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by alanctgardner3 4151 days ago
My understanding is it's all corporate accounts. Almost nobody actually goes into the store, but my girlfriend's work regularly puts together orders and has them delivered for any office supplies they need. The retail stores are just a big distribution network, and customers are reluctant to go to Amazon or a smaller supplier because a) nobody ever got fired for buying Staples b) they already have an account there.