USA (Notifix).- Staples Inc. announced the results for its second quarter ended July 31, 2010. Total company sales of $5.5 billion for the second quarter of 2010 were flat compared to the second quarter of 2009. Net income for the second quarter of 2010 increased 40 percent year over year to $130 million. International sales for the second quarter of 2010 were $1.2 billion, a decrease of six percent in US dollars compared to the second quarter of 2009. With 2009 sales of $24 billion and 91,000 associates worldwide, Staples operates in 26 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia serving businesses of all sizes and consumers. The company is headquartered outside Boston and today ranks second worldwide in e-commerce sales.