UPS affiliate Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE) has opened its 100th store in Germany with a new outlet in thesouthern city of Ingolstadt.
The opening ceremony for the franchise store was attended by senior UPS and MBE officials,including MBE Europe chief Paolo Fiorelli, Stuart Mathis, President MBE
Inc., and Rob Burrows, head of UPS International Retail Services (Europe). UPS Germany holdsa 20% stake in MBE Germany.
Michael Sradnick, MBE General Manager Franchise Development, said: “We want to open about 700centres in Germany by 2012. And the business model is so good that we will achieve this.” MBEstores offer shipping, printing and other office services and are targeted at small- andmedium-sized companies.
Among parcel operators in Germany, B2C specialist Hermes claims the largest network with13,000 drop-off and collection points, DHL uses the 12,000 post offices of parent Deutsche Post,most of GLS’ 5,100 European locations are in Germany, while DPD has about 500 parcel shops.
Worldwide, Mail Boxes Etc. has more than 5,500 centres in 40 countries, most of which are inthe USA.
