of a PC. You can even send photos to the printer directly from your mobile phone.

• HP Mini Netbook: The perfect mobile companion for the traveler, this netbook boasts an extra long battery life so you can remain connected while on the road. The HP Mini Netbook also comes with the new Windows 7 operating system pre-installed. And make sure to protect your investment with a netbook sleeve, also available at Office Depot.

Gifts Under $25:

• Ativa 4 GB Fashion USB Flash Drives: For those looking for a stocking stuffer, the Ativa 4 GB Fashion USB Flash Drives, available exclusively at Office Depot, come in unique patterns and styles and are suitable for anything from school to business use.
• Photo Calendar: For around $10, you can provide a year’s worth of memories by creating a unique photo calendar. Simply bring your favorite photos to any Office Depot retail location or upload them directly to www.officedepot.com/photos.

Gifts Under $50:

• Memorex Portable Boom Box for iPod: The new Memorex portable Boom Box for iPod offers great sound quality and style for less than $50.
• Ativa 7” Digital Frame: The Ativa 7” digital frame, available exclusively at Office Depot, allows your loved ones to display their memories, and is also a perfect gift for business associates. Make sure to pre-load some pictures to make a truly personalized statement.

Gifts Under $100:

• The Sony Clock Radio Speaker System for iPod: The stylish Sony Clock Radio Speaker System for iPod docks and charges an iPod or iPhone and offers a clock radio that can be used in an office or home.
• The Ativa Wireless Speaker System for iPod: This innovative new speaker set from Ativa allows you to position your speakers wherever you want them without the inconvenience of wires – all for just $80.

Travel Gifts:

• Tom Tom 5” GPS System: The Tom Tom 5” GPS System plans the fastest routes based on traffic patterns, all with a new, larger display screen for simple visual direction.
• Prism 7” Portable TV: The Prism 7” Portable TV operates on a rechargeable battery, AC adaptor, or car cord and lets you enjoy your favorite shows anywhere via digital broadcast signals. Perfect for the holiday road trip!
• The Oregon Scientific Advanced Weather Station: Make sure your loved ones know how to pack appropriately for that holiday vacation! This advanced weather system monitors for indoor and outdoor temperatures and alerts users to changing or dangerous weather.

Teen Gifts:

• Flip Video Ultra HD Camcorder: For the tech savvy teens in your life, choose from fun and stylish gifts such as the Flip Video Ultra HD Camcorder that makes it simple to upload and share video footage. Record with the push of a button and upload videos to a computer in a flash via the built-in USB adapter.
• Ed Hardy Faceplates for iPhone: Teens are all about fashion and nothing makes more of a statement than Ed Hardy. Select from five Ed Hardy-designed faceplates manufactured to fit perfectly with an iPhone.

Office Depot also has great gifts for the workplace this holiday season, such as a wireless mouse that can work on any surface, a Cross Pen set that comes in a variety of colors and styles, or even an Office Depot gift card so your co-worker can pick out their own gift at any one of the more than 1,100 Office Depot retail locations or online at www.officedepot.com.

For more information on the smart gift solutions available at Office Depot this holiday season, visit www.top30SmartGifts.com, www.facebook.com/officedepot, or your local Office Depot retail location.

About Office Depot

Every day, Office Depot is Taking Care of Business for millions of customers around the globe. For the local corner store as well as Fortune 500 companies, Office Depot provides products and services to its customers through 1,585 worldwide retail stores, a dedicated sales force, top-rated catalogs and a $4.2 billion e-commerce operation. Office Depot has annual sales of approximately $14.5 billion, and employs about 42,000 associates around the world. The Company provides more office products and services to more customers in more countries than any other company, and currently sells to customers directly or through affiliates in 49 countries.

Office Depot’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ODP and is included in the S&P 500 Index. Additional press information can be found at: http://mediarelations.officedepot.com.

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