Dive Summary:

• Staples' web-based store is now selling a variety of Apple products including accessories for iPhones, iPads, iPods, and Macs; larger items like Apple TVs are also available.
• Eventually, these items will be offered in about half of Staples' retail stores, but the timeline for this transition is still unknown.
• The news is part of Apple's plan to expand its retail reach beyond its own stores and into chains like Walmart, Best Buy, and Target.

From the article:

The products will start to pop up in Staples' retail stores as well. A salesperson at one Staples store told me that about half of the physical outlets will soon begin to stock various Apple items.

Staples executives had already tweeted the news almost two weeks ago but couldn't say when the products might appear on their online or offline shelves. ...