BACKGROUND Staples Inc. founded in 1985 by Thomas G. Stemberg and Leo Kahn in Brighton‚ Massachussets. It is headquartered in Boston and employs 89‚000 employees worldwide. Staples sells office supplies at more than 2‚000 stores as well as through its catalog and call centers‚ the internet site‚ and contract sales force. In additional to typical office supplies‚ stores offer computer hardware and software‚ furniture‚ art and school supplies and printing and copy services ( Staples 10k‚ 2012).
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Office Depot and OfficeMax have announced a merger‚ teaming up to fight industry big boy Staples and competition from general merchandise juggernauts Walmart and Amazon.The move will buy time‚ but it won’t save the office supply chains. Not Office Depot‚ not OfficeMax‚ not even Staples‚ which analysts are touting as the post-merger winner. These office retailers will all be destroyed unless they fundamentally change how they do business. The biggest threat is the fact that workplaces
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Hi everyone‚ We will discuss the Staples-Office Depot case. How would you characterize the industry structure? Oligopoly Small number of big firms‚ with notable entry barriers‚ high competition and rising demand‚ competitive prices‚ present on national scale‚ efficient cost structure. 1. Are there barriers to entry that help maintain this structure? The broad present of actual market competitors‚ the cross price elasticity. Economies of scale‚ advertising‚ channels of distribution‚ purchasing
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Table of Contents Introduction Overview of Staples‚ Inc. and Office Depot‚ Inc. ………………………………..……3 Case Objectives…….……………………………………………..………………..…….4 Financial Analysis Common-Size Vertical Analysis & Comparative Horizontal Analysis Common-Size Balance Sheet ….…………….……….……………..….……….4 Common-Size Consolidated Statement of Income…………….………..……. 5 Comparative Balance Sheet ….…………….……………………………..…….6 Comparative Consolidated Statement of Income……..……..……………….. 7 Financial Ratio Analysis
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As the firm manager for staples‚ I believe that there are a lot of problems with Staples and Office Depot merging together. The problems that Staples is facing range from Profits‚ Supply and Demand to price changes. I will talk about a lot of topics‚ but these three will be the main focus. Fixing those three topics are the most important‚ because getting a solution will make it possible for Office Depot and Staples to merge together. The consequences we are facing are that the merge will end the
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Situation Analysis Paper Office Depot Inc. Office Depot is one of the most recognizable suppliers. They distribute and sell office supplies. The products they offer are paper‚ computers‚ printers‚ desks and other office tools. Office Depot accommodates the needs of student or workers with their everyday office supplies. Also they sell merchandise to other suppliers. Office Depot‚ through its international segment‚ operates in several countries across the world. Dadamonitor claims the company
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“Office Depot” The First Office Depot opened in 1986 in Lauderdale Lakes‚ Florida. The Office Depot is a global supplier of office products and services and has experienced a dramatic growth process over the past twenty-five years. In 1990 the Office Depot Companies bought “The Office Club Inc.”‚ and immediately became the largest office retailer in North America. Having built its business within the United States and having secured a firm business foundation‚ Office Depot expanded internationally
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| [Comprehensive business Analysis: Office Depot] | Background Office Depot was founded in 1986 by F. Patrick Sher‚ Stephen Dougherty and Jack Kopkin in Boca Raton‚ Florida. The three envisioned a warehouse style store that could offer office supplies at discounted prices. The first store was opened in October in Fort Lauderdale. It was immediately successful and before the year was over‚ two more stores were opened in Florida. While Office Depot was one of the first companies to tap into
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Marketing Case: Office depot The case that we are going to talk about today is about how office depot manages customer care & services. In the article we had to read they took an example of a couple‚ Steve and Dana. Dana experienced a dreadful delivery and therefore Steve‚ a marketing professor who heard the story from Dana and had just done a presentation about how important customer service is‚ decided to phone office depots customer service to see how they would handle his complaint. Steve had
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Analyze the business-level strategy: Staples original strategy was to “Establish superstores that were smaller than most‚ save in rent and operating costs‚ cluster them in densely populated areas to justify paying for expensive advertising and stock the stores from a distribution center”. Staples see the office products market as a ‘large‚ diversified market for office supplies and services‚ business machines and related products‚ computer‚ technology and office furniture’. They attempt to reach each
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