Mail Boxes Etc. opens its 100th center in Europe

Business Wire, June 6, 1995

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 1995--Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE) has opened its 100th center in Europe.

Located in Paris, the 100th center is one of 16 MBE centers now operating in France and is among the more than 325 MBE centers operating outside the United States. The MBE network in Europe is expected to reach 150 centers by the end of this year.

European Mail Boxes Etc. centers are also operating in Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Turkey. The first MBE center in Greece is planned to open in September 1995. MBE has entered into master license agreements for the development of MBE centers in nearly 50 countries. In addition to Europe, there are MBE centers operating in Australia, Asia, Canada, Mexico and South America. Each Mail Boxes Etc. center is an independently owned and operated franchise.

"Our rapid growth in Europe demonstrates a strong demand for all MBE services," said MBE President and CEO A.W. (Tony) DeSio. "Both consumers and businesses need convenient, reliable professional packing, shipping and other services as a complement to traditional governmental postal services."

"A unique feature of the MBE concept is the flexibility which allows us to adapt our services to the needs of particular markets," said DeSio. "We are very alert to the different conditions in specific international markets."

Mail Boxes Etc. is the world's largest and fastest-growing franchisor of neighborhood postal, business and communications service centers, with more than 2,700 MBE centers in the United States and worldwide. MBE centers in Europe provide a wide array of business services, including: mailbox service with mail receiving and forwarding capabilities, message handling, faxing, copying, packing and shipping, Western Union Money Transfer, office supplies and others.

Mail Boxes Etc. also makes its network available to national and international corporations as an alternative to establishing or expanding its own service distribution systems.

CONTACT: Mail Boxes Etc., San Diego

Mary E. Schmidt, 619/455-8800

or

Sims & Associates Inc.

Idan Sims, 212/725-3838