Staples CEO on Innovation

“There are a lot of great ideas out there,” says Shira Goodman. “But as a company, we need to focus on a few to get scale, and then utilize the advantages of that scale.”

August 26, 2017 · 1 min read

In 2016, Shira Goodman took over as chief executive of Staples at a challenging juncture: A plan to merge with Office Depot had been nixed by the Federal Trade Commission, and the 30-year-old company was under extreme pressure to shift its business quickly from retail stores to…

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