Office Supply Industry Within the $45.5 Billion office supply sector‚ three major players‚ Staples‚ Office Depot and Office Max make up nearly $41 Billion of that total and Staples claiming one third of the market share. Thus‚ barriers to entry are high as these few firms dominate market share. Establishing new relationships with both buyers and suppliers to rival the existing competition is next to impossible. In fact‚ with Office Max as the sector’s most recent addition in 2003‚ it is clear
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Financial Appraisal of Office Depot Part 1 Background introduction for Office Depot Office Depot is a supplier of office products and services. The company’s selection of brand name office supplies includes business machines‚ computers‚ computer software and office furniture‚ while its business services encompass copying‚ printing‚ document reproduction‚ shipping‚ and computer setup and repair. An S&P 500 company‚ Office Depot generates revenues of over US $14 billion annually and has 42‚000
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STAPLES CASE STUDY Proposed Merger Between Staples and Office Depot Leads to Concern NGUYEN TOAN THANG tnguyen@student.bristoluniversity.edu BRISTOL UNIVERSITY BUS 525: MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS April 23th 2014 1. How would you classify the office superstore industry? Who are the competitors? What are the characteristics of this industry that lead to this conclusion? Today’s office superstore industry in the United States provides a convenient one-stop shopping experience
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The High Price of Higher Education In America’s society today‚ students are expected to follow the path of day care‚ grade school‚ middle school‚ high school and hopefully college. Growing up in America today‚ the importance of education is stressed starting at the earliest stages of development. In a world with a competitive job market and with citizens who want to make the most money that they can‚ a college education is key in success. For some students‚ financing college is not a problem
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firms. * Office Depot’s major competitors include: IKON Office Solutions‚ Staples‚ United Stationers‚ OfficeMax‚ and Wal-Mart Stores. The competition among these firms is highly intense. Another competitor is Fedex Kinko’s (14% of the market segment) * Staples‚ Office Depot and OfficeMax) comprise about 11% of the market combined. * print and ship services are approximately 17%‚ ranking it as one of Office Depot’s most profitable offerings * Office Depot‚ Staples and Officemax
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of Redlands Capstone Paper General Motors and Tesla Merger Juan Carrillo‚ Shane Cheek‚ Jeffrey Haynes‚ and Peter Delacruz February 23‚ 2013 Dear Fellow Shareholders: A meeting of Shareholders is scheduled for Saturday‚ February 23‚ 2013. Enclosed is a copy of our proxy statement. At this meeting of shareholders‚ the Board of Directors will be seeking approval to acquire Tesla Motors. The Board of Directors believes that this merger will provide General Motors revenue‚ growth‚ and competitive
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......................... 1 Executive Summary The world’s largest office superstore‚ Staples‚ has paved the way in marketing for the office supply chain industry. With the current largest market share and over $24.5 billion in sales‚ Staples continues to grow as a strong financial investment and great marketing leader. After the implementation of the “easy” campaign‚ where Staples emphasized the convenience that only Staples Incorporated could offer the earnings per share sky-rocketed to more
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Staples – 2011 Forest David A. Case Abstract Staples is a comprehensive strategic management case that includes the company’s year-end 2010 financial statements‚ organizational chart‚ competitor information and more. The case time setting is the year 2011. Sufficient internal and external data are provided to enable students to evaluate current strategies and recommend a three-year strategic plan for the company. Headquartered in Framingham‚ Massachusetts‚ Staples’s common stock
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Staples Inc. The idea of Staples started off with a very easy problem to fix. Thomas Stemberg was trying to print off a business plan when his printer ribbon all of a sudden broke on the Fourth of July holiday (About Staples). " It was the Fourth of July weekend‚ 1985‚ and Tom’s regular supplier‚ a local stationery store‚ was closed for the holiday" (About Staples). After driving around for hours trying to find a store that carried his printer ribbon and trying to find a store that was open
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Office Depot Incorporated Financial Report ACC290 March 22‚ 2012 Financial Report for Office Depot‚ Inc. During In the year 2011‚ in the financial report ending December 31‚ 2011‚ Office Depot Incorporated reported a decrease in the accounts payable of the company; showing that the amounts went from 1‚080‚276 on December 25‚ 2010 down to 993.636 on December 31‚ 2011. The amount shown previously are in USD currency and in thousands‚ unless otherwise is specified in the financial
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