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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1956 |
Headquarters | Lincolnshire, Illinois, U.S. |
Key people | Mark Roszkowski |
Products | Office supplies |
Parent | Staples Inc. (1998–present) |
Website | www.quill.com |
Quill Corporation is an American office supply retailer, founded in 1956, and headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois. A wholly owned subsidiary of Staples, Quill serves more than one million small and mid-sized U.S. business customers,[1] with access to over one million assorted products.
While over 70% of sales are conducted online,[2] it also employs mail-order and direct sales models. Although it engages in business-to-business direct markets of office supplies in the United States, it also sells products in other sectors such as technology, cleaning & breakroom supplies, furniture, safety products, and professional medical equipment through its Quill Healthcare unit. Between 1998 and 2009, Quill grew from $500 million in revenues to over $1 billion. It employs approximately 500 people and has twelve distribution centers. The president of the Staples subsidiary is Mark Roszkowski.[3]