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National retailer Staples buys Hartford, Conn.-based Hartford Office Supply.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2004
By Paul Marks, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 23--Hartford Office Supply Inc. has been acquired by Staples, the nation's largest office-supply chain, leaving about 100 employees fearing layoffs and uncertain about their future.
An official of Framingham, Mass.-based Staples said the 54-year-old Hartford company's employees will be invited to apply for jobs at a Staples warehouse 48 miles east in Putnam.
"Every one of the associates in the Hartford facility will be offered a chance to apply for positions in that facility," said Jay Baitler, executive vice president of the Staples Contract Division, which manages sales and deliveries to businesses.
However, he did not rule out layoffs, which...
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