Short profile:
Mail Boxes Etc., Inc. (MBE), a UPS company, is the world’s largest franchisor of retail shipping, postal, document and business service centers. The UPS Store® and Mail Boxes Etc.® together comprise approximately 4, 800 independently owned locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada, providing convenient and value-added business services to the small-office/home-office (SOHO) market, corporate "road warriors, " and consumers.
Keywords:
box, greeting cards, posters, service, drilling, international shipping, packaging shipping materials, mail receiving, boxes, bag retail, manuals, passport, invitations, flyers, packaging, brochures, shipping, bags, mailing services, local pick up, domestic shipping, folding, notary public, mail services, printing services, exchanges, forwarding, fax services, name plates, collating, office supplies, notaries, moving van services, laminating, postal services, professional business cards, telecommunications, identification photographers, rubber stamps, material retail, package shipping, franchise opportunity, office services, telecommunication, cutting, moving storage equipment, copying duplicating services, supply retail, postcards, mailbox, padding, notarizing, binding, banners, digital printing, newsletters, moving supplies
Detailed description:
The Mail Boxes Etc. concept was introduced in 1980 as a convenient alternative to the post office. Throughout its evolution, it has continued to define and lead the business services category it created. In 2001, UPS acquired Mail Boxes Etc., Inc. In 2003, the two companies introduced The UPS Store brand. On April 7, 2003, approximately 3, 000 Mail Boxes Etc. locations in the United States (at the time, nearly 90% of the domestic U.S. network) re-branded as The UPS Store and began offering lower (around 20% on average) UPS-direct shipping rates. The centers remain locally owned and operated, and continue to offer a variety of shipping, freight, postal, digital online printing, document and business services, with convenient locations and world-class service.
