Posted by John Vinson

Staples has its eyes set on some pretty lofty goals going into 2012. One of the leading office supply chains, Staples is looking ahead to becoming the leading multichannel commerce company. They aren’t joking around with their follow through either, as they’ve brought on teams from the E-Commerce Innovation Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

They’re actively recruiting IT, and product managers, usability experts and more. They’re looking to triple their workforce. Their new centre dedicated to e-commerce will open around May of this year.

Brian Tilzer, Staples.com’s vice president for ecommerce and business development, said it will be, “hub of innovation, with both world-class universities and technology companies.”

He continues, “Staples new E-Commerce Innovation Center will become the home to some of the world’s best e-commerce talent with the goal of rapidly bringing breakthrough new ideas to market in emerging online technologies like mobile commerce and social media.”

They’ve released a mobile app, which is available on both iPhone and Android. They claim it has more than 150 features, including access to daily deals, access to easier re-ordering, and greater rewards for account members.

It will be interesting to see if Staples can follow through with this plan. With the amount of resources and people they’re hiring, improvement seems very likely.

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