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397. Staples

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Financials: Latest Results

Rank: 397 (Previous rank: 439)
CEO: Ronald L. Sargent
Employees: 74,208
Address: 500 Staples Dr.
Framingham, Massachusetts 01702
Country: U.S.
Website: www.staples.com

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	23,083.8	19.2
Profits	805.3	-19.1
Assets	13,006.0	—
Stockholders' equity	5,564.2	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	3.5
Assets	6.2

Industry: Specialty Retailers

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Costco Wholesale	88	72,483.0
2	Home Depot	90	71,288.0
3	Lowe's	153	48,230.0


4	Best Buy	167	45,015.0
5	Hutchison Whampoa	281	30,239.6
6	Arcandor	285	30,063.4
7	Staples	397	23,083.8
8	Jardine Matheson	411	22,362.0
9	TJX	486	19,147.5
10	Yamada Denki	496	18,632.3

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