Staples Archives - Market Mad House

daniel October 25, 2016 75 lenders, American Express, Blumberg Capital, Brock Blake, Comcast Ventures, Dave Zilberman, Expand Lending Options to Small Businesses, facilitate funding, FinTech, GoDaddy, Lendio, Lendio’s online marketplace, Lendio’s success securing meaningful partnerships, Loans funded in 46 of 50 states, Napier Park, North Hill Ventures, Over $63 million in loans funded, Record number of repeat customers, SMBs, Staples, Stereo Capital, Supplier Success, TownSquare Media, Tribeca Venture Partners

Lendio Raises $20 Million in Growth Capital Led by Comcast Ventures and Stereo Capital

Funding Will Fuel Significant Marketing and Sales Growth to Expand Lending Options to Small Businesses

Market Insanity

daniel February 6, 2015March 6, 2016 AAPL, AMZN, COST, KR, ODP, Office Depot, Office Depot closes, Retail Apocalypse, SHLD, SPLS, Staples, WMT

Staples’ Purchase of Office Depot Makes No Sense

My prediction: if the merger goes through, there will be bigger losses at Staples as it tries to divest itself of all those stores. The revenue and the stock value of the new Staples will plummet because of those losses. Those losses will come as Staples faces more competition online.

The Death Spiral

daniel December 4, 2014March 6, 2016 AAPL, Apple, COST, Costco, OD, Office Depot, Retail Apocalypse, Retailers Closing, Sams Club, Staples, STPLS, Target, TGT, The Death Spiral, Value Investing, Wal-Mart, Warren Buffett, WMT, Women Investing

Staples Struggles to Survive

Staples reported online sales of $10.4 billion in 2013, making it a very profitable online retailer. Unfortunately, it is a very profitable online retailer that is saddled with a very unprofitable chain of brick and mortar stores.