On January 19, Office Depot’s board of directors countered Staples’ latest bid to acquire the company with a plan of…
On January 11, in a letter to Office Depot’s board of directors, Staples offered to buy the rival office-supplies superstore…
Staples US Retail last week announced that it has partnered with Instacart to provide same-day delivery of office products, school…
One of the inherent and bitter ironies of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is that so many retail businesses have temporary…
Though probably unrelated, around the same time Staples unveiled a new “Worklife Fulfillment Company” rebranding campaign, the company’s owner, private-equity…
On March 19, British news outlets BBC.com and The Guardian reported that Office Outlet, a UK-based office retail chain that…
On February 11, Staples Inc. announced it has signed an agreement to acquire DEX Imaging, an independent document imaging dealer founded…
In a three-to-two vote January 28, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a proposed settlement that allows office-supply distributors Staples…
Staples’ determination to sweep Essendant away from S.P. Richards seems to have borne fruit. In April, Essendant and S.P. Richards,…
New Zealand’s antitrust agency, the Commerce Commission, is seeking a court injunction to prevent U.S. private-equity firm Platinum Equity, which…