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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
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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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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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Dollar Tree Mounts Online Challenge to Costco, Staples and Small Business Suppliers
BNET
- 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...
Kerry Named Small Business Champion by Massachusetts-Based Staples
- 2008-01-31
To: NATIONAL EDITORS To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Staples Small-Business Survey Reveals People are Constantly Working, Even While They Sleep
- 2008-01-03
'Sleepworking' Affects More Than Half of Small Businesses
Staples Launches Customer Reviews from PowerReviews to Help Make Shopping Easier for Small Businesses and Consumers Alike
- 2007-07-24
MILLBRAE, Calif. -- PowerReviews([TM]) (www.PowerReviews.com), a leading provider of customer review services and social merchandising solutions for multi-channel retailers, announced today that Staples launched PowerReviews' unique tag-based customer reviews on Staples.com, helping its customers make more informed purchase decisions based on their specific needs and uses. Staples, the first national...
Staples Copy & Print Centers Make It Easy To Look Big On a Small Business Budget
- 2006-09-25
Small Business Customers Can Now Visit Any Staples Store To Get Expert Design Services for Professionally Designed Documents
Staples gains footing in Hispanic market; Business Success chain attract growing number of Latino small-business ownprogram helps ers.(Multicultural)(Staples Inc.)(Hispanic American business enterprises)
- 2006-04-03
Byline: MYA FRAZIER Byline: MYA FRAZIER
Staples Makes it Easy for Small Businesses to Make a Lasting Impression; Staples Drops Color Copy Prices to 39 Cents Through November 12
- 2005-10-31
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- It is said you can't judge a book by its cover, but the average person decides whether or not they will pick up and view a document in just 2.5 seconds. One of the easiest ways to make in impact in those brief seconds is to add...
Staples.(NEWS)(plans to focus on customers)(Brief Article)
- 2005-03-01
STAPLES says it plans to focus on the 67 percent of small-business and home-office customers that account for 90 percent of their profits. "Small-business customers don't want to have to wade through the pens with ... STAPLES says it plans to focus on the...
Stationer removes Staples threat.(Special Report: Small Business)
- 2004-08-09
Byline: cara s. trager Since its founding in the 1930s, Peck's Office Supply has survived the Depression, a world war and assorted recessions. But it was not until 1991 that Peck's faced its biggest threat ever: the arrival of a supersized competi Byline:...
Staples launches Expo too small-business market
- 2004-06-07
PHILADELPHIA -- Staples has taken its familiar brand promise of making things easy for small businesses to another level by extending a retail strategy known as Business Expo to five Philadelphia area stores.
