United Stationers Inc. (NASDAQ: USTR), Deerfield, IL, distributor of business, industrial and jan-san products, has acquired Denver, CO-based MBS Dev Inc. for $15 million plus an additional $3 million earn-out based on "achieving certain financial goals."
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MBS Dev is expected to add $10 million to sales in 2010.
"Enabling our customers and suppliers to leverage the power of the Internet to drive profitable growth remains a core strategy for United Stationers," said Richard W. Gochnauer, president and CEO of United Stationers. "We made a number of advances in our on-line merchandising and marketing capabilities in 2009, and expect to further accelerate those efforts with the recent acquisition of MBS Dev."
Read more about United Stationers’ plans for online initiatives in an archived MDM interview with Gochnauer, The Role of the Master Distributor.