worldwide type subsidiary founded 1980 headquarters milan italy products packing shipping document & office services brands 1 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 edit about us . retrieved 2010 05 15 . the ups store debuts more than 3 000 strong . retrieved 2010 05 15 . the ups store global expansion begins with india and canada . retrieved 2010 05 15 . ups sells off mbe brand outside us canada and india . retrieved 2010 05 15 . fineffe group becomes franchisor for international mail boxes etc. . retrieved 2010 05 15 . external links edit mail boxes etc. united kingdom mail boxes etc. australia the ups store retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mail boxes etc. & oldid 723650148 categories logistics companiescompanies based in milancompanies established in 1980united parcel service navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 4 june 2016 at 09 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view