Retailer closing 76 stores — but plans to expand in Las Vegas

Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2001 | 11:23 a.m.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- Office Depot Inc., the nation's biggest retailer of office supplies, today said it's closing 76 outlets in North America and Europe following a decline in sales.

The retailer cited poor sales at the stores.

Office Depot said it won't close its seven stores in the Las Vegas area and in fact plans to add two new stores in the area: one at Silverado Ranch and Eastern Ave., which is expected to open in the second quarter; and a second at Craig Road and Martin Luther King Boulevard in the fourth quarter.

Spokeswoman Lauren Garvey said Las Vegas is one of Office Depot's fastest-growing markets and that its stores here employ about 100 people.

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