Happy Friday! Let's play a game to help lighten the mood. It's clear Staples is not doing what's needed to keep up with ecommerce trends and the changing market. It's also clear that the attempts that they have made to grow in this area have failed pretty badly. That being said, on the upside they have somewhat of an advantage :) on the B2B office supplies market. Give me your best estimates on how long you think it will take for Staples to lose this market and declare Bankruptcy... anddd go:
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< 3 years. to "Keeping My Eyes On The Unmotivated Peeps", I was motivated and constantly stepped up for 12 years and still got shown the door. Replaced by < mediocre off shore labor that couldn't care less about Staples. It is true, doing a good job there is liking wetting yourself in a dark suit. It gives you a warm feeling but nobody really notices.
Is it Friday already? No way !
Sometimes on a Thursday I will think to myself.... “ hey , it’s not Friday “ .
There are other days that are not Friday .... like Mondays . Mondays are not Friday.
In fact all the other days , except Friday are
NOT Friday . I hate when it is NOT Friday .
Amazon will unleash Project Damocles on them next year.
Staples B2B dies within three years
Bunch of losers. Get to work as your losing attitude is exactly what is wrong with certain people at Staples today. If you are with a competitor trolling this site, you obviously don’t have enough work to do in your failing organization to keep yourself occupied.
They're going to continue restructuring and will sell off at least part of it (Canada) soon. But for the rest of it....? 5 years or less.
8 Years.
5 Years max unless they figure something out.