Something else, if Amazon acquires Office Depot’s corporate business unit, ... How that affected competitors is unclear, but during the past three years, sales at Staples are down 12 percent.

Both Staples Inc. (SPLS) and Office Depot Inc. (ODP) are leaving no stone unturned to gain Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") clearance for the merger of the companies.

Staples Inc. and Office Depot Inc. said Tuesday that they were scrapping their planned $6.3-billion merger after a federal judge blocked the deal, saying the government had made the case that the ...

Office Depot has 1,629 stores worldwide and 38,000 employees. OfficeMax had 941 stores at the end of 2012, and 29,000 employees in 2011, the most recent year it has reported.

US office supply store Staples has announced it will buy rival Office Depot for $6.3bn (£4bn) in an effort to fend off competition from internet retailers such as Amazon. However, the deal will ...

In 1996, Staples and Office Depot announced a merger. But the deal terminated for the following year after the FTC objected, saying that it would decrease competition for office products.