If you want to expand your business by partnering with someone to sell your products or services in another location, youâd want that person to represent you appropriately and abide by your practices, right? In short, youâd want your partner to uphold your brand. The U.S. Postal Service isnât any different. Through its Approved Shipper…
By Brian Sozzi – May 18, 2016 No wonder Staples is investing in lower ink and toner prices in the wake of its failed bid for Office Depot. The company’s stores could really use the traffic. The office supplies retailer reported Wednesday that same-store sales at its more than 1,600 stores in the U.S. and…
Web News Article #: 226-2015 12/07/2015 – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today that it would seek to stop the proposed merger of Staples and Office Depot, the nationâs largest and second-largest office-supply chains. The agency filed an âadministrative complaintâ charging that Staplesâ proposed $6.3 billion takeover of Office Depot would violate the nationâs…
Web News Article #: 207-2015 11/02/2015 – After months of refusing to provide documents subpoenaed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the APWU, the USPS and Staples produced a mound of paperwork on Oct. 20, less than two weeks before a hearing scheduled for Nov. 2. Rather than address the core of the…
By David Cohen You wouldnât hand your laptop to a hacker, right? Well, the Senate could make a move just as foolish. Theyâll soon vote on nominations to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors, which include a longtime advocate for postal service privatization and a lobbyist for the payday lending industry. The internet…
225 stores closing, and online market strategy is a challenge, but top brass are well rewarded By Taryn Luna – June 1, 2015 Staples Inc. has struggled as the Internet and other retail forces reshape the office supply business it dominated for decades. Sales have fallen and profits have slumped. The company is closing stores,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 28, 2015 Staples, Inc. and Staples Contract and Commercial, Inc. Settle Allegations that it violated the Family Medical Leave Act for $275,000 COLUMBIA, South Carolina—-Â United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina, working alongside the United States Department…
