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Staples Stars

December 2015

Tech Sales Supervisor Cindy Reyes was wondering how she was going to buy Christmas gifts for everyone this Holiday season on a budget. She recalled that she had Stars Points and redeemed 800 Stars Points for $160 in Staples Gift Cards and went shopping. Cindy was able to buy gifts for her nephew, niece, cousin, and brother. She got a watch for her little brother, Bluetooth speakers for her niece, a mini drone for her nephew and a gaming headset for her cousin. None of this would have been possible without the Stars Points, and according to Cindy, the looks on their faces were price-less when they unwrapped their awesome gifts. Hard work does pay off, and Cindy can't wait until she re-ceives more Stars Points in the future.

Cindy Reyes Division 1, Store 953

New York, NY

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Newly promoted Copy & Print Supervisor, Michael Dayermanjian has been with the company just shy of two years. Mike has been a big part of the success of the Copy Center and has been doing great things to win Stars Points through budget success and other promotions the company has been offering. Mike was watching his Stars Points balance go up week by week and surprised everyone when he finally came in with his newly purchased watch! He now has another prize in his sights and is working every day to earn the Stars Points he needs to get a surprise for his wife. The future looks bright for Mrs. Dayermanjian!

Michael Dayermanjian Division 1, Store 806

Old Saybrook, CT

Yashaira Acevedo Division 1, Store 3, Providence, RI

Yashaira Acevedo, Copy & Print Production Supervisor, recently aimed big on the CPC Own It Challenge and earned “a TON of Stars Points” for herself and her team. A bold commitment was made and everyone kicked it into high gear to not let her down. She assisted the team to achieve OVER 120% to their budget and earned 2,750 points!!!! With her Stars Points, Yashaira purchased a $550 Kohl's Gift Card & took care of her entire family for Christmas!

She is the Stars Program champion in her store and now reviews it with all new associates to show them that it just takes hard work, a goal, commitment and it’s EASY.

Brigitte Alvarez, Copy & Print Supervisor

at Store 0143 (Division 1, New York City,

NY) used her Stars Points to purchase an

Xbox 360 as a holiday gift for her

husband. She also turn her remaining

Stars Points into gift-cards to purchase

grocery and gifts for some members of her

church !! Brigitte earned her Stars Points

by being Associate of the Month, as she

is always providing great customer service

and achieving her sales budget in copy

center !!

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Staples Stars December 2015

Haywood

Sonnee,

Tech Sales

Supervisor,

earned enough

Staples Stars

Points to treat

himself to a

new pair of

BEATS by Dre

Headphones.

Haywood

earned his points mostly from Manager Discretionary

points for service (particularly building relationships)

and also from various Field Leadership during visits,

as well as being awarded Associate of the Month

multiple times.

Can you say the "Beat goes on...."? Haywood is

looking forward to earning more Stars Points.

Haywood Sonnee Division 1, Store 653, New York City, NY

Sales Associate

Debbie Little

bought a cell

phone charger

with the Stars

Points she had

been rewarded

for her

outstanding

service and for constantly being mentioned on CSAT

surveys. Even her DM mentioned that Debbie

worked really hard to save up for this charging case…

now her cell phone battery is always charged!!

Debbie Little Division 1

Store 1955 New York City,

NY

Estelle Connell, Copy & Print Shop Sales Supervisor,

spent about 1000 Stars Points that she received for selling

Seasonal Promo products as well as for receiving

customer compliments and started off her holiday season

with five (5) $20 Gift Cards.

Kloe Clark, Copy & Print associate, received recognition

from her GM & DM for helping the team by training new

CPC associates as well as receiving several customer

compliments, and she too went on a shopping spree. Kloe

spent about 300 Stars Points to purchase three (3) Gift

Cards from her favorite retailers.

Way to go girls!

Estelle Connell & Kloe Clark

Division 1, Store 215

New York, NY

Danielle Giannini,

Copy & Print

Supervisor, is

standing in front of

her beautiful new

fireplace, which she

purchased with the

several thousand

Stars Points she had

earned over the first

half of the year. Her Copy Center is 110% to budget &

+14.6% comp YTD!

Way to "Make More Happen" in beautiful Bloomfield Hills,

MI. as you can see by the glow on her face.

Danielle Giannini Division 4

Store 1213 Bloomfield Hills, MI

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Staples Stars December 2015

LaChelle Lyle Division 4, Store 614 New Kensington, PA

Veronica Darling Division 3, Store 377, Phoenix, AZ

General Manager Rob Myers shares this photo of

his son Brooks opening his Christmas gift that Rob

purchased using his Staples Star Points. Rob earned

his Stars Points by supporting the Staples More

accounts, a great program that ensures repeat

business for his store, and adds, “there are so many

great benefits to the Staples More program!!” Rob

spent

about

540

Stars

Points

vs

spend-

ing

over

$100

and it

was well worth it. Out of all the Santa gifts, this

Nintendo 2DS was the best, noting, “it's still glued to

his hands”.

General Manager Veronica Darling received 1000 Stars Points for

winning the Conversion Contest! As Veronica talked with her associates,

they were telling her the things she could buy with those points. She

finally settled in on gift cards and they were delivered right to her email!

With her hard-earned points, she was able to purchase three (3) $20

Staples gift cards, three (3) $20 Kohl's gift cards for her husband’s

stocking, and two (2) $50 Wal-Mart gift cards!

Veronica even had some extra points left over and donated 15 points (which equals 25 meals) to the Feed My

Hungry Children Foundation and three (3) points to the Staples Share Fund. She was thrilled to be on the other end

of the Staples Stars Points and shopping to get some great incentives for herself and others.

Copy & Print Associate

LaChelle Lyle is really

excited about how well

the Copy Center has

been exceeding budget

the last several

months.

She saved up her

Stars Points she

earned through

various contests and

was recently able to

get several items that

she will be needing in

February when her

baby boy is due.

Thank you Stars

Program and best wishes to LaChelle and baby boy Lyle!

Rob Myers Division 4, Store 1239, Gettysburg, PA

Kara Wullbrandt, Copy & Print Supervisor at Store 0288 (Division 3, Mesa, AZ), had her eye on a new purse from the Stars Program catalogue. So when Staples kicked off the Q2 CPC Budget Challenge, Kara broke down her weekly budget, added in the goals and rallied her department to do the same. When she clinched the bonus, she immediately went onto the website and ordered the coveted purse. Much to her surprise, it came sooner than expected and she has been able to enjoy using it right away.

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Staples Stars December 2015

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Chandler Sutter Division 3, Store 833, Flagstaff, AZ

Staples Stars gave

Chandler the axe! In

a good way, of

course!

Chandler Sutter,

part-time Sales

Associate, recently

redeemed his Stars

Points for a hand

axe and has already

used it several times

on camping trips. A

very appropriate gift

for a NAU

Lumberjack student!

Chandler earned his Stars Points by providing great

customer service and winning safety bingo.

Copy & Print

Supervisor Ernesto

Galaz earned his Stars

Points by continuously

exceeding budget,

being Associate of the

Month and earning

extra Stars Points for

being mentioned on CopySat. Ernesto used his

points to purchase a BEATS PILL!!! He is one

happy guy!

Ernesto Galaz Division 3, Store 998

Sierra Vista, AZ

PT Sales Associate Jordan

Owens has taken advantage

of the Stars Points he has

earned from More Account

sign ups and also from On

the Spot cards. He recently

redeemed his points for 2

(two) Footlocker gift cards and 1 (one) Visa gift card.

Way to go Jordan!

Jordan Owens Division 3, Store 1386

Downey, CA

Alison Chin

Division 3, Store 1417, Glendora, CA

Alison Chin, Copy & Print Supervisor, has earned her

Stars Points from multiple contests such as More Accounts,

selling various products, and has also been named

Associate of the Month on multiple occasions. Through

these various circumstances and her outstanding

participation, Alison was able to redeem her points for both

a plane ticket to Florida and an iPad Mini from the Staples

Stars

Program.

Alison

continues

to exceed

expectations

and knock

every

challenge out

of the park.