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'''Staples Inc.''' er en amerikansk forhandler af kontorartikler, der er baseret i [[Framingham]], [[Massachusetts]]. De har 994 butikker i USA.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Staples® Store Directory {{!}} USA|url=https://stores.staples.com/|access-date=2023-08-28|publisher=stores.staples.com|language=en}}</ref>
[[Leo Kahn (iværksætter)|Leo Kahn]] og [[Thomas G. Stemberg]] åbnede den første butik i [[Brighton (Massachusetts)|Brighton]], [[Massachusetts]] 1. maj 1986.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/retail/staples-sold-for-69b-in-bid-for-turnaround/ |title=Staples sold for $6.9B in bid for turnaround|author=Matt Townsend|publisher=[[The Seattle Times]]|date=28. juni 2017}}</ref><ref name=nytimes>{{cite news |first=Douglas|last=Martin|title=Leo Kahn, Trailblazer in Big-Box Retailing, Dies at 94 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/business/13kahn.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=12. maj 2011 |access-date=22. maj 2011}}</ref><ref name=wp>{{cite news |first=T. Rees|last=Shapiro|title=Leo Kahn, entrepreneur who helped found Staples office-supply business, dies at 94 |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/leo-kahn-entrepreneur-who-helped-found-staples-office-supply-business-dies-at-94/2011/05/13/AFGKEi3G_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=14. maj 2011 |access-date=22. maj 2011}}</ref> I 2021 havde de 75.000 ansatte og årsomsætning på 14 mia. $.<ref name=J>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.forbes.com/companies/staples/?list=largest-private-companies#4aa2344bce9b |title=America's Largest Private Companies #45 Staples (SPLS) |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24. juni 2020 }}</ref>
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