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Market Cap:$17.5B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$23.0B
- Public
- US
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Staples, the world?s largest office products company, is committed to making it easy for customers to buy a wide range of office products, including supplies, technology, furniture, and business services. With 2008 sales of $23 billion and 91,000 associates worldwide, Staples serves businesses of all sizes and consumers in 27 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. In July 2008, Staples acquired Corporate Express, one of the world?s leading suppliers of office products to businesses and institutions. Staples invented the office superstore concept in 1986 and is headquartered outside Boston.
Number of Employees 57,291
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers: 424120
Recent Events
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Staples, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2009 Cash Dividend
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Staples' Shares Should Hold Together
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Staples Q3 profit up on lower charges, beats Street
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Staples sees sales improvement
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Cloud hangs over Black Friday
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Black Friday Laptop Deals Under $300
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Staples Black Friday 2009 Deals Announced via Twitter, Facebook
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TWEET: 'I'm About to Testify in My Defamation Case!'
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Staples, Dogwood Alliance Promote Forest Carbon Offsets
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Staples aims to improve its environmental footprint
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Throw This Stock Away
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Sector Snap: Office Depot falls, OfficeMax rises
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Staples declares USD0.025 quarterly cash dividend
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Staples 2Q profit falls 39 pct on acquisition cost
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Staples profit drops as recession takes toll
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Staples tags president Mike Miles to head multichannel international unit
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What you missed.(pharmaceutical industry lobbying against laws on direct to consumer advertising of drugs)(Staples Inc. retains MediaCom as advertising agency)(Federal Trade Commission praises entertainment industry for limiting marketing of violent movie
- 2007-04-16
It's high noon on Capitol Hill. The congressional debate over direct-to-consumer drug advertising is due to kick off Wednesday and ad and pharmaceutical groups are increasing their lobbying efforts, desperately hoping to deflect the attack against a It's high noon on Capitol Hill. The congressional...
Miracles Take Place with the Push of Staples Easy Button; Breakout Advertisement ''The Wall'' Builds on Staples Brand Identity
- 2006-02-23
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS), the world's largest office products company, today announced new television creative called "The Wall," which takes a historical twist on Staples classic empathetic office humor while differentiating the Staples brand. This unique spot will launch February 26, 2006 and air on national network...
Carole Johnson Appointed Staples Senior Vice President of Advertising
- 2006-01-24
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) announced today the appointment of Carole Johnson to senior vice president of advertising. Reporting to Shira Goodman, Staples executive vice president of marketing, Johnson will have responsibility for developing and producing all marketing communications for Staples U.S. Retail business, Staples Business Delivery, Staples...
Bringing you the lowest total delivered cost.(Advertisement)
- 2005-07-14
For nearly 20 years, Staples has been an innovator in providing office supplies to customers in all kinds of businesses. Today, we're the largest company in the industry and the leader for delivery sales in North America. Clearly, we're doing a lot For nearly...
The Week; Group calls for ad ban of junk-food.(Briefs)
- 2005-01-10
The Center for Science in the Public Interest unveiled proposed food-marketing guidelines that would dramatically limit marketing to kids and urged TV networks, food marketers and movie companies to implement the limits. The group, which has focused on kids 12 and under, targeted the guidelines to...
Beyond the Biz; B-to-b ads weak in game-day performance.(Briefs)
- 2004-02-09
B-to-b Super Bowl spots made a poor showing in an online poll conducted by AOL in the wake of the annual football and advertising extravaganza. The day after the game, with more than 1 million votes cast, the leading b-to-b ad was Staples' "It W B-to-b...
Garfield's AdReview - Kmart school ads score high; Staples doesn't make grade.(News)
- 2003-08-11
Byline: Bob Garfield Byline: Bob Garfield
Spots: Staples.(News)(back-to-school ad)(Brief Article)
- 2003-08-04
A cardboard mom pitches school supplies in Staples' back-to-school effort, from Interpublic Group of Cos.' Martin/Williams, Minneapolis. The ads, ... A cardboard mom pitches school supplies in Staples' back-to-school effort, from Interpublic Group of Cos.' Martin/Williams, Minneapolis. The ads, breaking today, feature a new ...
Staples Launches National Advertising Campaign to Introduce New Brand Promise
- 2003-02-27
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Staples Drops Its Longtime Tagline for Ads, Moves to 'Apology Campaign'.
- 2002-10-04
By Chris Reidy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Chris Reidy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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