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A year after failing to acquire Office Depot, Staples is being bought:
On Wednesday, it [Sycamore Partners] agreed to acquire Staples Inc. for about $6.9 billion in one of the largest retail deals of the year, a wager that the office-supply chain can re-emerge as a modern seller of business services.
[...] Sycamore, saying it was attracted to Staples' "iconic brand," is paying $10.25 a share for the retailer, according to a statement on Wednesday. That represents a 12 percent premium to its share price on Tuesday, before reports surfaced that the transaction was close to be being completed.
The deal caps more than a year of turmoil for Staples, which was thwarted in an attempt to make its own acquisition in May 2016. The company had tried to purchase Office Depot Inc. in a $6.3 billion deal that would have unified the two largest office-supply sellers, but the transaction was opposed by antitrust regulators.
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(Score: 2) by kazzie on Friday June 30 2017, @08:13AM
Staples sold the UK arm of their business last year [bbc.co.uk], and the new owners have rebranded as "Office Outlet".
(The word "depot" isn't commonly used in UK business names, perhaps becahuse we pronounce it "depp-oh" rather than "dee-poh")