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Mail Boxes Etc.
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 PROFILE
Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE) provides an alternative to "going postal." The company is the world's largest franchiser of postal/shipping, business, and communications services. Its franchised centers (more than 4,400 worldwide) offer packaging, parcel shipping, 24-hour mailbox access, copying, printing, faxing, paging, office supplies, and other related postal and business products and services. Its customers are mostly small and home-based businesses and general consumers. MBE has diversified by granting licenses in more than 70 countries and marketing business center kiosks to hotels, convention centers, banks, and supermarkets. Parent U.S. Office Products sold MBE to United Parcel Service in 2001.

 COMPETITION
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United States Postal Service (dossier)

 DEALS
Deal: Mail Boxes Etc. Increases Stake in Return.com
Date Announced: 01.02.01
Value of transaction (US $Mil): 3.5
Description: Fulfillment services company exercises warrant to raise its stake in online return management company from 14% to 40%.

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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: April
2000 Sales (mil.): 81.10
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 12.3%
Employees: 265
Revenue per employee: $306,037.74

 KEY PEOPLE
• James H. Amos
    CEO
• Mahasty Seradj
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
6060 Cornerstone Ct. West
San Diego, CA 92121
US
Phone: 858-455-8800
Fax: 858-546-7488
Online: Web Site

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