No surprise, Staples has been a dying business for a long time. They expanded east and kept the California prices nationwide, not popular, a lot of them shut down. Brick and mortar and never really adopted a proficient online shopping model.
It's a shame because they had a couple products back when I was in high school that I just loved that you couldn't find at say Walmart, Office Depot, Office Max or HEB or Target... but at $7.89 a binder... it sure was pricey to shop at Staples. I guess you're used to that if you live in CA, but in San Antonio they priced themselves out of the market