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Staples has a shockingly large (at least to me) online business. They're the second largest online retailer in the US (second only to Amazon): http://www.fool.
by jonknee 12y ago
Staples has a shockingly large (at least to me) online business. They're the second largest online retailer in the US (second only to Amazon):
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/03/27/staples-is-trying-to-become-amazon-for-businesses.aspx http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/03/27/staples-is-...
- shiftpgdn 12y agoI use them to buy toner for printers at work. Free next day AM delivery and they usually have better prices than amazon.
- bane 12y agoI honestly had no idea. I would have figured new egg or Ann Taylor (based on how much my wife shops there on-line).
- bch 12y agoThat doesn't make up for their empty retail stores though, unless those stores really are local warehouses/depots in the scheme of their online operations -- is that their model ? Former retails promoted to faux retail/consumer warehouses ? Does having that high profile physical presence drive their online retail, so the costs are worth it ?
- jonknee 12y agoWell the "synergies" or "cost savings" associated with mergers like this are when they shutter stores and lay off the employees. Post merger there will be less retail stores.
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