Amazon announced that Echo, its voice assistant smart device, will be available in thousands of retail locations across the United States in time for the holiday shopping season. It will be in over 3,000 The Home Depot, Staples, Sears, Brookstone,…
Staples Buys Office Depot for $6.3 Billion
Two office supply giants are becoming one, as Staples has just announced its acquisition of Office Depot. The deal is worth $6.3 billion. “This is a transformational acquisition which enables Staples to provide more value to customers, and more effectively…
Katy Perry Makes It “Roar” in Manhattan
Katy Perry is continuing her efforts in her partnership with Staples to fund classroom projects for teachers around the nation. “Make Roar Happen” has helped many teachers get desperately needed money to fill in the gaps where independent school district…
Katy Perry And Staples “Make It Roar”
Katy Perry, along with Staples, announced yesterday that 55 local Washington D.C. classroom projects have been funded as part of Staples’ $1 million donation to DonorsChoose.org. Staples’ $43,994 donation helped 47 teachers fulfill classroom needs. They also helped meet the…
Chromebooks Are Soon Coming To More Stores In More Countries
Google really wants you to buy a Chromebook. That may be impossible, however, for those that have made a solemn swear never to shop at Best Buy or Amazon.com. For the devout retail loyalist, Google has a few more options…
Staples Becomes The First Major Retail Store To Sell 3D Printers
3D printers are still very much intended for industry professionals or hobbyists. That’s going to change within the next five years though, and Staples has decided to get a head start. 3ders reports that Staples will start offering 3D Systems’…
Staples Launches Website For Tablets
Staples said today it has launched a website focused on tablets to help people research and compare devices that fit their needs. Staples.com/tablets will offer side-by-side feature and price comparisons, photos, videos and business apps. Key features of the site…
Paul Allen Refiles Lawsuit Against Top Tech Companies
Whatever his faults, Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen is at least persistent and ambitious. Allen proved this yesterday by refiling a patent infringement lawsuit against AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo, and YouTube.
Amazon Kindle Coming To Staples
Office supply retailer Staples said today it will begin selling Amazon’s Kindle in all of its stores this fall.
Staples said it will sell the $139 version of the Kindle, the Kindle 3G ($189) and the Kindle DX ($379).