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printing and professional services owner office depot number of employees 1100 parent officemax 1996 present website grandandtoy.com first store in 1883 on leader lane and colborne street james grand and samuel toy delivering to the toronto dominion centre a former grand & toy location in toronto in 2008 former grand & toy location at king street west grand & toy is a canadian e commerce office supplies chain founded in 1882 by james grand as a home based stationery printing business . a year later grand partnered with his brother in law samuel toy to open their first retail store in toronto . 1 grand & toy is one of the largest american owned business solutions and office supplies chain founded in 1882 by james grand as a home based stationery printing business . it is one of the largest b2b office products and services providers . 2 contents 1 history 2 corporate social responsibility 3 references 4 external links history edit founded in 1882 by james grand as a home based stationery printing business . a year later grand partnered with his brother in law samuel toy to open their first retail store in toronto . 3 in 1996 grand & toy was purchased by boise office solutions later renamed officemax inc. a us based international office supplies distributor for us 104 million . 4 officemax then merged with office depot in 2013 . 5 historically the company s major competitors have included office depot prior to its merger with officemax and staples inc. s canadian division . in early 2015 staples announced plans to buy the combined office depot officemax pending various regulatory approvals . 6 in the early 2000s grand & toy began to close many of its retail stores especially in ontario and suburban malls retaining locations in urban areas close to the company s core business customers . on 23 april 2014 officemax grand & toy announced it would be shuttering its remaining 19 retail locations in alberta british columbia manitoba and ontario to focus on its internet based retailing service . 7 8 at the time 3 % of its sales were derived from its retail operations . 7 in early 2013 the company rebranded as officemax grand & toy as part of an effort by its u.s. parent company to present a unified brand to customers across north america . 9 however by the end of the year officemax had merged with u.s. competitor office depot . 5 in december 2014 the canadian operation announced it would rebrand back to simply grand & toy explaining the reversal as an expression of confidence in grand & toy s brand legacy and a strong commitment to its long term success . 10 corporate social responsibility edit grand & toy s current social responsibility efforts include waste and recycling programs 11 green products and services 12 thought leadership and business insights 13 and transportation efficiency . 14 references edit grand & toy corporate history . retrieved 2006 07 05 . grand & toy 2015 04 15 . grand & toy launches capture your creative contest to encourage canadians to have fun at work . retrieved 2015 06 14 . grand & toy corporate history . retrieved 2006 07 05 . boise cascade corp 10k annual report . retrieved 2006 07 05 . dead link a b dhanya skariachan 5 november 2013 . office depot closes deal to buy officemax . reuters . lance whitney 4 february 2015 . staples to buy office depot for 6 billion . cnet . retrieved 4 february 2015 . a b officemax grand & toy to close retail stores as business customers shift to growing e commerce and direct sales channels . canada newswire . 23 april 2014 . retrieved 24 april 2014 . grand & toy to close all 19 retail stores . the huffington post . april 24 2014 . retrieved april 24 2014 . laird kristin 2013 05 07 . grand & toy jumps up reputation rankings rebrands to the max . marketing . retrieved 2014 12 30 . grand & toy 2014 12 08 . grand & toy renews its brand with a nod to its iconic heritage . retrieved 2014 12 30 . mike hower 2015 01 23 . grand & toy terracycle launch national office products recycling program . retrieved 2015 06 14 . harmeet singh 2015 04 06 . grand & toy s new shades . retrieved 2015 06 14 . copa 2015 04 30 . university students consider environmental track record when choosing an employer . retrieved 2015 06 14 . grand & toy 2015 06 14 . transportation efficiency . retrieved 2015 06 14 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to grand & toy . official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title grand % 26 toy & oldid 715617323 categories companies based in torontooffice supply companies of canadacompanies established in 1882hidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from june 2015articles with a promotional tone from june 2015all articles with a promotional tonecommons category with local link different than on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in 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