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Market Cap:$16.8B
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
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NAICS Code Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers: 424120
Recent Events
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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 earnings fall 38% in second quarter
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Staples tags president Mike Miles to head multichannel international unit
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Ventress to Leave Staples, Miles Assumes Role
News & Analysis
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Dollar Tree Mounts Online Challenge to Costco, Staples and Small Business Suppliers
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- 2009-04-20
Warehouse clubs and office supply stores are withstanding a challenge for their small business customers from what might seem an unlikely rival, a newly enhanced Dollar Tree web site. Indeed, the dollar store operator is not only challenging better established retailers for small business customers but for...
Staples Announces Easy Mobile Tech (EMT) Service to Remedy Computer Emergencies and Books-A-Million, Inc. to Broadcast Its Fiscal 2006 Q2 Conference Call Live on the Internet.
- 2005-08-10
M2 PRESSWIRE-10 August 2005-US Financial Network: Staples Announces Easy Mobile Tech EMT Service to Remedy Computer Emergencies and Books-A-Million, Inc. to Broadcast Its Fiscal 2006 Q2 Conference Call Live on the InternetC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10082005 City of Industry, CA -...
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...
Digital New York: Behind merger, patent lawsuits pending; Juno, NetZero deal will cancel claims; L.I. firms cling to Nasdaq listing.(Juno Online Services Inc. and NetZero Inc merger.)(Brief Article)
- 2001-06-18
Overlooked in most of the coverage of the merger announced two weeks ago between Juno Online Services Inc. and NetZero Inc. was the fact that the companies have been trading blows in patent litigation. Last June, Juno sued NetZero for allegedly inf Overlooked in...
Staples Board Decides Not to Participate in Buyout of Its Internet Firm.
- 2001-04-04
By Chris Reidy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Chris Reidy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Letters/Instant E-Mail.(Brief Article)
- 2000-08-28
NHL focus should be on its brand, not on b-to-b Yes ... it makes perfect sense to streamline your operations and pool resources and buy in bulk -- the NHL's answer to the price club ["NHL takes shot on Net," Aug. 14, Page 3]. But...
Staples.com Drives E-commerce Initiatives With Key Internet Investors
- 1999-11-12
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 12, 1999--
Intelliquis International's Internet and Fax Products Receive Full Shelf Coverage in Staples
- 1999-08-31
SALT LAKE CITY--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 31, 1999--
ALLEY FIRM EARNS CHANCE TO BE EMINENT IN DOMAINS: REGISTER.COM GETS IN ON REGISTRATION ACTION, WINS FUNDS IN STAPLES TEAM-UP.
- 1999-05-24
Silicon Alley's register.com is poised to get in on the lucrative Internet name game. Register.com was one of five companies selected in April to start assigning Internet domain names. Since 1992, Network Solutions Inc. of Herndon, Va., has had an Silicon Alley's register.com...
STAPLES DRAFTS PRODIGY.(Brief Article)
- 1999-01-25
Prodigy Communications Corp., a nationwide Internet services provider, and Staples Inc. have entered into an agreement in which the office- supply chain will promote the Internet service to Staples customers in all 700 store locations nationwide. Prodigy Communications Corp., a nationwide Internet services...
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