History
Michael Ockri has a lifetime of experience in school supply retail. It's a familiar story: Until he left for college, Mike helped out in his mother's teacher store, The Education Depot. He assisted customers, stocked the shelves and worked the register. When he graduated, he returned to help his mother run the store. Over the course of six years, with Michael's help, the store's size doubled and revenue tripled. The Education Depot established a Web presence and brought in catalog sales. There was just one problem: It was moving too fast for mom, and too slow for Michael. In August, 2006, I spun off and started Chicago School Supply,