Staples, Inc. (public, pre-2017)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:public_company
gptkbp:acquiredBy	gptkb:Corporate_Express gptkb:Quill_Corporation Chiswick Bureau en Gros Office World
gptkbp:CEO	Shira Goodman
gptkbp:competitor	gptkb:Amazon gptkb:Office_Depot gptkb:OfficeMax
gptkbp:founded	1986
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Leo_Kahn gptkb:Thomas_G._Stemberg
gptkbp:headquarters_location	gptkb:Framingham,_Massachusetts,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Staples, Inc. (public, pre-2017)
gptkbp:industry	office supply retailing
gptkbp:notableEvent	Acquired by Sycamore Partners in 2017 Attempted merger with Office Depot (2015-2016, blocked by FTC)
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees	over 75,000 (2016)
gptkbp:numberOfLocations	over 1,500 (2016)
gptkbp:product	business services office supplies technology products
gptkbp:revenue	$20.2 billion (2016)
gptkbp:servesArea	gptkb:Canada gptkb:Europe gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:slogan	That was easy.
gptkbp:stockExchange	gptkb:NASDAQ
gptkbp:stockSymbol	gptkb:SPLS
gptkbp:website	www.staples.com
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Staples,_Inc._(private,_post-2017)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7