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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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Staples Teams Up With Chicago Bear Charles Tillman to Award More Than $50,000 to Chicagoland Parks
- 2008-01-28
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Staples Teams with Seagate for Data Recovery Services
- 2007-11-20
Staples customers can take their digital media to Staples EasyTech staff at over 1400 stores across the USA
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 Challenges Students with a Nationwide Recycling Competition and a Chance to Win $25,000 for Their School; Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin Launches the Competition That Makes It Easy for Schools to Fundraise and Help Keep the Environment Clean
- 2005-08-24
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Staples the Office Superstore, LLC, an affiliate of Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS), the world's largest office products company, along with Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin, today launched a nationwide cartridge recycling competition. The Staples $25,000 Cartridge Chase challenges students to form teams and collect empty ink and toner...
Jackson-Lakers drama's new episode
- 2005-06-15
LOS ANGELES -- The somewhat expected yet strange return of Phil Jackson as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers doesn't mean the Lakers are back. But the buzz is back at the Staples Center. A news conference announcing his rehiring Tuesday brought out a media horde as big...
St. Charles gymnasts find success at invitational.(Neighbor)(Your page)
- 2005-01-16
The St. Charles Gymnastics Club competed at the seventh annual St. Nick invitational meet hosted by Energym of Sycamore and held at Northern Illinois University. Over 1,000 gymnasts competed at seven different levels over the weekend, coming mostly from Illinois as well as Wisconsin...
Unchecked hockey lockout could stick it to Los Angeles arena.
- 2004-09-17
Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 17--The prospect of a prolonged hockey lockout leaves Los Angeles' Staples Center with up to 45 dark days and virtually no chance to fill them. After National Hockey League owners elected to...
In L.A., Lakers dwarf Clippers
- 2004-02-13
LOS ANGELES -- On rare occasions, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers play at the Staples Center on the same day, one in the afternoon, one at night, with the building crew switching the hardwood floors between games. Jimmy Goldstein, surely the most devoted NBA fan...
Sherman Oaks, Calif., Entrepreneur Seeks Cash to Take Purse Lines National.
- 2003-02-20
By Brent Hopkins, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 20--SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.--J.J. Matis almost has fame in the bag. As the creative force behind J.J. Creations, she's landed her purses in Staples Center and Dodger Stadium, pitched...
Business Group Reveals Plan for Pro Football Stadium in Los Angeles.
- 2002-05-17
By Rick Orlov, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17--A business group headed by Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz revealed plans Thursday to build a 64,000-seat stadium across the street from Staples Center in the hope of luring at least one ...
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