FedEx Office

Infobox Company
company_name = FedEx Office
company_http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/FXO03.gif|220px]
company_type = Subsidiary
parent = FedEx Corporation
company_
foundation = 1970
location = Dallas, Texas
key_people = Brian Phillips, CEO
industry = Office services
products = Photocopying, printing, shipping
num_employees = 19,000 (2006)
homepage = [http://www.fedex.com/us/officeprint/main/ FedEx Office Homepage]

FedEx Office (formerly FedEx Kinko's) is a chain of stores that provide printing, copying, and binding services. Many stores also provide video conferencing facilities. The primary clientele consists of small business and home office clients. There are more than 1400 centers in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. With over $2 billion in revenues, the company is the 7th largest printing company in North America. [cite news|url= http://www.graphicartsonline.com/info/CA6468782.html|title=GAOnline 101 Top North American Printers|publisher=Graphic Arts Monthly|date=unknown]

The company was founded as Kinko's in 1970 by Paul Orfalea, whose nickname was "Kinko" because of his kinky (curly) hair. The original copy shop was founded in the college community of Isla Vista next to the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara. He left the company in 2000, following a dispute with the investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, to which he had sold a large stake in the company a few years earlier.

Kinko's established its corporate headquarters in Ventura, California, but in 2002, the company relocated to Galleria Tower in Dallas, Texas.

In February 2004 Kinko's was bought by FedEx for $2.4 billion and then became known as FedEx Kinko's Office and Print Centers. Currently, Brian Phillips is the President and Chief Executive Officer, following Ken May's departure on March 7, 2008. [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/fedex-takes-charge-drop-kinkos/story.aspx] [http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=116720&catid=40]

Locations of FedEx Kinko's include Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Mexico, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

FedEx Kinko's's primary competitors include The UPS Store, OfficeMax, AlphaGraphics, Staples, Sir Speedy, and VistaPrint.

FedEx Kinko's in now known as FedEx Office. Thus dropping the name Kinko's to establish FedEx as the primary owner, though it will still operate and offer the same services that FedEx Kinko's Office and Print Center locations does now. The logo of Purple and Blue is the same.

ervices

FedEx Office offers a wide variety of production and finishing services, as well as FedEx shipping; however they are most well known for making photocopies. Most centers have three distinct sections: self-service, shipping, and production.

FedEx Office also offers signs and banners. The prices vary by material and square footage, from bond paper to cut vinyl to full-color outdoor banners. Signs are available in black & white or color.

Direct mail is a new focus of the company, offering customers the ability to print and mail advertisements directly to potential sales through a partnership with the USPS.

Another new business service added to the FedEx Office line-up are notaries public.

References

External links

* [http://www.fedex.com/us/officeprint/main/?link=1&lid=Office+Print+Services FedEx Kinko's] ,
* [http://www.forbes.com/2003/01/13/cz_rb_0113kinkos.html Forbes: Kinko's cuts ties to founder]