BNET Industries
Market Cap:$17.5B
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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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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Dow leverages vendor-managed inventory for office supplies.
- 2007-02-15
By Maria Varmazis Stick with what works, says Tary Schumacher, global supply manager, shared services purchasing at Midland, Mich.-based Dow Chemical. And when it comes to buying office supplies at Dow Chemical, supplier-managed inventory has By Maria Varmazis...
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...
What's hot in office.(Office Depot Inc., OfficeMax Inc., Staples Contract and Commercial Inc.)(Brief Article)
- 2005-06-16
This month's Office Technologies feature looks at how the big-four office products distributors Staples Contract Division, Corporate Express, OfficeMax, and Office Depot--respond to their customers' demands for supplier diversity. As the directors This month's Office Technologies feature looks at how the big-four...
Office suppliers rediscover small firms; Staples, other stores gear services to recapture neglected market.(Special Report: Small Business)(Office Depot targets small business)
- 2003-05-19
Byline: ellen ullman Brian Glazer was anxious. The head of production for Lovett Productions, a film and video production company in Manhattan, was preparing for a shoot in the rain and needed 25 disposable ponchos fast. None of the sporting goods Byline: ellen...
Bush Industries was presented Staples' Supply Chain Excellence Award for the second consecutive year at Staples' Global Sales Meeting and supplier show last month in Toronto - Home: Retailer News - Brief Article
- 2002-06-24
Bush Industries was presented Staples' Supply Chain Excellence Award for the second consecutive year at Staples' Global Sales Meeting and supplier show last month in Toronto. In another development, David White has been appointed resident of the company's Bush Business Furniture Division.
Staples, Inc. Announces Its 2001 Products of the Year and Recognizes Outstanding Suppliers
- 2002-05-07
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Canon U.S.A. Receives "Supplier of the Year" Award From Staples Inc
- 2001-06-25
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Staples recognizes its suppliers with annual awards ceremony
- 2000-05-22
FRAMINGHAM, MASS. - Canon Inc. was recently recognized by Staples as its top supplier and given the Thomas G. Stemberg award, named after company founder and ceo Tom Stemberg. Product of the year awards were also given to Microsoft for Microsoft Office 2000, Hewlett-Packard for OfficeJet R80, 3M for Scotch...
Mergers put spotlight on supplier capability.
- 1998-11-05
As corporate buyers well know, winnowing down the supply base so that requisitioners order office supplies through one distributor helps to reduce purchasing costs. What may not be readily apparent is that a single supplier also can help ease the t As corporate buyers...
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