Tell the FTC: Stop Staples and Office Depot from Raising Prices on Consumers While Paying Millions to a Short-Term CEO

Staples, the office supply giant that put thousands of small stationery stores out of business, now wants to merge with Office Depot. This is just two years after Office Depot swallowed up Office Max.

If the merger goes through, Office Depot CEO Roland Smith will get a $47 million golden parachute (even though he has spent less than two years at the company).

This merger would give Staples a monopoly in a key sector of the economy. This is no game; it means higher prices and fewer choices for consumers. Let's tell the FTC that consumers across the country want real enforcement of our nation's anti-trust laws. 

Please add your name to stop this merger before it starts. Otherwise, while Smith counts his millions, the rest of us will be left with just one national chain of office supply superstores.

Consumers need more choices, not higher prices. Please add your name to stand up for consumers and small businesses - and against multi-million dollar golden parachutes for corporate CEOs.