"STAPLES" redirects here. For other uses, see Staples .
is the world's largest
Office Supply Retail store chain, with over 1,700 stores
Worldwide , including stores in the
United States ,
Canada (as
Staples Business Depot or
Bureau En Gros in
Quebec ),
Belgium ,
Argentina and
Brazil (as
Officenet ),
China ,
France ,
Germany ,
Italy , the
Netherlands (as Office Centre),
Portugal ,
Spain ,
Sweden and the
United Kingdom . In the first quarter of 2007, India became the newest country to have Staples locations. Staples, Inc. sells popular office supplies used in businesses and schools, while also selling electronics and furniture. The company's first store was opened in
Brighton, Massachusetts in
1986 . The company is headquartered in
Framingham, Massachusetts . It also does business via the
Internet , through its
Website .
The ''L'' in the logo is a stylized
Staple .
The idea for Staples was spawned in 1985, while founder
Thomas G. Stemberg was working on a proposal for a different business. He needed a ribbon for his printer, but was unable to obtain one because his local dealer was closed for the
Independence Day holiday. A frustration with the reliance on small stores for critical supplies combined with Stemberg's background in the grocery business led to a vision for an office supply
Superstore .
1 The first store was opened in
Brighton, MA in 1986. The second store was opened in Woburn, MA and is the oldest store. The 500th store was opened in Vero Beach, Florida in 1996.
Staples' goal is to open at least 100 new stores in the United States yearly, putting Staples in areas of the country that are currently dominated by competition.
On
September 4 ,
1996 , Staples and
Office Depot announced plans to merge. The
Federal Trade Commission decided that the superpower would unfairly increase office supply prices despite competition from the third-in-line
OfficeMax , which did not have stores in many of the local markets that the merger would affect.
2 A U.S. Court agreed. (Dalkir and Warren-Boulton, 2003.)}}.
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