Both chains come under the microscope now that talks of a merger have emerged. — -- Staples is acquiring Office Depot, a merger of two companies so similar it's hard to see how they co-existed in ...

NEW YORK - The rapidly changing tools of the workplace and the way we shop has led to another major consolidation in the retail office supply business as Staples (SPLS) announced the $6 billion ...

Office supply companies Office Depot and Staples have been losing market share to Amazon and other large and online retailers. After attempting to merge for 15 months, the Federal Trade Commission got ...

Framingham-based Staples Inc. announced Feb. 3 that it was purchasing its chief rival, Office Depot, for $6.3 billion. The deal will merge the nation’s top remaining office supply chains, leading to ...

Remember CompUSA and Circuit City? How about Borders or Office Max? They’re names out of the not-so-distant retail past; “big box” stores that focused their business model on delivering goods in a ...

The two major office supply retailers will come under one umbrella in a $6 billion acquisition by Staples of rival Office Depot that is expected to accelerate the closing of some stores. The ...

Framingham-based Staples is recalling thousands of office chairs because the legs can break, creating a fall hazard for the user. Staples has received 20 reports of legs breaking on chairs, including ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Verdon is a veteran retail reporter based in Northern New Jersey. Office supply chain Staples is following the lead of ...

The proposed $6.3 billion merger of Staples and Office Depot is kaput. Staples dropped its acquisition plans last night after a U.S. district court judge granted the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) ...

Activist investment firm Starboard Value LP called for a merger between office supply companies Staples Inc. and Office Depot Inc. in a letter Tuesday. The investor bought a stake in Staples and ...

The rapidly changing tools of the workplace and the way we shop has led to another major consolidation in the retail office supply business as Staples announced Wednesday the $6.3-billion acquisition ...

Staples, the No. 1 U.S. office supply retailer, said Wednesday it would buy Office Depot, its next largest rival, in a $6.3 billion deal that would create an office supply behemoth. Staples said it ...