Staples will follow Future Shop, Best Buy and Radio Shack in a retreat from the storefront market as online giants like Amazon gobble up their business. Staples announced in Framingham, Mass., today that it will close up to 225 more stores —
12 percent of its U.S. and Canadian locations . As much as half of Staples sales are now done online the company said. It it targeting $500 million in costs in the next two years. Staples has more than 2,000 stores in 26 countries, the vast majority in the United States. Locally, the company has shown versatility in recent years at its Brentcliffe Rd. store where the emphasis has been on service.
