Mail Boxes Etc.

Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE Worldwide)
Subsidiary
Founded 1980
Headquarters Milan, Italy
Products Packing, Shipping, Document & Office Services
Brands
Parent Fineffe Group
Website www.mbe.com

Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE) is a global retail chain of business service centers. The locations offer pack and ship services, couriers, office services, document production, shipping, packing materials, printing, copying, postal services and some other business services.

Mail Boxes Etc., Inc. was founded in 1980 in the United States, and grew to be the world's largest franchisor of retail shipping, postal and business service centers.[1] In 2001 Mail Boxes Etc., Inc. was acquired by United Parcel Service. Starting in April 2003, Mail Boxes Etc. locations in the United States re-branded as The UPS Store.[2] The UPS Store brand was later used at centers in Canada and India.[3]

In 2009, for locations outside the United States, Canada, and India, the brands, marks, and operating system of Mail Boxes Etc. were sold to the Fineffe Group, based in Milan, Italy.[4][5] The Fineffe Group is the holding company of the Fiorelli family business interests, operating since 1993 with affiliates for retail services under the following brands: Mail Boxes Etc., Western Union, Direfarestampare and Credit Planet. Founder and Chairman Graziano Fiorelli joins son Paolo, CEO, to direct more than 1500 worldwide associates from its Milan headquarters. The company generated consolidated revenue of more than €345 million in 2014.

Mail Boxes Etc. retail locations are independently owned and operated by licensed franchisees of MBE Worldwide. Locations are owned and operated by master licensees of MBE Worldwide or their franchisees. The network comprises approximately 1,500 shops in about 30 other countries.

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Retrieved 2010-05-15.
  2. ↑ "The UPS Store Debuts More Than 3,000 Strong". Retrieved 2010-05-15.
  3. ↑ "The UPS Store Global Expansion Begins With India And Canada". Retrieved 2010-05-15.
  4. ↑ "UPS Sells Off MBE Brand outside US, Canada and India". Retrieved 2010-05-15.
  5. ↑ "Fineffe Group Becomes Franchisor for International Mail Boxes Etc.". Retrieved 2010-05-15.
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