At www.staples.com, Online School Supplies Shopping is as Easy as Learning Your ABCs.FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 1999-- Staples Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SPLS) today announced its online Back-to-School Center designed to slash the cost and hassle of purchasing back-to-school supplies. With a large selection of specially tagged back-to-school items, on-the-go parents and vacationing students can avoid the mad rush to the mall and conveniently purchase school supplies online. "Most parents would prefer to spend quality time with their kids rather than fight the crowds to shop for school supplies," said Jeff Levitan, senior vice president of Staples.com. "Providing back-to-school shoppers with a dedicated area of the site just for them makes it easier and more convenient to buy the items they need, without taking quality time away from the office or family. And delivery is free for all orders over $50." A "Back-to-School" link on the Staples.com home page links shoppers to the site's Back-to-School Center. Here visitors can view a weekly list of back-to-school specials, featuring some of the many seasonal promotional items Promotional items or promotional products refers to articles of merchandise that are used in marketing and communication programs. The items are usually imprinted or decorated with a company's name, logo or message, using techniques such as Embroidery, Silkscreen, or that have been added to the site, including Milky milky (mil´ke) 1. having the appearance of milk; whitish, cloudy, fluid. 2. filled with or consisting of milk or a milklike fluid. Pens(R), notebooks and backpacks. In addition, the Back-to-School Center offers specialized, age-specific lists of the supplies students are most likely to need, from K-8 and high school to college. Shoppers just need to click on these listings to easily purchase everything they need for back-to-school. About Staples.com Launched in fall 1998, Staples.com is Staples' e-commerce business unit that serves the home office and business customer via the Internet. The virtual store offers easy-to-use, customized features and intuitive functions to slash the cost and hassle of purchasing office Any installation or activity, or any division, office, branch, section, unit, or other organizational element of an installation or activity charged with the functions of procuring supplies or services. supplies. More than 6,000 products are available on Staples.com and it is open for business 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Customers receive free delivery on all orders over $50 and next-business day delivery is available in most U.S. markets. About Staples Staples Inc. is a $7 billion retailer of office supplies Office supplies is the generic term that refers to all supplies regularly used in offices by businesses and other organizations, from private citizens to governments, who works with the collection, refinement, and output of information (colloquially referred to as "paper work"). , furniture and technology to consumers and business from home-based businesses to Fortune 50 companies in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany. Headquartered outside Boston, Staples invented the office superstore su·per·store n. A very large retail store that stocks highly diversified merchandise, such as groceries, toys, and camera equipment, or a wide variety of mechandise in a specific product line, such as computers or sporting goods. concept and today is the largest operator of office superstores This is a list of superstores by country. Multi-national
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