Dress for Success and Disadvantaged Women to Benefit from Office Depot Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference

Business Wire, Feb 20, 2007

Local Affiliates in Six Cities Across the U.S. to Receive Office Furniture and Funds Generated at Conference

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- Office Depot (NYSE:ODP), a leading global provider of office products and services, announced that the Company's signature Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference will raise funds and collect in-kind donations for Dress for Success, an international non-profit organization which provides interview suits and career development services to disadvantaged women making the transition into the workforce.

Donations generated at the 2007 Office Depot Success Strategies series, hosted in Orlando, FL; Dallas, TX; Orange County, CA; Chicago, IL; Washington, DC; and Philadelphia, PA, will go directly to local Dress for Success affiliates.

Office Depot's relationship with Dress for Success began in 2005. Since then, Office Depot has supported events such as the Dress for Success 2006 Success Summit, and provided organization members with office supplies and business products, including the FranklinCovey Planning System Kit.

"The Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference, which brings female business owners and professionals together from all around the country, offers a great opportunity for Office Depot to help support such a worthy organization like Dress for Success," said Cindy Campbell, Executive Vice President of Business Solutions Division for Office Depot. "While networking with their peers and fostering their own business relationships, attendees will also be able to help build the groundwork that will help other women thrive in work and in life."

Proceeds and in-kind product donations will be generated at each of the six Office Depot Success Strategies events through the following on-site activities:

* Exclusive Foray and FranklinCovey Ladies Business Totes will be sold at the Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference, with 5% of all sales donated to Dress for Success;

* Attendees are asked to bring in nearly-new business bags in exchange for 10% off a new Foray or FranklinCovey Ladies Business Tote;

* Silent Auction, during which conference attendees can bid on lunch meetings with executives from Office Depot, Count-Me-In, Center for Women's Business Research, and other established organizations. Net proceeds will be given to Dress for Success;

* Office Depot will donate a complete office furniture collection, on display in the conference EXPO, to the local Dress for Success affiliate in each city.

At the kick-off conference in Orlando, FL on February 15, Office Depot raised $5,000 in funds for the Dress for Success Orlando affiliate.

"We are honored to be the beneficiary of the funds and products generated by Office Depot," said Joi Gordon, Chief Executive Officer of Dress for Success Worldwide. "The money raised at the Office Depot Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference will help us to provide disadvantaged women with professional apparel, a renewed self-confidence, as well as the tools to build a career and achieve self-sufficiency."

About the Office Depot Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference

The Conference, recognized as one of the nation's most prominent events for women business owners and corporate female professionals, is a one-day symposium in six cities packed with informative sessions, matchmaking opportunities, innovative best practices and an interactive EXPO. The theme of this year's conference is Branding Yourself for Unstoppable Success. For detailed event information or to register, please visit www.officedepotsuccess.com.

This year's Success Strategies Conference will be produced and managed by eWomenNetwork, a Dallas based international women's business network widely recognized for the value of their programs and efforts designed to benefit women, along with support from Xerox, Ameriprise, MassMutual, Orbitz, Allstate, FranklinCovey, 3M, and Lexmark. The conference dates and locations include the following:

February 15, 2007  Orlando, FL        Marriott - Downtown
February 27, 2007  Dallas, TX         Adams Mark Hotel
March 6, 2007      Orange County, CA  Sheraton Park Hotel at Anaheim Resort
March 20, 2007     Chicago, IL        Wyndham - O'Hare
March 27, 2007     Washington, DC     Marriott at Metro Center
April 25, 2007     Philadelphia, PA   Union League of Philadelphia

About Office Depot

Office Depot provides more office products and services to more customers in more countries than any other company.

Incorporated in 1986 and headquartered in Delray Beach, Fla., Office Depot has annual sales of over $15 billion, and employs approximately 52,000 associates around the world. Currently, the Company sells to customers directly or through affiliates in 42 countries.

Office Depot is a leader in every distribution channel -- from retail stores and contract delivery to catalogs and e-commerce. As of December 30, 2006, Office Depot had 1,158 retail stores in North America and another 348 stores, either company-owned, licensed or franchised, in other parts of the world. Office Depot serves a wide range of customers through a dedicated sales force, telephone account managers, direct mail offerings, and multiple web sites. With $4.3 billion in online sales during the last twelve months, the Company is also one of the world's largest e-commerce retailers.