BNET Industries
Market Cap:$16.9B
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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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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Fundraising effort provides school essentials
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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
News & Analysis
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STAPLES & UPS UNITE TO CONTEND FOR CHINA EXPRESS MARKET
- 2007-11-13
AsiaInfo Services 11-13-2007 Staples & UPS Unite to Contend for China Express Market BEIJING, Nov 13, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS), the world's leading retailer of office products, and UPS, a large express AsiaInfo Services...
Office product briefs.(Brief article)
- 2007-02-15
By Staff In early January, Canon announced the release of the DR-4010C scanner pictured, which can scan up to 84 images per minute and 42 pages per minute. The company anticipates further growth in the popularity of document scanners, and h...
Staples, Inc. Enters India Through Joint Venture with Pantaloon Retail Limited
- 2007-01-18
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) announced today a joint venture with India's leading retailer, Pantaloon Retail Limited, and its new office products business unit, Future Office. The agreement establishes a platform for Staples to enter the $10 billion office products market in India and allows Pantaloon to benefit...
Ariba Teams with Staples to Enhance Supplier Network; World's Largest Office Products Company to Provide Best Practices That Help to Facilitate Quick, Seamless Integration of Ariba's Network among the Fortune 1000
- 2005-11-02
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- AribaR, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARBA), the leading spend management solutions provider, is teaming with Staples Contract division to help enhance the Ariba Supplier NetworkTM. Staples Contract, which serves mid-sized and Fortune 1000 companies, has joined the Ariba Supplier AdvantageTM program because it helps suppliers better share best practices and...
Staples Selected as the Strategic Supplier of Office Products for the National Joint Powers Alliance Purchasing Cooperative; NJPA Member Schools and State and Local Governments to Benefit from World's Leading Office Products Company
- 2005-10-27
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS), the world's largest office products company, today announced that the National Joint Powers Alliance NJPA has awarded Staples a national office products and classroom supplies contract. NJPA is a member-owned buying cooperative serving public and private schools, state and local governments and non-profit...
STAPLES TO SET UP BRANCH IN BEIJING IN OCTOBER
- 2005-07-20
AsiaInfo Services 07-20-2005 Staples to Set Up Branch in Beijing in October BEIJING, Jul 20, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Staples, Inc., the world's leading retailer of office products, plans to set up a branch in Beijing this October.The Beij ...
Staples Selects Salesforce.com for 1,500 Subscribers; World's Largest Office Products Retailer Turns to Salesforce.Com to Deliver Scalability and Performance for CRM Success
- 2004-11-17
SAN FRANCISCO -- Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), the technology and market leader in on-demand customer relationship management CRM, today announced that Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPLS), the world's largest office products retailer, has chosen salesforce.com's award-winning CRM as the standard for managing and sharing contract sales information on demand. Staples Contract Division migrated to...
Staples Wins Bank of America Office Products Contract
- 2004-09-30
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) today announced that Bank of America has awarded Staples a five-year, $275 million national office products contract. The win establishes Bank of America as one of the largest customers for Staples Contract Division, which serves mid-sized and Fortune 1000 companies.
IBM Supercomputer to Power Information Warehouse for Staples; Heir to 'Deep Blue' Will Help Office Product Retailer Analyze Operations More Efficiently
- 2001-02-14
Business & Technology Editors
PURCHASING NOTES.(Brief Article)
- 2000-05-18
US Office Products has upgraded its Web site, USOPNET.com US Office Products has upgraded its Web site, USOPNET.com to include budget controls and multilevel routing and approval of orders. "Our customers want more ways to control and mon US...
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