On the Record · Staples
Staples competitors, on the record
The companies Staples names as competitors in its annual reports, 2015 to 2017, and the companies that name Staples, each with the sentence and the filing.
Who Staples names
| Company | Named in |
|---|---|
| Amazon.com | 2017 |
| Apple | 2017 |
| Best Buy | 2017 |
| Costco | 2017 |
| FedEx Office | 2017 |
| Target | 2017 |
| Walmart | 2017 |
In its own words
Amazon.com, Apple, Best Buy, Costco, FedEx Office, Target, Walmart
Word for word“We also compete with online retailers such as Amazon.com, mass merchants such as Walmart and Target, warehouse clubs such as Costco, computer and electronics retail stores such as Best Buy, specialty technology stores such as Apple, print and marketing businesses such as FedEx Office, and a wide range of other retailers, including grocery stores, drug stores, discount retailers, and traditional office supply retail stores.” 10-K for 2017
Who names Staples
Companies whose own annual reports name Staples as a competitor.
Word for word“Our markets are highly competitive and we compete locally, domestically and internationally with office supply resellers, including Staples, Internet-based companies such as Amazon, mass merchandisers such as Walmart and Target, wholesale clubs such as Costco, Sam’s Club and BJs, computer and electronics superstores such as Best Buy, food and drug stores, discount stores, and direct marketing companies.” 10-K for 2024
Read from Staples’s annual reports (10-K for 2017, 10-K for 2016, 10-K for 2015) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2017-03-09. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.