The paper clip is one of the few objects in daily use that is ...

Do you have any idea how many SKUs are in my stores?” I pictured hundreds of aisles with hundreds of products on each one and ...

Have you ever given much thought to the evolution of the paper clip and other methods of attaching papers together? Yeah, me neither. But let’s think about it now… A patent for the first bent wire ...

Do you feel disorganized? Like your life just isn't coming together the way you always planned? Well in 1867, a man named Samuel Faye patented a little invention that might be just what you need. It's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sure, paper clips end up floating around junk drawers and clutter desk tops, but they're good for more than just organizing papers ...

People have fastened sheets of paper together more or less permanently ever since the Chinese invented the stuff in the first or second century A.D. Yet according to the Early Office Museum, the first ...

Every few months, a new uber-expensive product surfaces, and those of us without yachts and chauffeurs marvel at the shopping lists of the super-rich. $425 (£333, $561AU) for pre-mudded blue jeans? $3 ...

Paper clip chains are obviously having a moment. Two of my colleagues recently reported on them: Emili Vesilind shared the style as a must-stock in the recommendation of Royal Chain, a chain authority ...

James Ward has an unusual attachment to paper clips. And when he sees one, he sees "a piece of art, but it's also a piece of useful art." And like any serious art ...

29 May is National Paper Clip Day and if you have just rolled your eyes at the idea of a bent little piece of metal having its own holiday, you need to keep reading. Have you ever worked in an office?