1. Application for membership in the form of an online message, an application form or a telephone call。

2. Evaluation of applicants at headquarters and approval of membership, regions, financial capacity, etc. After a preliminary assessment, the union applicants pay a guarantee of their intention to cooperate, and after a deposit has been collected by the headquarters, the quota for the application for membership is maintained。

3. Upon receipt of a bond, headquarters, in cooperation with the union consortium, develops a reasonable association programme, including the determination of the level of membership, the size of the shop, the number of personnel, the refurbishment of inputs, the refurbishment cycle, the working capital, the opening date, the return period, etc。

4. Following the integration plan, the two parties formally signed a membership contract, made investment payments to the headquarters, and provided immediate access to the relevant membership and pre-employment training services: the award of a membership card, the provision of a management manual, the training of owners, etc。

5. Headquarters arranges for the relevant personnel to assist in the preparation of the initial opening of the association in accordance with the established association plan, such as the selection of premises, rental negotiations, evaluation, shop renovations, training of personnel, business licensing, business planning, information production, etc。

6. Prior to the formal opening of the business, the headquarters, in collaboration with the consortium, will prepare for the signing and inspection of the association, including the renovation and inspection, the commissioning of equipment, the public information programme and related information, the acceptance and inspection of guests, the arrival of personnel for each post, etc., and the formal opening of the business will be arranged once a letter of acceptance is in place。

At the time of the official opening of the business, the headquarters provides guidance support for the opening of the business through arrangements for personnel from different levels depending on the size of the union。

Steebo stationery, affiliated with steebo (shanghai) limited, is a subsidiary of the united states company steebo in china, which was established in 2004. Steebo stationary, based in flemmingham, massachusetts, is currently the world's leading retail and distributor of office supplies. Steebo stationery pioneered the idea of office stores and opened its first office stores in brighton, massachusetts, on 1 may 1986。

Steebo stationery provides a one-stop shop for customers through a variety of sales channels, such as doorshop retail, cataloguing direct mail, contract ordering and internet sales (e-commerce), with a global annual sales volume of $18. 2 billion in 2006. In 2004, staebo's stationery came to china, the world's most potential market for office supplies. In october of the same year, in shanghai, staebo’s stationery formally formed a strategic partnership with e-commerce enterprises specializing in sales of office supplies, which led to the establishment of steebo trading and trading limited. Since then, steebo china’s headquarters, zhanghai, has become a radioactive nation。

Steebo’s stationery is introducing into china its concept of office services that integrate advanced technology, environmentalism and humanistic care, so that businesses, governments and individual users can fully experience the pleasure of purchasing office supplies. With advanced supply chain management and global procurement systems, steebo is committed to creating a procurement platform for a wide range of clients for more than 10,000 commodities, such as office stationery, office consumables, office equipment, furniture and business gifts, and is working to create the best supply, sale and service systems in china。

With its advanced supply chain management and global procurement system, stebble provides a one-stop-shop administrative office procurement service for member enterprises, government departments and individual users of the chinese market through an integrated marketing model called “telephone sales plus catalogue sales+network sales”. Efforts have been made to create a platform for integrated office procurement and business services in china, covering office supplies, office furniture, office environment design improvements。