BNET Industries

Staples Inc.

Market Cap:$17.7B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$23.0B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

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

Contact Information

500 Staples Drive

Framingham, Massachusetts 01702

www.staples.com

508-253-5000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers: 424120

Company News

Recent Events

Staples sets 8.25-cent quarterly dividend

12/09/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story
Staples' Shares Should Hold Together

12/01/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Staples Q3 profit up on lower charges, beats Street

12/01/09 - Site Opening - View Story
Staples Posts Higher Earnings In Fiscal Q3

12/08/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Cloud hangs over Black Friday

11/23/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Black Friday Laptop Deals Under $300

11/14/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Staples Black Friday 2009 Deals Announced via Twitter, Facebook

11/11/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
TWEET: 'I'm About to Testify in My Defamation Case!'

11/03/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story
Staples, Dogwood Alliance Promote Forest Carbon Offsets

10/13/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Staples aims to improve its environmental footprint

10/02/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Throw This Stock Away

10/07/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Staples 2Q profit falls 39 pct on acquisition cost

8/26/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Staples profit drops as recession takes toll

8/25/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Staples tags president Mike Miles to head multichannel international unit

8/25/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - COO - View Story

News & Analysis

finance and software and staples inc. - All News and Analysis

Staples and Office Depot: Short Interest Declines

Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-02

Jessica Johnson submits: Office Depot ODP saw its shares soar by 48% on Friday, as the office supply chain told investors that liquidity was far from running out, juxtaposed with the decision to close some North American stores and sell some assets because of slumping sales. Short...

Tags: Office Depot Inc., Staples Inc., Investor, Seeking Alpha, Jessica Johnson, Financial Accounting, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Sales Strategy, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Retail
Business Intelligence.(Brief article)

- 2007-01-18

By Staff $7.41 Billion in total 2005 equipment revenues for black and white printing devices Source: InfoTrends WHAT IT MEANS: Though black and white...

Tags: FINANCE, printing, SOFTWARE, Staples Inc., Strategy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Insider Trades - Statistical Data Included

- 2001-06-04

NATIONWIDE DSN REPORT -- The following are major insider trades as reported to the SEC. STOCKS BOUGHT Factory 2-U: Ronald Rashkow, director, bought 5,000 shares on April 20 at $25.99, now owns 153,969 shares. OfficeMax: Gary Peterson, president, bought 15,000 shares on April 5 at $3.21, now...

Tags: Branding, FINANCE, HARDWARE, Investment, IPO, MARKETING, NASD, NYSE Euronext, OfficeMax Inc., SOFTWARE, Staples Inc., Storage
Insider Trades

- 2001-03-05

NATIONWIDE DSN REPORT -- The following are major insider trades as reported to the SEC. STOCKS BOUGHT AutoZone: ESL Investments, beneficial owner, bought 1,794,100 shares on Jan. 23 to Jan. 26 at $25.94 to $26.64, now owns 23,555,500 shares. OfficeMax: Orient Star Holdings, beneficial owner, bought 110,000...

Tags: AutoZone Inc., FINANCE, HARDWARE, Investment, NASD, NYSE Euronext, OfficeMax Inc., SOFTWARE, Staples Inc., Storage