Staples to open Cambridge e-commerce innovation center

By Lisa van der Pool

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Staples is hiring to develop new e-commerce offerings in a new development center located in the startup centrum of Kendall Square in Cambridge, the office supply chain announced, Thursday. Staples Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) plans to open its "e-commerce innovation center" in Kendall this spring.

Framingham-based Staples said in a news release that the new outpost will be home to employees responsible for designing and implementing new e-commerce solutions for Staples customers.

As such, the company is hiring IT, product management, usability and creative posts to develop such technologies.

“Cambridge is a hub of innovation, with both world-class universities and technology companies,” said Brian Tilzer, vice president, e-commerce and business development, Staples.com, in a statement. “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.”

The new center is set to open in May of this year.

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