Staples Celebrates The Recovery With 225 Store Closures, Sales Plunge
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
03/06/2014
Nothing says global ‘economic recovery’ like a major retailer drastically missing revenue expectations, slashing earnings projections and announcing it will shutter 225 stores nationwide. Staples, the largest US office supplies retailer, hit the triple whammy and didn’t blame it all on the weather as the CEO notes “our customers are using less office supplies.” Or maybe there are just less office workers? Isolating Staples is a little unfair but as the largest (and most belwhether-ish), it is perhaps time to question the constant meme of escape velocity, improving fundamentals, and cleanest-dirty-shirt growth…
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