Staples &Copy and print shop By Jose Agramonte

Primary Business

Staples Inc. is an office supply super store.

It sells supplies

Promotional Products

Office machines

Technology and business services

Copy and print shop.

Locations It has over 2,000 stores world wide in 26 countries

Its head quarters are in Framingham, Massachusetts. It has stores under its original name in Austria, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom and the United states.

At the same time it has subsidiaries in Argentina as “officenet staples”, Belgium and Netherlands as Staples Office Centre, Canada as Staples Canada, Bureau En Gros in Quebec, and in Italy as Mondoffice

. Staples also does business exclusively with enterprises in multiple European countries as Staples Advantage.

Services provided online and in store

They sell ink and toner for the following brands:

Brother, Canon, Dell, HP, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Lexmark, Oki, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, Xerox, Apollo, Compaq, Gestetner, Lanier, Huntress corp., Info print IB, Kyosera Myta, Muratec, NEC ,OCE ,Okidata, Pitney Bowes, Primera, Rico, Samsung, saving, Toshiba.

Paper stock

Paper stock

Paper stock

Office Supplies

* Art & Teaching Supplies

* Binders & Accessories

* Boards & Easels

* Calendars & Planners

* Cleaning and Paper Products

* Coffee, Water & Snacks

* Desk Organizers

* Envelopes, Forms & Stamps

Office Supplies

* Filing & Accessories

* Labels & Label Makers

* Laptop Bags & Cases

* Mailroom & Shipping Supplies

* Paper & Pads

* Pens, Writing & Correction

* Post-it® and Stickies™ Notes & Flags 

Office Supplies

* Presentation

* Staplers, Punches, Trimmers

* Storage & Organization

* Store Supplies & Signs

* Tape, Clips & Rub

Technology

Technology * Flash & Computer Memory

* Networking & Cables

* Printers & All-in-ones

* Copiers

* Fax Machines

* Shredders

* Phones and accessories

* Headset

Technology

* E-readers * Cameras, Scanners, Frames * GPS * Batteries, Surge & UPS * Portable Audio & Video * Phone Accessories

Easy Tech Services Pc Tune up

Green PC Tune Up

Create and restore CD

Diagnostic

System Restore

Easy Tech Services Virus, Spy ware, ad ware Removal

Desktop Repair

Data transfer and Data back up

Wireless Network Security Check

Flash Media recovery

Hard drive recovery

History Staples was founded in 1986 by Thomas G. Stemberg

He was working on a proposal for a different business and he needed a ribbon for his printer but the local dealer was closed for independence day. His frustration and his background in the grocery business led his vision for the office supply super store.

The first store was opened in outside of Boston in 1986

In 1991, Staples founded its Canadian subsidiary, The Business Depot, and began opening stores under that name, though over a decade later, all stores were renamed as "Staples."

History 1996 staples became one of fortune 500 companies to surpass 3 billion in sales

Staples and office depot announced plans for merger but were stopped by the Federal Trade Commission due to fear of the super powers raising Prices for office supplies.

1998 staples acquire its naming rights for Staples Center in Los Angeles

2001 staples its E- commerce website to all its subsidiaries across the world

2004 staples expanded to Austria and Denmark

2007 staples open its first store in india

RevenueSales:

For 2011 (24,545,113 $)

For 2010 (24,275,451 $)

For 2009 (23,083,775 $)

For 2008 (19,372,682 $)

For 2007 (18,160,789 $)

Staples Production Center The staples production centers are a close production facility which are part

of a staple store but it is closed to the main public.

Its customers are staples copy center.

The Staples production center also known as the hub, provides services to the copy center.

It Consist of about 12 employees and its 24 hrs Monday to Friday. It is also opened in the weekends from 9 to 6 pm on Saturdays and 11 to 6 pm on Sundays

Binding and finishing The production Center provides Services such as

Padding

Carbonless Forms

Saddle Stich

Wire Bind

Tape bind

Binding and finishing Spiral Bind

Comb Bind

Ambassador

Print on Demand

3 hole punching

Laminating

Binding and Finishing Mount lamination

Mounting

Posters on glossy paper, matte, adhesive , Polypropylene, Scrim, Back lit Film

Folding

Litigation

Pouch Laminating

Other services Grommets

Calendars

Postcards

Display Banner Stands

Cutting

Business cards in minutes

Equipment Xerox 700

Nuvera 100

800 Color press

Xerox 252

Xerox 4595

Xerox 4127

Equipment Kyosera Mika (blue print) printing Machine

20 inch Over Cutter

55 inch hand Trimmer

Padding press

Bookletizer

Jugger

Nuvera 100 Black and white machine

Nuvera 100 Standard Capabilities Production printing and finishing Rated speed 100 ipm

Recommended average monthly volume 100,000 - 1,500,000 images per month Digital Front Ends Xerox FreeFlow™

Print Server Finishing Booklet Making, Bypass Transport, Finisher Media Types Coated: gloss, silk, matteUncoated: book, text, bond, cover, bristol, index offsetSpecialty: tabs, envelopes, carbonless, preprinted offset forms

Xerox 4127

4127 B&W machine Standard Capabilities Printing, copying, scanning Rated speed 4112: 110

ppm4127: 125 ppmRecommended average monthly volume 70,000 - 700,000 pages per month

Finishing Booklet Making, Finisher, Folder, Hole Punch, SquareFold Trimmer, Stacker Media Types Carbonless, DocuCards, Document Folders, synthetics, tabs, labels, specialty media, coated stock

Xerox 1000 Color Press

Xerox 1000 color press• Standard Capabilities Production color printing Rated speed Color 800 Press: 80 ppm

Color 1000 Press: 100 ppm Recommended average monthly volume Color 800 Press: 100,000 - 350,000 pages per monthColor 1000 Press: 150,000 - 400,000 pages per month Digital Front Ends Xerox FreeFlow™ Print Server

• Xerox EX Print Server, Powered by Fiery

• Xerox CX Print Server, Power by Creo Print Server Technology

Finishing Booklet Making, Finisher, Folder, Hole Punch, Lay Flats, SquareFold Trimmer, Stacker, Stapler Media Types Coated and uncoated papers, bright papers, DocuCard, labels, business cards, glossy brochures, window decals, durable/synthetic papers, greeting cards, tabs, embossed, polyesters and custom solutions.

Xerox 252

Xerox 252 Print speed Color:

color: up to 50 ppm

Black: up to 65

Duty cycle Up to 200,000 images/month

Recent News The production Center Just Built a working space for customers to come to

the place and approved a job specially if its detailed oriented.

The Nuvera 100 and the color press 1000 just been with the company about a month

Main Competitor Best Buy

The biggest consumer electronics outlet in the US is Best buy. The company operates more than 1,400 stores throughout the US and Canada, and another 2,600 stores in Europe and China, mostly under the Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile, and The Car Phone Warehouse banners. The stores sell a wide variety of electronic gadgets, movies, music, computers, and appliances. In addition to selling products, Best Buy offers installation and maintenance services, technical support, and subscriptions for cell phone and Internet services. As the dominant consumer electronics chain in the US, following the demise of rival Circuit City, Best Buy is looking abroad for growth. In 2011 Best Buy announced plans to sell Napster to Rhapsody.

Analysis Weakness: Staples Needs to improve their communication between the

production center and the copy center. Some times the Job Tickets are submitted lacking information.

Strength: Staples is a print on the spot place where customer have a quicker turn around time. It is way faster than offset because there is no make ready. It also has self service Machines.

Opportunities: Staples has over 90,000 employees and it gives lots of people Working opportunities.

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