Staples, the world's largest chain of office product stores, jumped on the Internet bandwagon Tuesday with a deal to be the office supply merchant on search engine Yahoo!, Staples said. Staples' launch of its own online office supply superstore, Staples.com, is the latest example of the growing effort by retailers to expand market share and reach by using the Internet.
Short take: Staples signs on with Yahoo
Staples, the world's largest chain of office product stores, jumped on the Internet bandwagon Tuesday with a deal to be the office supply merchant on search engine Yahoo!, Staples said. Staples' launch of its own online office supply superstore, Staples.com, is the latest example of the growing effort by retailers to expand market share and reach by using the Internet.