From: Rob Cibik <[email protected]> Newsgroups: alt.obituaries Subject: Leo Kahn, 94, co-founder of Staples Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 11:59:21 -0700 (PDT)
Leo Kahn, co-founder of Staples, dies at 94 http://articles.lancasteronline.com/ap/4/us_obit_kahn#ixzz1MGCXPL2x May 13, 2011 Associated Press NEW YORK Leo Kahn, who co-founded Staples and helped start the age of "big box" reta= il stores, died Wednesday in Boston. He was 94. Kahn first made his name in the grocery business in New England. He started= Staples with a former competitor, Tom Stemberg, in 1985, after they decide= d to go into business together and were seeking new ideas outside groceries= -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en.
