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Amazon’s rise could help pave the way for Staples-Office Depot merger, finally Jon Chesto © REUTERS A family left a Staples store in Broomfield, Colo. A lawyer defending a merger of Staples and Office Depot once described these two office-supply giants as penguins caught on a melting iceberg. Popular Searches She argued that online shifts particularly those pushed by Amazon were bringing about massive climate change in the industry and upending the old order. That was five years ago. A federal judge at the time didn’t quite see it that way: Amazon Business, the workplace supplies arm of the retail giant, was in its infancy, and Staples and Office Depot still dominated the market. The judge agreed with the Federal Trade Commission and blocked the $6 billion-plus deal on antitrust grounds in May 2016.

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