OfficeMax Inc.

Office Depot to buy OfficeMax in $1.2-billion deal

2013-02-20 09:26:00

Office Depot Inc. is buying smaller rival OfficeMax Inc. in what it’s calling a “merger of equals,” creating a heftier office-supply company to challenge industry leader Staples. In the $1.2-billion all-stock deal, OfficeMax...

Stocks of Office Depot and OfficeMax surge on merger speculation

2013-02-19 10:35:00

The stock prices of Office Depot Inc. and OfficeMax Inc. surged Tuesday on word that the companies are contemplating a merger to better compete against Staples Inc. The two office-supply chains are reportedly in talks that could result in a deal this...

Staples stock jumps on report Bain, others are considering buyout

2012-09-14 08:26:00

A report that several private equity firms -- including original investor Bain Capital -- are considering buying Staples Inc. pushed the office supply chain’s stock up as much as 6.2% on Friday. Acquisition talks are still preliminary and any offer...

Google wants to compete with Amazon's quick delivery, report says

2011-12-01 21:35:11

Retail Roundup: E-readers, Wal-Mart Express, American Apparel on EBay

2011-07-30 16:35:38

HP TouchPad to hit stores on July 1, starting at $499.99

2011-06-09 16:37:07

Consumers' open wallets keep Wall Street bulls hoping for more; Disney shares reach highest since 2000

2010-04-29 21:34:20

Monterrey U.S.A.

2008-02-11 00:00:00

When the Kentucky-based Yum Corp. was looking for a city in Mexico in which to open a Taco Bell, it must have figured it couldn't go wrong with this ultramodern, hyper-Americanized metropolis 125 miles from the Texas border in the northern Mexican state...

The Providence Journal, R.I., John Kostrzewa column

2013-05-08 09:14:01

The demolition of the old Borders store at the Garden City Center in Cranston says as much about changing consumer trends as it does about commerce in the Internet age. The store closed in September, 2011 after the bookstore chain filed for bankruptcy...

OfficeMax's sluggish sales disappoint

2013-05-08 00:00:00

OfficeMax Inc. reported Tuesday that first-quarter sales declined more than 5 percent and earnings fell short of analyst expectations, sending shares down nearly 2 percent. The Naperville-based office supply retailer's shares closed down 22 cents, at...

OfficeMax shares slip amid earnings, dividend

2013-05-07 08:30:00

Shares of OfficeMax Inc. are down more than 2.5 percent on Monday after the company reported first-quarter sales declined 5 percent and earnings fell short of analyst expectations. The Naperville-based office supply retailer said net income rose to $56.3...

The day ahead in business

2013-05-07 03:00:00

Reports: Consumer credit for March, 2 p.m. Local earnings: Akorn Inc., Calamos Asset� Management Inc., Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp., Fuel Tech Inc., John Bean Technologies Corp., KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp., Mondelez International Inc.,...

OfficeMax store in Woodridge.

2013-05-07 00:00:00

OfficeMax fell from No. 354 last year when it posted revenue of $7.1 billion. It is currently weighing a merger with Office Depot, which also appears on the Fortune 500. A mother and daughter shop for back-to-school supplies at an OfficeMax store. (Dawn Majors/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)

2013-05-06 06:09:00

Office Depot and OfficeMax unite in a changing office-supply market crowded with competitors such as Staples, Wal-Mart and Amazon.

2013-02-20 09:11:07