M&A Deal Summary

Staples Acquires Chiswick

On January 24, 2007, Staples acquired distribution company Chiswick

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Staples’ 1st transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is Staples’ 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Staples’ 3rd transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-01-24
Target Chiswick
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) Staples
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Chiswick

Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States
Chiswick, Inc. is a distributor of industrial and retail packaging, shipping, and warehouse products.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Staples

Framingham, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 1985
Sector Retail
Employees42,554
Revenue 18.2B USD (2017)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Staples' corporate headquarters in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Entrance to Staples' corporate headquarters in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Staples is an office supply retailer. Staples sells and distributes a variety of office products for consumers as well as small to large companies around the world. Staples was founded in 1985 and is based in Framingham, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 17
Sector: Distribution M&A 1 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 16
State: Massachusetts M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 6 of 14
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-12-22 Thrive Networks

Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States

Thrive Networks is a managed services provider, delivers a portfolio of outsourced technology services that included cloud, hosting, security, disaster recovery, backup, replication, network management, device management, storage, virtualization and more. For nearly two decades, Thrive has leveraged leading vendor technologies, its vast technical engineering talent and a fanatical dedication to client support to service hundreds of mid-market customers across the United States. Thrive Networks was founded in 2000 and is based in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-05-22 American Identity

Overland Park, United States

American Identity, Inc. is a distributor of corporate branded merchandise

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