Staples seeks to buy parent of Office Depot for $2.1 billion
Staples seeks to buy parent of Office Depot for $2.1 billion By Anne Riley Moffat Bloomberg,Updated January 11, 2021, 10:29 a.m. Email to a Friend A shopping cart at a Staples office supplies store in the Chicago.REUTERS (Bloomberg) -- Framingham-based Staples offered to buy the parent of Office Depot in a deal valuing the company at $2.1 billion, the latest attempt to consolidate the office-products space to better compete against online retailers. A deal would bring together two of the biggest names in office supplies at a time when brick-and-mortar retailers are struggling to cope with bro...