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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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November Sales to Shed Light on Holiday Start
Reuters
- 2009-12-01
By Nicole MaestriSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When U.S. retail chains report November sales this week, investors will learn whether they have gone far enough to protect profits against a weak start to the holiday shopping season.Early data on weekend shopping from U.S. Thanksgiving Day on Thursday through Sunday showed a...
Retail Roundup: Adrenalina Withdraws PacSun Offer, Macy's Open 24 Hours A Day, More
BNET
- 2008-12-16
Adrenalina withdraws PacSun offer -- Apparel retailer Adrenalina withdrew its buyout offer for Pacific Sunwear of California on Dec. 15 because of the recent fall in the company's share price. Adrenalina, now a shareholder of PacSun, still seeks to eventually acquire its larger rival and may take its buyout proposal...
STAPLES OPENS RETAIL STORES IN CHINA
- 2006-07-06
AsiaInfo Services 07-06-2006 Staples Opens Retail Stores in China SHANGHAI, Jul 06, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Staples, the world's largest supplier of office products, opened two retail stores in Shanghai recently, and plans to open more in AsiaInfo Services...
PhoneGnome Now Available At Rhode Island Staples Locations; Becomes First Local Retailer To Stock Feature Rich Cost Saving Telephone Option
- 2005-08-23
BOSTON & DANVILLE, Calif. -- Staples (Nasdaq:SPLS), the world's largest office products retailer, has become the first national retailer to stock PhoneGnomeTM, the new worldwide voice technology product that seamlessly joins Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP communications with a customer's existing Public Switched Telephone Network PSTN service, allowing consumers to...
PhoneGnome Now Available at Staples; Retailer Becomes First To Stock Feature Rich Cost Saving Telephone Option
- 2005-08-23
BOSTON & DANVILLE, Calif. -- Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS), the world's largest office products retailer, has become the first national retailer to stock PhoneGnomeTM, the new worldwide voice technology product that seamlessly joins Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP communications with a customer's existing telephone service, (Public Switched Telephone Network PSTN) allowing consumers...
Staples is the first national retailer to offer an alternative.(Brief Article)
- 2005-06-16
Staples is the first national retailer to offer an alternative to purchasing Dell inkjet cartridges, by introducing remanufactured ink cartridges compatible with ... Staples is the first national retailer to offer an alternative to purchasing Dell inkjet cartridges, by introducing remanufactured ink cartridges...
More retail chains heading this way; Drawn by vacant sites, competitive considerations.(News)
- 2003-12-22
Byline: H. LEE MURPHY At least a half-dozen major merchants are lined up and waiting to enter the Chicago market. The chains-including office supply giant Staples Inc. and Dick's Sporting Goods Inc.-have hired real estate brokers and are talkin Byline:...
Staples, Petco Plan Stores in Southwest Fort Worth, Texas.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- 2000-12-12
Dec. 13--FORT WORTH, Texas--Staples, the second-largest office products retailer, and Petco, one of the fastest-growing pet products retailers, will be among the tenants anchoring Cityview Towne Crossing in southwest Fort Worth, its developer said. Dec. 13--FORT WORTH, Texas--Staples, the second-largest office products retailer,...
RETAILERS COME IN DROVES TO THE LESS GRITTY BRONX - BIG NAMES: GAP, KMART, STAPLES.
- 1999-04-19
Barry Greenberg, a retail broker who specializes in the Bronx, knows how dramatically the retail climate has changed in the much-maligned borough. It was only seven years ago that he managed to arm-twist a Gap Inc. executive to look at some availa Barry...
DESPERATELY SEEKING GROCERS: STAPLES ARE STILL SCARCE DOWNTOWN.
- 1999-01-18
Most of the time, Sheila Eder loves the lower Manhattan neighborhood where she has lived since 1982. After all, her husband can easily walk to work from their Nassau Street building, and friendly neighbors leave their doors open during the day so tha Most of the...
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