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Depot just opened a coworking
space called the Workonomy Hub in Los Gatos,
California. - The space is located inside an Office Depot store and
offers services like DIY copying, printing, packing, shipping,
and tech support. - It’s part of a larger Workonomy concept from Office
Depot that is meant to help small businesses. The initiative
includes tech-support kiosks that
the company says will be in 141 Office Depot stores by the
end of the month as well as self-service printing and copying
kiosks that it says will be in more than 1,000 stores in the
same period. - Staples
also has a coworking space, but unlike Office Depot’s space, it
isn’t free to use.
Office Depot is no longer just an office-supply store – now, one
of its stores functions as an office, too.
Office Depot just launched its first coworking space in its Los
Gatos, California, retail location. The coworking space, known as
the Workonomy Hub, is the newest part of Office
Depot’s Workonomy platform, a larger initiative
aimed at small businesses. The initiative includes tech-support
kiosks that
the company says will be in 141 Office Depot stores by the
end of the month and self-service printing and copying kiosks
that it says will be in more than 1,000 stores in the same
period.
“We are relentlessly committed to helping small- to medium-sized
businesses succeed with a consistent and tailored customer
experience through Workonomy,” Office Depot CEO Gerry Smith said
in a press release.
Office Depot is a few years behind competitor Staples when it
comes to coworking – Staples partnered with the workspace startup
Workbar in
2016 to offer coworking spaces at three of its Massachusetts
locations. The spaces are very similar, but Staples’ space
requires a $130-a-month membership to access, while Office
Depot’s is still free to use.
It makes sense that Office Depot and Staples would want to get
into the coworking business. WeWork, the leader in coworking, is
said to be raising additional equity funding at a $35 billion
valuation.
Take a look inside Office Depot’s coworking space:
The coworking space, called the Workonomy Hub, is located inside an Office Depot store in Los Gatos, California.
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The space features common areas with plenty of space to meet and work …
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… but it also has private offices for those who need them. The space is very bright and modern.
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The Workonomy Hub also has a Starbucks kiosk inside, as well as an online-order pickup station, printing station, shipping station, and lounge area.
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Staples offers what appears to be a very similar coworking space in three of its Massachusetts locations, but it costs $130 a month to join. Office Depot’s coworking space has no monthly fee.
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