It's been the most profitable part of the whole company. The most profitable part of Quill was Medical Arts Press, and their most profitable part was Smilemakers. Now that Smilemakers was sold to Oriental Trading, and MAP has been rolled into Quill... — read more 

The only way Staples will change is with a large amount of turnover on the top floors of Framingham. The current guys have no f---ing clue how to save the business and are just causing more damage.

A few quick points; Staples cash cow was ALWAYS North American retail. One nugget inside that, that drove nearly ALL the companies profit was Division 1. "ALL" and I mean "ALL" the programs, new ideas, startups etc. have done ZERO to replace the loss... — read more 

Will Staples be able to get a pass from the #FTC? Possibly... https://twitter.com/az_smith/status/689237730564259841

It's funny, everyone talks about the retail side, but, no one talks about crap going on with the commercial side. Just the elimination of delivery and soon furniture delivery and install. Is commercial so intimidated by their higher ups they won't... — read more 

We used to have to push attachments on everyone. Market Basket. Attachment rates. Esp. Tech. And whatever flavor of the month was in tech center. Usually some antivirus you never heard of. However we had to spend all our time doing pull lists and a... — read more 

Grow some fu😈king balls !!!!!!!! Stockholders and try to get your money back.

Don't get me wrong, he is in charge and has to be aware of everything going on...I recall hearing about our plan to be "one Staples"...looks like it became a plan just to help a few folks....I have worked with Demos and Otis and at one time they... — read more 

Ontrac driver told me they were told they were going to get half if not all staples freight this year here in SoCal.

Apparently Staples stock has almost no downside limit. As the market rallies today up over 318 points SPLS continues it's slide (9.18 at this moment). For those of us the want Ron n crew get beaten into the ground this is sweet. Keep in mind most of... — read more 

The first question I have is scheduling part-timers outside of their availability window. Staples is a part-time job, I have a full time job. There are times when I cannot work but they still seem to schedule me. I have refused to come in. Am I right... — read more 

Where is it written that my boss can text me on my day off multiple I'm talking 15 - 20 times a day yelling at me for something that he feels wasn't done correctly. Why can't they wait till I get into work. This is my time off I'm not on the clock... — read more 

Be prepared Furniture friends,....get those resumes updated everyone. Don't be in denial like many are, the unfortunate has been confirmed by several high level sources and the bids are in. The days are approaching fast, don't be left holding the... — read more 

Hi fellow Staples unemployed folks ! Well a little over 6 weeks and I received a notice that My check for the previous 6 weeks of unemployment is in the mail.. No denial, no appeal required... Here is your money ;-) No explanation of why I got it or... — read more 

Ron, I want my money before you go to court.

After purging most of the Ops Managers and replacing the position with the lower paid Ops Supervisors, Staples seems to feel even these people are paid to much. At least 2 former co-workers in that position (different stores and districts from each... — read more 

Don't worry tax time is fast approaching and Staples is set to succeed. We are stocked to the brim with bubble wrap and plastic storage totes......it's bound to be the saving grace.....

The FTC rejected without a counteroffer Staples offering to divest $1.25 billion in corporate contracts. When is Ron going to take the hint, the FTC doesn't want this merger to go through? He's probably ranting and whining on the corporate Intranet... — read more 

You lost the battle just leave.

So much for executive bonsuses

As a former employee, if I was the customer, I'd start considering changing vendors. Staples and Depot are going to be tied up in litigation for months, unless, the can reach a settlement quickly with the FTC. My opinion, that would mean they need to... — read more 

"We're in hell, gentlemen". Al Pacino, "Any Given Sunday". Good movie...check it out. Disclaimer and Preface: This commentary is free. You get what you pay for. Still with me? That's good. My opinions and insight are based on the facts as stated... — read more 

How's that 3rd party and merger thing working out for you staples?Paul tarpy you gorilla looking faggot!!I'll knock you out boy if I ever see you chump!!You know who I am.I milked that company for years out on my route.Took you guys long enough to... — read more 

As anticipated, location closures and reduction in force are emanate. All Furniture Operations will transition to a 3rd Party very soon. Said closures will occur in stages and as of now, the project deadline is Q2 2016. Please prepare, this is all... — read more 

Does anyone know what areas of the country the third party delivery companies screwed up so bad, Staples had no choice but to restart delivery on their own? I've heard, Florida, Texas, Carolinas and Virgina.

Is closing inevitable?

Now that we know the merger will not happen. Both companies will move quickly to close all the stores they wanted to close before the merger was considered. All these stores were ALREADY listed in Framingham and maybe a few more added as sales have... — read more 

9th year in a row. Lost $6000 in gross margin. How did you do?

Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!

So now that Black Friday 2015 is over will there be a new rush of store closures before the end of the 4th quarter,

So it has finally happened. As of this evening I have been terminated. After a couple of months of proving that I and my team could improve things and did. I was still let go. Passed the LP audit, had a good store walk with the DM who noticed the... — read more 

Our tech department only hits 55% to budget every week and is causing the negative comp in our store(10.2%). Last year we did about 28000 a week and this year were only doing 14000 a week, some weeks even worse. I'm the tech sup and my gm insists its... — read more