Staples Inc Logo — Staples Inc. is a company that sells office supplies. Founded in 1986 in Brighton, Massachusetts , and is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts . Its main competitors are OfficeMax and Office Depot .
The idea for Staples was born in 1985, when founder Thomas G. Stemberg was working on a proposed business plan. I needed a ribbon for your printer, but could not find it because your dealer was closed for the holiday of Independence Day . His frustration at having to rely on small businesses to critical products, combined with Stemberg’s history in the food business took him to a vision of an office products superstore. 1 The first store opened in Brighton, Massachusetts in 1986. The store number 500 in Vero Beach, Florida , in 1996. In 2004 enters Latin America through the acquisition of Officenet , a company created by Andy Freire and Santiago Bilinkis with presence in Argentina and Brazil .