史泰博 transliterates 'Staples'. Founded 1986 in Massachusetts, it became the largest US office-supply retailer. The Chinese rendering uses
史 (shǐ) +
泰 (tài) +
博 (bó), aiming for a sound match plus respectable connotations ('great' + 'broad'). Staples ran retail operations in mainland China until 2013, when it pulled back to e-commerce.
