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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
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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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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Hispanic Heritage Foundation and Staples Foundation for Learning Announce Continued Collaboration and Recognition of Teachers
- 2008-07-09
Staples Foundation for Learning Demonstrates Ongoing Support of Educational Leaders Making a Difference in the Latino Community WASHINGTON -- The Hispanic Heritage Foundation HHF, a national non-profit organization that identifies, inspires, promotes and prepares Latino leaders in the community, classroom and workforce, today announced the renewal of a $100,000...
Careful growth strategy fuels Staples' market leadership
- 2005-11-07
Staples is on a roll and its status as the undisputed leader among office superstores is in no danger despite intense competition for consumers of office products and services. Staples' industry-leading performance is attributable to a stable senior executive team that is focused on a well-defined strategy, which, in turn,...
Two GOP Lawmakers Unable to Sway Runaway Texas Democrats to Break Deadlock.
- 2003-08-07
Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 7--ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--Two Republican state senators flew here Wednesday for a covert two-hour meeting with several of the 11 Democratic state senators who fled Texas to block a GOP congressional redistricting plan. Republican...
2002 West Coast Business Leadership Conference Attracts New Sponsors; Conference on October 18, 2002 at Staples Center Expected to Draw Over 13,000 Business Executives
- 2002-09-23
Business Editors
Infinity Radio Group of Los Angeles to Sponsor 2002 West Coast Business Leadership Conference October 18, 2002 at Staples Center
- 2002-09-20
Business Editors
Tickets Go on Sale for 2002 West Coast Business Leadership Conference; October Event at Staples Center Features `Dream Team' Speakers Expected to Attract 13,000+ Executives
- 2002-08-16
Business Editors & Education Writers
The Magic Johnson Foundation Presents the 17th Annual ``A Midsummer Night's Magic''; Benefiting the Taylor Michaels Scholarship Program
- 2002-07-09
Entertainment Editors In support of its focus on education and youth, the Magic Johnson Foundation will present the 17th Annual "A Midsummer Night's Magic" fundraising weekend August 8-11, 2002. Funds raised will directly benefit the Magic Johnson Foundation's Taylor Michaels Scholarship Program. Thursday, August 8th, 6 p.m. --...
Staples Inc. Executives Honored by Computerworld and CTO Magazine for Leadership and Technological Innovation
- 2001-04-18
Business/Technology/Retail Editors
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