A Great American Success Story.

One summer weekend in 1985, a printer ribbon broke. A man went out to find a replacement, but couldn't. A common scenario, yet this time it sparked a revolution in retailing. The man was our founder, entrepreneur Tom Stemberg. Less than a year later, he opened Staples, the first-ever office products superstore, in Brighton, MA.

Twenty years later, Staples has nearly 1,600 stores in the U.S. and Canada and operations in 21 countries in Europe, South America and Asia, (including our latest expansion to India).

The future has never been brighter. We're growing, expanding and recruiting the best. There are a lot of reasons to be bullish about Staples.

Take a look at our annual report