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Staples's logo from 1988 to 2019. Staples Inc. is an American office supply retail company headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts. Founded by Leo Kahn and Thomas G. Stemberg, the company opened its first store in Brighton, Massachusetts on May 1, 1986. [5]
Staples Business Advantage is the contract division of Staples Inc., providing a membership program for office products, technology products, facilities supplies and breakroom supplies to businesses and institutions. Established in 1993 as Staples Contract and Commercial, the division was rebranded as Staples National Advantage and Staples ...
Quill headquarters. Quill Corporation is an American office supply retailer, founded in 1956, and headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois.A wholly owned subsidiary of Staples, Quill serves more than one million small and mid-sized U.S. business customers, [1] with access to over one million assorted products.
He started his career with the Jewel Company's Star Markets where he became the vice president for the company's sales and merchandising division. [10]In 1986, Stemberg started Staples with backing from private equity firms, including Hambro International Ventures, Harvard Management, Bessemer Ventures, Adler & Company, and Bain Capital; [11] Bain co-founder Mitt Romney served on the company's ...
The Office World brand, assets and stores were sold to Staples UK for the sum of £32.5 million. [2] After the acquisition by Staples, very few Office World stores were converted into Staples due to their proximity to existing Staples stores. [3] Many of the stores were left unoccupied and the final Office World store closed in November 2005. [4]
Staples Canada ULC, operating as Staples (Bureau en Gros in Quebec), [1] is a Canadian retail sales company owned by Sycamore Partners. [2] Staples was founded by Leo Kahn [3] and Thomas G. Stemberg. [4] Since 2017, Staples Canada has operated independently from Staples' U.S. retail and U.S. business-to-business (B2B) operations. [5]
Leo Kahn (December 31, 1916 – May 11, 2011) was an American reporter and businessman. He is credited as the co-founder of Staples Inc. [1] [2] Kahn is also considered a pioneer of the natural and health food supermarket industry, founding the Fresh Fields and Nature's Heartland chains, which are now part of Whole Foods Market.
In 1999, Matrix was acquired by Platinum Equity, [3] a global private investment firm specializing in M&A&O. . In 2001, Matrix integrated Staples Communications (Staples, Inc.) customers into its operations through an acquisition made by Platinum Equity, [4] and with the purchase of Global Crossing’s Small Business Group in 2005, [5] Matrix launched the Matrix Business Technologies brand to ...