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For Immediate Release
SAN DIEGO (July 20, 2000) - Life on the road for thousands of corporate
field personnel, or "Road Warriors," can be much easier, thanks to Mail Boxes
Etc.’s (MBE( new Corporate Accounts "ValueCard." The MBE ValueCard
will enable corporate sales representatives and service technicians to purchase business
support services at any participating MBE center for 15 percent off the MBE retail price.
More importantly, these Road Warriors will no longer have to keep track of receipts or submit
ndividual expense reports, thanks to technology capabilities recently installed at most
MBE Centers across the country. With MBE’s new high-speed, virtual private network,
Road Warriors can purchase services at different MBE Centers using the ValueCard; transactions
will be collected, downloaded to a centralized database and reported to the customer in one
monthly bill. The billing data can be sorted by region, department or sales personnel,
depending on the client’s needs.
"The MBE Corporate Accounts ValueCard offers our corporate clients a simple, one-source
solution for their field personnel along with real-time reporting for more efficient
budget management," says John Kenney, director of corporate accounts at MBE.
Already signed on to the new Corporate Accounts ValueCard program are Hewlett-Packard
(HP) and another company formed by HP, Agilent Technologies, with 15,000 service
technicians combined; IKON, a leader in the office technology sector, with 8,000 field
technicians; and GE Capital - IT Solutions, with 1,200 field personnel.
For more information, call toll free (877) 462-3622 or e-mail: CorpAccounts@mbe.com
About Mail Boxes Etc.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE), the world’s
largest retail business, communication and postal services franchisor. MBE, a wholly owned
subsidiary of U.S. Office Products Company (NASDAQ: OFIS), has more than 4,000
locations operating worldwide, and master license agreements in nearly 70 countries around
the world. In the United States, MBE centers are owned and operated by licensed franchisees
of Mail Boxes Etc. USA, Inc. Outside the United States, MBE centers are owned and operated
by MBE master licensees or their franchisees. MBE maintains a Web site at http://www.mbe.com. |
