All the price-matching has finally caught up with Staples.

[atomicdude]

see the news for yourself...

http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/010127/n.html

 

[Raj]

sh*t that sucks. tough times for OD and Staples

 

[yihang]

I would say this is an extremely cold deal.

 

[EvoLusion]

linkiefied

well i dunno about other people but... how often do you go to OD or Staples to do some retail shopping? me myself, i just go their for the price matching and such... sucks but i guess that's the way the world works

 

[NICKel]

>>>"Staples unveiled a $200 million charge for its.... Web businesses.

It wasn't my fault ..... H o n e s t !!!

 

[GoldenTiger]

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[Jamey]

That's a real downer for a Sunday morning, but it is inevitable with these full retail stores. If you want to do business in todays market, you're gonna have to be special or cheap. Staples isn't either until they price match and coupon. That makes them both. I wonder how long the ride is going to last before they do away with thier policies.

 

[Gepost]

"Aside from the major push to lower the number of stores each company has in major markets, people are also concerned over how severely Staples, Office Depot and OfficeMax have over-extended the number of products and services they offer."

Especially Office Depot and their Iomega CDRW's.