Editing OfficeMax (section)

===Public corporation===
In 1995, OfficeMax became one of a handful of companies doing business through internetMCI.<ref>{{cite news |last= Halverson |first= Richard |date= April 3, 1995|title= Mass market goes on line; Service Merchandise, OfficeMax tap cybersales – retailing on computer networks|url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n7_v34/ai_16783978/|url-status= dead|work= Discount Store News|location= FindArticles.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20051224103557/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n7_v34/ai_16783978/|archive-date= December 24, 2005|access-date= January 6, 2018}}</ref> Around this time Kmart sold the remaining 25% of the OfficeMax shares it held.<ref>Jim Silver [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_19950627/ai_n10085443/ "Kmart to Sell OfficeMax Stake, Raising About $347.9 Million"]. Journal Record, The (Oklahoma City). FindArticles.com. 18 Feb, 2011.</ref> On July 14, 1996, a new kiosk program called BatteryMax was test launched in two Phoenix stores. BatteryMax were operated by Batteries for Everything.

OfficeMax also filed lawsuits for infringement for use of the "Max" name against Med Max and [[Circuit City]] for [[CarMax]], its used car business.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/949/409/1453330/|title=Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. OfficeMax, Inc., 949 F. Supp. 409 (E.D. Va. 1996)|newspaper=Justia Law|language=en|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref> For the next few years OfficeMax and its rivals, [[Staples Inc.|Staples]] and [[Office Depot]], continued to open new stores, saturating the market segment.

OfficeMax developed regional delivery centers, and invested in its super-regional PowerMax distribution centers in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], [[Hazleton, Pennsylvania]], and [[Birmingham, Alabama]] after litigation began with previous logistics and shipping provider.<ref>{{cite news |title= OfficeMax reveals plans at shareholders meeting|url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n10_v37/ai_n27535479/|url-status= dead|work= Discount Store News |location= FindArticles.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110911171258/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n10_v37/ai_n27535479/|archive-date= September 11, 2011|access-date= January 6, 2018}}</ref>

A small sized store concept, OfficeMax PDQ, test was launched in [[Woodmere, Ohio]], in late June 1998.<ref>Mike Troy [https://archive.today/20120708185358/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n15_v37/ai_21028428/ "OfficeMax unveils new prototypes"]. Discount Store News. FindArticles.com. 18 Feb, 2011.</ref> By 2001, the chain operated 960 stores.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OfficeMax opens 23,500 sf store in Cottage Grove |url=https://www.globest.com/2001/12/04/officemax-opens-23500-sf-store-in-cottage-grove/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=GlobeSt |language=en}}</ref> That year, OfficeMax began closing underperforming stores in some neighborhoods and in regions where it did not have a strong presence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OfficeMax plans nationwide closings, including city store |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2001/01/31/officemax-plans-nationwide-closings-including-city-store/62160673007/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=The Oklahoman |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2003, OfficeMax was acquired by [[Boise Cascade#Boise Cascade Corporation|Boise Cascade Corporation]] for $1.3 billion.<ref name="boise">[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/officemax-to-get-129-mln-from-boise-cascades-ipo-2013-02-12 "OfficeMax to get $129 mln from Boise Cascade's IPO"], Feb. 12, 2013. marketwatch.com</ref> The following year, the combined company split into two: its wood and paper operations were acquired by [[Madison Dearborn Partners]], and the remaining company adopted the OfficeMax name.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Henderson |first=Nell |date=2004-07-27 |title=Boise Cascade Quits Forest Industry, Will Focus on Office Supplies |language=en-US |work=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2004/07/27/boise-cascade-quits-forest-industry-will-focus-on-office-supplies/84f4ad02-cf76-4df3-bda4-6e16ba254f93/ |access-date= |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

In December 2012, OfficeMax operated 941 stores in 47 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Mexico; that year, net sales were $6.9 billion, down from $8.3 billion in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=OfficeMax 2012 Annual Report |url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NDk4NDg5fENoaWxkSUQ9NTM4MDQzfFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109172748/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NDk4NDg5fENoaWxkSUQ9NTM4MDQzfFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1 |archive-date=9 January 2016 |access-date=29 October 2014 |website=Office Depot Inc.}}</ref>