Staples, Inc. is a large United States-based
office supply chain store, with over 2,000 stores worldwide in 26 countries. Headquartered in
Framingham, Massachusetts, the company has
retail stores serving customers under its original name in
Australia,
Austria,
Brazil,
China,
Finland,
France,
Germany,
India,
Italy,
Norway,
Portugal, the
United Kingdom, and the United States, while operating subsidiaries in
Argentina as
Officenet-Staples, in Netherlands as Staples Office Centre, in Canada as
Staples Canada (Bureau en Gros in
Quebec), and in Italy as Mondoffice. Staples also does business exclusively with
enterprises in the United States, Canada and multiple European countries as
Staples Advantage.