UPS and Staples have opened another co-branded store in Shanghai expanding their strategicpartnership in China, according to the business information provider SinoCast.
Following the opening of the two “Staples UPS Express” locations in Beijing in 2007, theadditional location has been opened in the business centre Xintiandi in the Luwan District,Shanghai. The new store has an operational area of 330 sqm, engaged in providing easier and moreconvenient services for office supply and files buyers as well as UPS’ parcel and internationaltransportation services.
The UPS and Staples co-branded store format combines a broad range of core offices suppliesand document processing services from Staples with packaging and international shipping servicesfor business customers and consumers from UPS.
China has become the most important international market of UPS and is creating huge demandsfor the company. UPS already opened its first two UPS Express retail centres in Shanghai in August2006 as part of its planned wider expansion of UPS-branded retail outlets in the Asia-Pacificregion.
