Private equity firm Sycamore Partners has completed the $6.9 billion acquisition of Framingham, Massachusetts-based Staples. As a result of the merger, the common stock of the office supply retailer will no longer be listed for trading on Nasdaq...
Shira Goodman
Brendan Menapace is the content director for Promo+Promo Marketing.
Elise Hacking Carr is senior production editor for Print & Promo Marketing magazine, and managing editor for PRINTING United Journal.
After months of speculation, we finally can report that private equity firm Sycamore Partners will acquire Staples Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $6.9 billion, which is significantly higher than the original estimation of $6 billion...
Staples has been trying to retool its business ever since its failed merger attempt with rival Office Depot. In its next move, the Framingham, Massachusetts-based company is welcoming a new chief marketing officer: Michelle Bottomley...
Staples, Framingham, Mass., announced that it, along with Boca Raton, Florida-based Office Depot, intend to waive the merger-agreement termination date of Feb. 4, 2016, extending it to May 16, 2016. The companies’ boards of directors did this to allow for the completion of the ongoing federal court litigation with the Federal Trade Commission...
More Blogs
