Corporate Profile for Mail Boxes Etc., dated March 29, 1996.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and information services See Information Systems. . These include Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance News/Retrieval, Bloomberg Financial Markets, Reuter Company Newsyear, Reuter Business Briefing, DataTimes, Nexis, Dialog, NewsNet, America OnLine See AOL. , CompuServe, Delphi, Individual's HeadsUp and First!, Desktop Data's NewsEdge, UMI UMI University Microfilms International UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands (ISO Country code) UMI University of Miami UMI Universal Management Infrastructure (IBM) Data Courier, NewsBank, Information Access Company, Prodigy An online information service that provides access to the Internet, e-mail and a variety of databases. Launched in 1988, Prodigy was the first consumer-oriented online service in the U.S. , Comtex and many others. -0- Published date: March 29, 1996 Company name: Mail Boxes Etc.(R)
Address: 6060 Cornerstone Court West
San Diego, Calif. 92121-3795
Telephone No.: 619/455-8800 Fax No: 619/546-7488 Chief Executive Officer: A.W. (Tony) DeSio Chief Financial Officer: Gary S. Grahn Investor Relations Contact: Gia Derrick Business number: 619/455-8996 Public Relations Contact: Mary E. Schmidt Business number: 619/455-8936 Trading symbol: MAIL
Industry: Franchisor of neighborhood postal business and
communications service centers.
Company description: Mail Boxes Etc.(R) (MBE MBE (in Britain) Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE n abbr (BRIT) (= Member of the Order of the British Empire) → tÃtulo ceremonial MBE n abbr (Brit) (= ) is the world's largest franchisor of postal, business and communication service centers, with nearly 3,000 independently owned centers operating worldwide. In January 1996, Entrepreneur magazine Entrepreneur Magazine is a publication that carries news stories about entrepreneurialism, small business management, and business opportunities. This magazine is published monthly, with a total of 12 issues annually. (No special extra issues are published. ranked MBE as the No. 1 business services franchise in its "Franchise 500," No. 8 in the Top 500 and No. 13 in the Top 30 fastest growing franchises. In Entrepreneur's 1995 Top 500, MBE was named the No. 1 non-food franchise. Founded in 1980, the company began franchising in 1980. MBE went public in 1986 and is traded as MAIL on NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on . On average, Mail Boxes Etc. opens one new franchise center every day, and the company anticipates exceeding 5,000 locations worldwide by the year 2000. Total sales reported by franchised centers for the fiscal year ending April 30, 1995, were $1.134,432,035, up 23% from the previous fiscal year. Stock high for FY95 was $11.25, with a low of $6.63. During the first and second quarters of FY95, stock has varied from $10.50 to $6.63. Net income for fiscal year 1995 increased 12% to $6,769,760. The MBE Network is also uniquely positioned to satisfy a growing need for retail outlets retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → capable of dispensing a broad variety of services to customers of large organizations. The company's national client list includes such prominent names as Xerox, Canon, Hewlett Packard, Toshiba, Motorola and many others. With an increasingly substantial international presence, Mail Boxes Etc. has also been honored numerous times for the significant role the company plays in the global economy. CONTACT: Mail Boxes Etc. |
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