Amazon Business Reaches $60 Billion While Staples Shuts More Stores in August 2026.

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The battle for business and office-supply spending is increasingly shifting online, as Amazon Business reaches $60 billion in annualized gross sales while longtime office-supply giant Staples prepares to close two more U.S. stores in August 2026. Amazon Business now serves more than 11 million organizations worldwide across 11 countries, with more than 1.8 million organizations joining the platform so far in 2026, highlighting the rapid migration of corporate purchasing toward digital procurement and e-commerce. At the same time, Staples is closing longtime locations in Goleta, California, after more than 27 years, and Levittown, New York, after roughly 15 years, adding to other store closures announced during 2026. The contrast is striking for the office-products, printer, ink and toner industries: while Amazon Business continues to capture billions of dollars in B2B purchasing volume, traditional brick-and-mortar office-supply retailers face mounting pressure from online competition, changing workplace habits and declining dependence on physical stores. Amazon Business’s $60 billion milestone and Staples’ continuing store closures offer another powerful sign that the future of business purchasing—including office supplies, printers, toner and ink—is rapidly moving toward online marketplaces and digital procurement platforms.

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July 22, 2026 at 11:02 AM