On January 11, in a letter to Office Depot’s board of directors, Staples offered to buy the rival office-supplies superstore…
Over the past several weeks, Office Depot Inc. has announced a plan to cut jobs and close stores, reorganize under…
One of the inherent and bitter ironies of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is that so many retail businesses have temporary…
Chinese online retail and business-to-business (B2B) trading giant Alibaba has inked a partnership with Office Depot to forge a co-branded…
New Zealand’s antitrust agency, the Commerce Commission, is seeking a court injunction to prevent U.S. private-equity firm Platinum Equity, which…
On October 3, Office Depot announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire CompuCom Systems for $1 billion.…
The New York state attorney general’s office announced this week that three more people have pleaded guilty to criminal charges…
Last month, when Actionable Intelligence reported that Sycamore Partners, a private-equity firm that has specialized in retailer turnarounds, had agreed…
Office Depot’s drumbeat of global retreat continues. Last year, the company announced plans to sell its international business to focus…
Office Depot’s sale of overseas assets continues. The latest business to be sold off as part of the struggling office-supplies…