L’agrafeuse, fétiche des rites bureaucratiques, a survécu au prophète du bureau sans papier.
Son marché est toujours en expansion. Mais ses sectateurs vieillissent et prennent leur retraite…
Staplers, the Attachment That’s Still Making Noise - NYTimes.com
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Time is a big threat to the stapler industry, and to office products in general. More people who grew up with staplers are going to retire and die. And the younger generation just isn’t as attached to staplers, said Lora Morsovillo, president of office supplies for NPD.
But there’s hope, she said, if stapler makers look at their products as decorative objects. “The growth is coming from uniqueness and personalization,” especially in home offices, she said. She puts staplers in the same general category as tape dispensers, and, she noted, there’s a tape dispenser out there in the shape of a stiletto heel.