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Comment: 2010 contract win could be instructive to FTC investigators of Staples-Office Depot

By Jeff Bliss ( March 18, 2015, 19:29 GMT | Comment) -- Federal Trade Commission investigators examining the proposed Staples-Office Depot merger for antitrust problems will have to consider stories such as the one about how Independent Stationers won one of its biggest national accounts. In 2010, Independent Stationers ousted Office Depot as a supplier of US Communities, an alliance of state and local government agencies as well as schools. The episode shows how suppliers compete against superstores for big contracts.Federal Trade Commission investigators examining the proposed Staples-Office Depot merger for antitrust problems will have to consider stories such as the one about how Independent Stationers won one of its biggest national accounts....

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