The Merger Of Office Depot And Officemax

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The office-supply company will face increasing competition from newly-merged Office Depot and OfficeMax. Paper and paper clips add up to big money for Office Depot. The world's #2 office supply chain (behind Staples), Office Depot sells office supplies through some 1,800 retail stores in 59 countries following its merger with OfficeMax. The big-box retail stores sell to both consumers and small and medium-sized businesses. The another competitor for Staples is Essendant Inc.. Essendant which formerly is called United Stationers is a leading office supplies and equipment pure wholesale distributor in North America. It offers more than 160,000 of its own and national brand products to about 30,000 reseller customers. Staples also compete with