HuntOffice History

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Huntoffice.ie is the No 1 Irish Online Office Supply Company

Hunt was established on 1st of November 1999 by enterprising brothers Seamus and John Hunt in Newcastle West, County Limerick. They saw an opportunity in the office supplies market in the Mid West region, Clare, Limerick, Kerry and Tipperary. Their company is now the largest independent online office supplies company in the 32 counties of Ireland. They originally started as a traditional catalogue based office supplier but have now completely re invented themselves as www.huntoffice.ie and in the process started an online revolution in the Irish Office Supplies industry.

"Every few months, a new online innovation or way of doing business hits a different industry, promising steady and revolutionary changes in the way that industry works. The office supplies industry with a potential window on every desk in the form of a PC Monitor has been a sleeping giant market. We identified this opportunity and built our company in this area", said John Hunt.

Hunt office sells over 25,000 products to a customer base of over 20,000 businesses in Ireland serviced by their warehouse facility in City West, Dublin. Seamus is keen to point out how proud they are of their Limerick roots and the loyalty they have enjoyed from their local customers.

"We started from a local base in Limerick and the Mid West is still the backbone of the company, where our commitment to service is still as important as ever. The internet has Dublin businesses accounting for over half of our sales", said Seamus Hunt.

Hunt Office are the fastest growing office supplies company in Ireland according to Spricers International and their sales are increasing, month on month, by an impressive 25%.

"You need three things to create a successful online business: good staff, a service that customers actually want and technology to do it efficiently. The changes that our staff have made are spectacular. Converting the business from an old style catalogue based,

'knock on door' office supply company to a modern, technology based business supplies company, where van drivers changed their role to online helpdesk operators, telephone sales people, retraining to design web pages. So much of the company's success is down to the team spirit and ability to change that is bred into all of us in the business", said Seamus. Hunt Office now employs 16 highly skilled employees who are embracing modern technology to compete on a similar and indeed higher scale against the multinational office supplies companies.

"Everyone in business today should have an internet strategy to enter the whole new world of 'search marketing'. A major challenge for us has been to implement business plan at such a fast pace. Things are moving so fast in the industry that we need a revised, improved plan every six months to keep us ahead of our competition. The Office Supplies industry has moved into the internet and we have proved to be the internet market leader in Ireland", added John.

"For a company to make an impact they have to offer people better technology than they have now. The internet landscape has been developing at a rapid pace. While it is easy to enter, it is far more difficult to make an impact. This requires a new generation of innovators who can really identify trends and innovate quickly. It incorporates a mix of internet strategy, marketing, offline


John Hunt & Seamus Hunt Founders of Huntoffice.ie

The HuntOffice web team

Industry experience, finance, distribution and service".

John Hunt is graduate of Dublin Institute Of Technology and worked in present day related fields, in Power City, Office City in Dublin and in Limerick with Irish Business Systems and Bryan S Ryan. He is a former president NCW Chamber Of Commerce.

Seamus Hunt worked as a manager for Quinnsworth and subsequently Tesco in various locations throughout Ireland.

With the experience gained they set out to follow their dream of setting up their own successful company.

"John and I were bursting with business ideas to build our own company. We were clear with our goals and our activity needed to follow it. We borrowed €20,000 from our local bank and started business in the shed of a country cottage, kindly loaned to us by our parents James and Mary. The rest as they say, is history. We now have our own premises in New Castle West and a distribution centre in Dublin. We made a lot of sacrifices in the early years but we are very proud to see the company grow to its present position", said Seamus.

HuntOffice.ie in just 10 years has become Ireland's most successful online retailer of office products with an annual turnover of €4Million. Their technology innovated into the industry has been admired by many and emulated by multinational companies, a compliment to their marketing and internet strategy.


Hunt Office Supplies have become a household name when we think of office supplies, furniture, technology, paper & ink & toner products.


Huntoffice.ie Web Team pictured in 2011

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