Staples

Why is the store called Staples?

Why isn’t it named Tape, Paper Clips, Pencils, or Pens?

They could have named it Rulers, Envelopes, Cards, or Boxes.

Would a different name affect anyone’s life?

Did they go to a store or a shop to get ideas about what to call their (new) enterprise?

Depending on the store they went to, it could have resulted in a very different name.

Would we care?

Would one of us ever look up and say, “Hmm, why didn’t they call it Staples?