BNET Industries
Market Cap:$17.6B
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' 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...
Stand and deliver: what happens when web merchants make delivery promises they can't keep?
- 2003-11-01
STAPLES RECENTLY HAD TO PAY $850,000 to settle an FTC Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule complaint. Why? Because the company failed to keep its product delivery promises. Specifically, Staples claimed on its Web site that it could deliver products in just one day--when, in fact, the offer applied only...
Consumer injury in antitrust litigation: Necessary, but by what standard?
- 2001-10-01
INTRODUCTION Since the early days of the rule of reason under section 1 of the Sherman Act, the effect of the challenged conduct on competition has been central to whether the conduct is lawful.1 The Clayton Act also makes the actual or likely competitive effect of the arrangement in question...
Judge's Ruling Likely to Kill Staples-Office Depot Merger.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
- 1997-07-01
Jul. 1--The $4.5 billion merger of Office Depot and Staples was mortally wounded Monday by a federal judge's ruling that the union violates antitrust laws. The long-awaited decision grants the Federal Trade Commission's request for a preliminary injunction and likely kills...
Shareholders Back Office Depot-Staples Merger.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
- 1997-06-19
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--Jun. 19--Office Depot and Staples shareholders Wednesday put the final piece in place for a merger as both companies await a federal judge's ruling in an antitrust case. Meetings in Delray Beach and Boston produced votes overwhelmingly in favor...
Staples/Office Depot await ruling
- 1997-06-02
FARMINGHAM. MASS. -- The end appears to be in sight -- although whether the ending will be a happy one remains to be determined. By mid-June, federal judge Thomas Hogan is expected to rule on whether to grant the Federal Trade Commission's request for a temporary injunction that will prevent...
BUSINESSWorld
- 1997-04-07
New reasons to go west ALBUQUERQUE NYT -- Two new nature attractions have opened in Albuquerque: the Albuquerque Aquarium and the Rio Grande Botanic Garden. The aquarium's exhibits reproduce aquatic environments along the Rio Grande, from its headwaters in southern Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico....
Staples and Office Depot to vigorously contest FTC ruling
- 1997-04-07
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 7, 1997-- Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) and Office Depot, Inc. (NYSE: ODP) today announced that both companies have agreed to vigorously contest the recent Federal Trade Commission FTC ruling against a proposed settlement as contemplated under the merger agreement and to aggressively pursue completion of the merger. ...
Staples and Office Depot to vigorously contest FTC ruling
- 1997-04-07
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 7, 1997-- Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) and Office Depot, Inc. (NYSE: ODP) today announced that both companies have agreed to vigorously contest the recent Federal Trade Commission FTC ruling against a proposed settlement as contemplated under the merger agreement and to aggressively pursue completion of the merger. ...
Staples' $140M discount. (Federal Trade Commission action on merger prompts sale of 63 stores)
- 1997-03-17
NEW YORK -- It cost Staples more than $140 million last week to keep its plan to buy Office Depot going forward. NEW YORK -- It cost Staples more than $140 million last week to keep its plan to buy Office Depot going forward.
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