In 1986, Tom Stemberg opened the first Staples superstore in Massachusetts. Stationery retailers have not stood still since. By 1990, Mr Stemberg’s disruptive bright idea had spawned dozens of lookalike office supply warehouses. “When people asked how it felt to be the father of the industry, my answer was ‘I wish I’d used a condom’,” Mr Stemberg tells me.
1986年，湯姆?施滕貝格(Tom Stemberg)在美國馬薩諸塞州開了第一家史泰博(Staples)大型超市。文具零售商自那以來就沒有了安穩日子。到1990年，從施滕貝格那具有顛覆性的奇思妙想中，已誕生了幾十家相互酷似的辦公用品倉儲超市。“當人們問我對成為該行業之父有何感想時，我的回答是‘我多希望自己當時戴了安全套’，”施滕貝格對我說。
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