Mail Boxes Etc. locations change name to The UPS Store
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Posted 5:54PM on Monday, February 10, 2003
ATLANTA - United Parcel Service announced Monday that more than 3,300 Mail Boxes Etcetera franchises across the country will be renamed The UPS Store. <br>
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Atlanta-based UPS says the change will let franchises lower prices for UPS air express, ground and international shipping service. The company acquired Mail Boxes Etcetera in 2001. <br>
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UPS says it tested new name in Saint Louis and Seattle and found that the change increased overall shipping volume by 70 percent over the previous year. <br>
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Company officials say it has no plans to change the name of the one-thousand Mail Boxes Etcetera stores outside the U.S. <br>
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San Diego-based Mail Boxes Etcetera is the world's largest franchisor of retail shipping, postal and business services.
