This time of year, Shopping Siren still gets chills walking through office supply stores. Which, considering this week’s heat, is a feat. There’s something about the smell of fresh crayons and paper. Or maybe it’s the rainbow of colorful folders or the boxes of spiral notebooks covered with photos of fluffy kittens or cartoons of […]
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Federal judge blocks Staples, Office Depot merger
WASHINGTON — Staples and Office Depot said Tuesday they are scrapping their planned $6.3 billion merger after a federal judge blocked the deal, saying the government had made the case that the combination would likely hurt competition in office supplies. The Federal Trade Commission had sought to block the merger of the last two national […]
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Cross Country: LaSalle sweeps New England team titles
THETFORD, Vt. – Plenty of hardware will be heading home to Providence, R.I., as the LaSalle Academy boys’ and girls’ cross country teams both won team titles at the New England Championships Saturday at Thetford Academy. The LaSalle boys were led by a first-place finish from D.J. Principe, who paced the field in a time […]
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Staples data breach may have affected Brunswick, Biddeford stores
PORTLAND — A month-long data breach at certain Staples stores may have affected customers at the chain’s Brunswick and Biddeford locations. The company has identified the stores at 8 Gurnet Road in Brunswick and 201 Mariner Way in Biddeford on a list of 115 stores across the country affected by a breach of its checkout […]
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Staples reports 1.2 million cards affected by data breach
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Staples Inc. says nearly 1.2 million customer payment cards may have been exposed during a security breach earlier this year. The office supply retailer said in October that it was looking into a potential credit card breach, adding to a long list of retailers recently hit by cyberattacks. Staples said Friday that […]
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2 men sue Portland police officer
PORTLAND — Two Maine men have filed a lawsuit against a Portland police officer they allege used excessive force and attacked them while they were handcuffed during an arrest nearly two years ago. Eric Lund of Windham and Jeffrey Staples of Standish allege in the suit filed in U.S. District Court in Portland that Officer […]
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Dirigo Middle School’s Robert Staples to retire
DIXFIELD — Robert Staples has devoted all but one year of his 33 years teaching to the former SAD 21 and now RSU 10 school districts. When he leaves his sixth-grade math classroom in June, he will have taught many of the lower primary grades, as well as served as a special education teacher and […]
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Postal workers’ unions protest Staples program
CONCORD, N.H. — Postal workers in cities big and small protested in front of Staples stores on Thursday, objecting to the U.S. Postal Service’s pilot program to open counters in stores, staffed with retail employees. Rallies were planned at 50 locations in 27 states. In Concord, more than 100 boisterous workers donned bright blue shirts […]
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Staples to close 10 percent of retail stores
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Staples will close up to 225 stores in North America by the end of next year as it seeks to trim about $500 million in costs annually by 2015. The nation’s largest office-supply retailer said Thursday that nearly half of its sales are now generated online, so it will aggressively cut costs […]