Staples news and trends

Amazon, Walmart and Target Clash in June Sales Events

June 12, 2026
Staples Adds Klarna’s Flexible Payment Options
BNPL // November 19, 2024

Office supply retailer Staples now offers Klarna’s Pay Now, Pay in 4 and Financing options to customers shopping online at Staples.com. With these flexible payment options, customers can pay now, split their purchase into four interest-free payments or, for bigger buys, extend payments further, the companies said in a Friday (Nov. 15) press...

Retailers Embrace ‘Dadcore’ Stereotypes to Combat Father’s Day Spending Pullback
Retail // June 15, 2024

As Father’s Day approaches, retailers are seizing on different paternal stereotypes to drive engagement and sales, from dad jokes to “dadcore” style to that tangle of unidentified, no-longer useful cables that so many dads seem to be unwilling to part with. Panera, for its part,...

DoorDash-Staples Deal Highlights Potential of Non-Food Vertical to Drive Fast-Delivery Revenue
Delivery // August 07, 2023

It’s been a tough year for the competitive ultrafast grocery delivery market, with more and more high-profile exits, mass layoffs and consolidation moves emerging as industry players try to combat ongoing inflationary pressures.  Just last month, Turkish instant delivery giant Getir announced it was exiting three European...

DoorDash and Staples Team for Same-Day Back-to-School Deliveries
Retail // August 07, 2023

Staples has teamed with DoorDash to provide same-day deliveries on back-to-school items. The partnership, announced Monday (Aug. 7), is the latest example of retailers taking steps to take advantage of what is expected to be a record year for back-to-school spending. “Nearly 1,000 Staples U.S. locations are now available on...

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Bustlingly Busy, Visa’s Vistas Expand

April 07, 2017
Sizzle Big Tech Battle of Market Caps: Amazon’s market cap has hit a significant milestone. With a new high of $900 a share, the company’s recent market cap stood at more than $430 billion. That’s nearly twice the market cap of Walmart and has three times the revenue of that stalwart eCommerce player. The lesson […]

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Amazon, Walmart and Target Clash in June Sales Events

June 12, 2026
June will be a big month for omnichannel retailer promotions. Amazon, Walmart, Target, Kohl’s and Staples have each announced sales events that begin this month and overlap or partially overlap. Chain Store Age reported on the events in a Thursday (June 11) report, saying that retailers’ counter-promotions to Amazon’s Prime Day followed that event’s shift from its traditional July timeframe to June. Amazon announced June […]

Staples Adds Klarna’s Flexible Payment Options

November 19, 2024
Office supply retailer Staples now offers Klarna’s Pay Now, Pay in 4 and Financing options to customers shopping online at Staples.com. With these flexible payment options, customers can pay now, split their purchase into four interest-free payments...

DoorDash and Staples Team for Same-Day Back-to-School Deliveries

August 07, 2023
Staples has teamed with DoorDash to provide same-day deliveries on back-to-school items. The partnership, announced Monday (Aug. 7), is the latest example of retailers taking steps to take advantage of what is expected to be...

Staples Begins Accepting Amazon Returns Amid Expansion of In-Store Services

June 30, 2023
All Staples retail stores in the United States will soon be handling returns for Amazon customers. About half of the office supply retailer’s locations are doing so now, and the...