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- Easy Button 1.0 (Mobile)
- A small fun application that lets you play with the Staples easy button on your phone. Either tap on the screen or use the left softkey to use the Easy Button.
- Tags: Mobile, Staples Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-07-07
- Cartridge recycling catching on. HP evolves program to handle growing volume.
- If you're the owner of an inkjet or multifunction printer from Hewlett-Packard, those little green recycling packets that you find in your replacement ink cartridge packages are about to go away. That's because the company's imaging group has begun piloting a new HP Planet Partners print and cartridge return program...
- Tags: Cartridge, Hewlett-Packard Co., Recycling, Staples Inc., Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Been to Staples lately?
- Been to Staples lately?Another thing I like about Staples......no restocking fee on computer gear and other electronics.Absolutely the right answer.Not necessarily Staples, just the idea of going shopping for what you need. We waited for a projector bulb for 3 months as our tech dep't waited for the state...
- Tags: Staples Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Been to Staples lately?
- I just made a shopping run to Staples...Turns out we have a Staples card for the district and don't need a purchase order to buy things there. Not that I recommend circumventing a careful purchasing process, but sometimes you just need "stuff". Certainly, if the person doing the...
- Tags: Card, Staples Inc., Clearance Tag, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Big memory cards keep getting cheaper; get the best deals at discount stores and online
- Big memory cards keep getting cheaper; get the best deals at discount stores and onlinewas anything ever cheap at Staples?Staples used to be cheap until a few years agowhen the company came under margin pressureand may have even lost money, and then stopped trying to offer low prices.The company is...
- Tags: Memory, Staples Inc., memory card
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Attack of the Staples M3 Shredder
- Attack of the Staples M3 Shreddergot itI've had this one for awhile, it sits on the counter and gets a nice feed every day from junk mail. Get the Staples warranty for once, trust me, it's worth the 6 extra bucks for if/when the motor overheats and dies, you...
- Tags: Staples Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
- Attack of the Staples M3 Shredder
- We've become so inundated with junk mail at the home office and I've had to handle so many confidential documents for clients that need to be destroyed that it finally necessitated the purchase of a home shredder. The problem with most home...
- Tags: Staples Inc., Attack, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Marketing, Internet, Sales, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Microsoft Online Customer Story: Staples, Inc
- Staples, Inc. invented the office superstore concept in 1986 and today is the world's largest office products company. Their goal was to make the tax season as painless as possible for the customers. At the same time, they wanted a way to easily reach the customers and a way for...
- Tags: MSN, Staples Inc., Microsoft Corp., Roi/Tco, Taxes, Free Trade, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Financial Planning
- Case studies 2008-02-15
- Dell inks retail pact with Staples
- Dell inks retail pact with StaplesSo are they going to be sensible......and offer a Linux pre-load?
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Staples Inc., Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-23
- Dell inks retail pact with Staples
- Dell has expanded its retail distribution via a deal with Staples to sell PCs, monitors, printers and ink and toner. The pact, which was announced Monday, will kick off Nov. 11. At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo earlier this month, CEO Michael Dell hinted at a retail deal. Under the partnership,...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Staples Inc., Monitors & Displays, Printers, Business Structures, Hardware, Components, Peripherals, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- Toshiba's sub-3 lb. projector is a road warrior's dream; a pricey dream, but still a dream
- Earlier this year, I headlined a post "If it consumes consumables (ie: ink, bulbs, etc), check their cost too before buying it." That's why, while at the Digital Life show in New York City last week, one of the question you'll see me asking during my video interview of Toshiba's...
- Tags: Projector, Idea, Staples Inc., Toshiba Corp., Construction, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-10-03
- IBM Case Study: Staples
- With its online channel a critical part of its growth strategy, Staples needed a commerce platform that would support and fuel its online business growth--not constrain it. Staples needed more flexibility to pursue creative, customer-centric business strategies. Teaming with IBM to deploy a powerful and flexible online...
- Tags: Staples Inc., IBM Corp., Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2007-09-01
- ERP Faceoff: SAP vs. Staples
- Kevin Meyer of Superfactory offers some advice to a $5 million manufacturing company with a single plant facility. He makes a case that spending a few thousand dollars at Staples to cobble together a operational and financial system--consisting of a whiteboard, webcam, and QuickBooks Manufacturing edition--could be more effective than...
- Tags: IT Management, ERP
- Blog posts 2007-06-24
- TechNet Podcast: An Interview With Bill Staples on Windows Server 2008 Web and Application Platforms
- Windows Server 2008 is a powerful Web application and services platform. The speaker of this webcast talks about the release of Microsoft Internet Information Services IIS version 7.0 in Windows Server 2008, which delivers a completely modular, extensible Web server with expanded application hosting, while retaining excellent compatibility and solving...
- Tags: Web, Podcast, Microsoft Windows Server, Staples Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft IIS Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Webcasts 2007-06-20
- Office Depot, Staples differ on computer service
- Office Depot, Staples differ on computer serviceAll are failuresStaples tried this with Tech Expo - was supposed to be 1 stop shopping for technology. Lasted all of a year.Circuit City used to do the same - failed and now has been reincarnated.Same with BB. They are all doomed...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Geek Squad, computer, VCR, marketing, Staples Inc., Office Depot Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-06-21
- Optimizing Productivity, Streamlining Operations With Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Staples is the world's largest office products company with $16.1 billion in annual sales. Staples needed to improve communication across its international store enterprise to reduce costs, improve productivity, and enhance customer service. Staples built store portal on BEA AquaLogic User Interaction that provides store associates and corporate employees with...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Staples Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Portals, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet
- Case studies 2006-03-01
- Largest US online retailers: Amazon, Dell, Office Depot, Staples, HPDirect
- Only 9 US retailers boasted yearly online sales of $1 bln and above, Internet Retailer says. Amazon continues as the Internet's largest retailer with 2004 sales of $6.9 bln, up 31% from $5.2 bln in 2003. Amazon has more than 44 mln active customers and offers more than 10 mln...
- Tags: web sale
- Blog posts 2005-06-26
- Staples offers AT&T Net phone starter kit
- The office supply chain is selling a kit that includes a Linksys router and instructions on how to sign up for CallVantage. AT&T on Thursday said that office supply store Staples is now selling a kit that helps customers get started with the carrier's Net phone service, CallVantage. ...
- Tags: Staples Inc., AT&T Corp., Internet Phone, AT&T CallVantage, Starter Kit, Office Supply Chain, AT&T CallVantage Service Starter Kit, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, CNET News.com Staff
- News items 2005-01-06
- EarthLink hooks onto Staples
- The ISP is partnering with the office store chain to market its Internet services. Customers in certain stores can use kiosks to sign up for high-speed Web access. Internet service provider EarthLink on Wednesday said it will sell its services through 1,100 Staples office supply stores across the...
- Tags: EarthLink Inc., Staples Inc., Kiosk, Internet Service, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Internet, Dinesh C. Sharma, Software
- News items 2003-12-10
- Staples to promote Comcast broadband
- Marking a new partnership between ISPs and retailers, Staples will sell Comcast high-speed Internet service at its stores nationwide. Broadband service provider Comcast on Tuesday said it will sell its broadband Internet service through Staples stores nationwide. Under the alliance, Staples will sell Comcast's Internet...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Staples Inc., Broadband, Sales Strategy, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Technology, Sales, Networking, Dinesh C. Sharma, Software
- News items 2003-11-11
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