President of North American Stores & Online at Staples, Inc. [SPLS] to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell to Kick Off the Back-to-School Shopping Season

ADVISORY, July 9, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

Staples, Inc. (SPLS), the world's largest office supply company and second largest internet retailer, is marking the official start of the 2013 back-to-school shopping season today by opening the NASDAQ market with the "first bell" and announcing a new Staples Rewards program that benefits parents, teachers and the classroom.

For the sixth consecutive year, the company will sound the "first bell" announcing a new Staples Rewards program that benefits parents, teachers and the classroom, a wide assortment of products, innovative technology and great prices.

In honor of the occasion, Demos Parneros, President of North American Stores & Online at Staples, Inc. will preside over the NASDAQ Opening Bell.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite -- 4 Times Square -- 43^rd & Broadway -- Broadcast Studio

When:

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 -- 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET

Contact:
Jackie Guzman
(561) 998-1995 office
(954) 993-1322 cell
jguzman@tilsonpr.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:
Christine Barna
(646) 441-5310
Christine.Barna@nasdaqomx.com

Feed Information:

*As of January 7, 2013 the Ceremony feeds will be in HD 1080i.

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Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx.

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About Staples, Inc. [SPLS]:

Staples is the world's largest office products company and second largest internet retailer. For 27 years, Staples has served the needs of business customers and its vision is to provide every product businesses need to succeed. Through its world-class retail, online and delivery capabilities, Staples offers office supplies, technology products and services, facilities and breakroom supplies, furniture, copy and print services and a wide range of other product categories. With thousands of associates worldwide dedicated to making it easy for businesses of all sizes, Staples operates throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The company is headquartered outside Boston. More information about Staples (SPLS) is available at www.staples.com.

About NASDAQ-100 Index(R):

The NASDAQ-100 Index, launched in January 1985, is one of the most widely followed benchmarks in the world. The NASDAQ-100 Index is the basis of the PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQ) which aims to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond with the NASDAQ-100 Index's performance. In addition, options, futures and structured products based on the NASDAQ-100 Index and the PowerShares QQQ Trust trade on various exchanges.

About NASDAQ OMX Group

The inventor of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire lifecycle of a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the U.S. and Europe, we own and operate 26 markets including 3 clearinghouses and 5 central securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income, derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more than 1 million messages per second at sub-55 microsecond average speeds with 99.99% uptime, our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to approximately 3,300 listed companies worth $6 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our world, we give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where the world takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century. To learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500)

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/president-north-american-stores-online-140000418.html

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