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The data of Staples's net revenues is continuously decrease
2013:24.38B
2014: 23.11B
2015:22.49B
2016: 21.06B
2017: 18.25B
Declining traffic, escalating leases and sluggish consumer spending have made Staples very difficult to support the debt load that often comes with private equity acquisitions

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More than one-third of visitors to Staples’ retail stores walk out empty-handed. Reallocating the time of store staff on more customer-centric selling activities is a key priority for staples.

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The average employee costs a company roughly $200 or $1000 at a law firm. This does not include the large cost of computers, software etc.

This is a key number to use.

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http://www.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/040516/has-staples-solved-major-problem-retailers-odp-spls.aspx

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http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Staples_(SPLS)/Competition

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I think Staples should have business transformation , I means from retail to online suppliers because it's traditional market faces many problems, like the price competition from Amazon, customers display offline behaviors

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http://www.crossroadstoday.com/story/35936177/viscose-staple-fiber-2017-global-market-to-reach-us-16-billion-and-growing-at-a-cagr-of-464-by-2021

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https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/22912651-daniel-jennings/4926628-staples-close-death

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https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/07/13/why-staples-stock-has-plummeted-30-this-year.aspx

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staple's market share is in the low single digits and most of their customers still don’t source these products from Staples

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http://clark.com/shopping-retail/major-retailers-closing-2017/

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https://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/02/04/for-staples-and-office-depot-a-merger-of-equal-problems/

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Staple has already lost market share from amazon. The research shows that it is not in control of their market anymore

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Staple has already lost market share from amazon. The research shows that it is not in control of their market anymore

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/staples-finds-new-use-for-its-stores-office-space-1459742565

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http://www.sycamorepartners.com/News

Here is the new private equity firm who bought out staples shareholders. Look at the companies portfolio of businesses.

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I think these doc is the over timed issue staples faced. We need to do more research on the current issue and problems.

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I think for the next step, we need to figure out why staple sell itself to Sycamore, instead other company? The fact is that the value of staple is decreasing, what this company see in staples. 

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I think for the next step, we need to figure out why staple sell itself to Sycamore, instead other company? The fact is that the value of staple is decreasing, what this company see in staples. 

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Bo Yuan

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Staples is pivoting away from solely selling consumer goods towards selling office services

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Staples was trying to hop on the e-commerce train, but SPLS stock was feeling the squeeze this morning with a 2% drop after the open. The strategy is paying off for SPLS, which had 50% more inventory online and online sales up 3% in the most recent quarter. The company also met its $150 million cost-cutting goals ahead of schedule.
But that wasn’t enough for SPLS stock investors.

Do you know what article this is from?

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I went to the stapes store yesterday . I feel that the products are similar with other companies, the quality of goods are low and alway on sale. Also, through the research from these link, I think Staples has problem with the market strategy and products structure ( this idea from Bo I agree with Bo) they should build the uniqueness and brand value on their business and products.

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I think one point is their product structure need to be change, since it is a paper less office environment today. Many kind of troditional office supplies are replaced by computers. This should be a reason why its sales decrease in the past 3 years. Of course amazon makes shopping much easier than ever, with online shopping system, customers don't need to step in to stroe to purchase commodities. No one goes to the store, staples has to shut down their stores. More over, there always something to say when talking about online shopping VS retail. We have to say that troditional retailing do face a very serious problem. 

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I think one point is their product structure need to be change, since it is a paper less office environment today. Many kind of troditional office supplies are replaced by computers. This should be a reason why its sales decrease in the past 3 years. Of course amazon makes shopping much easier than ever, with online shopping system, customers don't need to step in to stroe to purchase commodities. No one goes to the store, staples has to shut down their stores. More over, there always something to say when talking about online shopping VS retail. We have to say that troditional retailing do face a very serious problem. 

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Bo

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shares of SPLS stock sank in early trading. Staples earnings came to 42 cents per share of SPLS stock. That was in-line with analyst estimates after two quarters of earnings misses. The biggest problem for Staples stock investors is that there’s simply less demand for office supplies. That’s because workplaces are becoming more mobile and consumers are moving toward buying just about everything online.

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W B mason is the 3rd larger office supply co, after Staples and Office depot. Supposedly the CEO had a knife for the big merger. Resulting in Staples seeking the private equity.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/talking-points/2017/07/03/the-ceo-mason-played-role-buyout-staples/lGpDNWES7RhxbfFD1MqY3J/story.html

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W B mason is the 3rd larger office supply co, after Staples and Office depot.

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http://nypost.com/2017/07/31/office-depot-in-talks-to-buy-rival-staples/

Heres a good article on the way Sycamore and Staples could offload the store fronts. Possible 6-700 million dollar deal to Office Depot. This could allow staples to get into the commerce ways the new owners may want.

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We need more current docs to reference to.

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Im not sure who uploaded the document, however the articles are over a year old. A lot has changed including huge profit losses starting towards the end of last year. Months after the article was written.

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Bo your first article highlights a majority of what i found, the company is trying to sell it self with minimal going for it. Sycamore seems to have 9 investment banks as no one trusts the deal. We need to find what Sycamore has up their sleeve and egg it on

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Resource share for Final project RUOYING Li

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thestreet.com/amp/story/14206649/1/staples-acquisition-could-open-door-for-office-depot-deal-with-amazon.htmlhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thestreet.com/amp/story/14206649/1/staples-acquisition-could-open-door-for-office-depot-deal-with-amazon.html

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The staples 2 post has great articles. the bloomberg article hints at what Staples is moving to and where the new company wants to move it if the sale closes. We will need to watch the sale and see what staples could do to gain the market space.

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https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2017/08/09/office-depot-amazon/%3fsource=damhttps://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2017/08/09/office-depot-amazon/%3fsource=dam

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https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2017/06/28/staples-sycamore/%3fsource=damhttps://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2017/06/28/staples-sycamore/%3fsource=dam

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https://m.staples.com/https://m.staples.com/

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I was thinking staples could transform its facilities to training rooms. Giving classes on Excel, or office sweets due to demand with training it could be a solid way to distract the media from bashing its performance.
We may also be able to treat facilities like mini warehouses. Hiring in drivers and be able to do e-commerce and delivery within hours. It would probably be costly but be able to get some skin back in the game.

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http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/staples-earnings-q4-2016-2017-3-1001819699http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/staples-earnings-q4-2016-2017-3-1001819699

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http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/09/news/companies/staples-store-closings/index.htmlhttp://money.cnn.com/2017/03/09/news/companies/staples-store-closings/index.html

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/05/25/could-future-staples-rest-fat-red-button/rUlcRJgs9GB2Kp2YGKflkL/amp.htmlhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/05/25/could-future-staples-rest-fat-red-button/rUlcRJgs9GB2Kp2YGKflkL/amp.html

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Bo Yuan

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M.Hamati