BNET Industries
Market Cap:$17.6B
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
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers: 424120
Recent Events
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Staples sets 8.25-cent quarterly 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 Posts Higher Earnings In Fiscal Q3
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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 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
News & Analysis
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FBI investigation of Perata apparently in limbo
- 2007-02-05
SACRAMENTO -- Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata has spent nearly $1 million defending himself against a federal probe into whether he illegally funneled money to family and close associates. But more than two years after the harsh light of suspicion first fell on the 61-year-old Oakland...
FBI probe of Perata apparently in limbo
- 2007-02-04
SACRAMENTO -- Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata has spent nearly $1 million defending himself against a federal probe into whether he illegally funneled money to family and close associates. But more than two years after the harsh light of suspicion first fell on the 61-year-old East...
Texas tackles WC reform as expenses soar: legislators seek certified medical networks to help restrain out-of-control costs.(News)(workers' compensation)
- 2005-03-07
THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE'S EFFORT to reform the state's ailing workers' compensation system has been moving so quickly that a final measure might come up for a vote perhaps as soon as April, one insurance trade group says. Bills in both the Texas Senate and...
California Lawmaker Cuts Ties with Consultant Linked to Fundraising Scheme.
- 2004-02-20
By Guy Ashley, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 20--State Sen. Don Perata is being accused of benefiting from an unethical fundraising scheme that allegedly funneled corporate donations to support Democratic causes into the senator's own ...
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