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FedEx Kinko's opens flagship store in Beijing

Posted by | Jun 11, 2007 | |

FedEx Kinko’s, a leading digital printing chain store in the world, opened a flagship store in Oriental Plaza in Wangfujing, Beijing, on June 8, 2007, bringing the total number of its stores in China to 13.

The 13 stores have been opened in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and five of the stores are located in the central business districts (CBD), Zhongguancun and Financial Street.

All the stores can provide customers a series of global-standard image processing services including designing, printing, binding and delivering.

It can provide nationwide solutions to customers, who can sign contracts in one place and print them anywhere else via the company. Customers can also print documents in one place and deliver them over the country and the world. Through the company, cost and time can be cut.

In addition, the company provides small-and medium-sized enterprises creative design, brochure, document writing and direct mail of business letters, and individuals resumes, graduation books and marriage books.

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UPS – they did it again: UPS Stores revisits eBay Drop-Off model

Posted by | Jun 11, 2007 | |

It appears UPS Stores and Receller are testing an eBay consignment model. A search on eBay for List-Pack-Ship in “Title & Description” reveals auctions from List-Pack-Ship, a service with “several retail locations in the Chicago-land area at which you can sell your items on eBay using the easy List-Pack-Ship service.” The About Me page for “listpackship5608” shows a list of 20 UPS Stores that are participating in the service.

Receller launched in late 2005 to help consumers sell items on eBay. Consumers send Receller pictures, and a Receller Listing Coach calls them and guide them through the listing of the item using the consumer’s own eBay account. Receller charges USD 9.95 for an individual listing, exclusive of eBay fees, PayPal fees, or any other third-party fees.

Combining UPS Stores and Receller might look like this: a consumer drops off an item at a UPS Store location. The store staff takes pictures and sends the pictures to Receller. Receller lists it on eBay – this time using List-Pack-Ship User IDs, apparently.

UPS Stores had tried the eBay drop-off model previously, but in that iteration, the UPS Stores staff sent the item to AuctionDrop’s centralized processing center where it would be listed on eBay. With this new model, it looks like the item stays in the UPS Store – but still has the advantage of a centralized listing service.

We’ve been unsuccessful in touching base with a UPS Stores representative to get details on the List-Pack-Ship service, but will update this story as we learn more.

It’s not clear which eBay drop-off store model may be the winner – if there is one. But what is clear is that companies can’t stop trying to make it work.

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FedEx Kinko's partners with Adobe

Posted by | Jun 7, 2007 | |

FedEx Kinko’s and Adobe Systems Inc. Wednesday announced a partnership to extend the reach of Kinko’s online applications.

With connections to Adobe’s Reader and Acrobat software, Kinko’s Print Online customers will be able to send documents for printing to any Kinko’s store in the country.

“By enabling FedEx Kinko’s Print Online functionality with Adobe Reader and Acrobat, people can simply and conveniently access FedEx Kinko’s printing services, which provides more options for working with PDF files — including professional printing and shipping via FedEx, right from the desktop,” said John Brennan, senior vice president of the Platform Business Unit at Adobe.

The free Adobe Reader 8.1 has a “Send to FedEx Kinko’s” option in the file menu as well as a button on the main toolbar, represented by the Kinko’s icon. Later this month, Acrobat 8.1 will also feature the FedEx Kinko’s functionality as an option in the file menu.

With Kinko’s Print Online, customers may upload and combine multiple files, customize jobs with tabs and inserts, preview orders, track job status, choose to ship their orders or pick up at a local center, and pay online.

A variety of delivery options are available, including FedEx Express and FedEx Ground services. Users may store contact and billing information, reprint previous orders, review order history, receive discounts and special offers, set up preferences for a favorite center location and default recipient information.

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FedEx, Gawad Kalinga open first Sibol school

Posted by | Jun 4, 2007 | |

FedEx Express (FedEx), Gawad Kalinga (GK) in the inauguration of the first FedEx-Gawad Kalinga Sibol school in Cubic Side in Merville of Parañaque City, to benefit about 60 families this school year.

This is the first of eight FedEx-Gawad Kalinga Sibol schools to be constructed across the Philippines, aiming to deliver education to pre-school-aged children in underprivileged communities.

In addition to sponsoring the building of the schools, FedEx will fund the salaries of two teachers per school for two years.

Samuel David, FedEx Philippines country manager, Dr. Ed Caballero, GK project director, and Jose Ma. Montelibano, GK head for special Pprojects led the inauguration. Sibol beneficiaries, the GK community, Kapitbahayan, and FedEx staff and volunteers witnessed the blessing of the school by officiating priest, Fr. Agalito Tarog.

The school was jointly built by FedEx and GK, teachers, parents, and children, and will be jointly maintained by both organizations. Prior to its completion, classes were conducted for 29 students in a nearby space provided by the local government. The students were transferred to the newly constructed building in late April.

Schools have also been built in other areas in Bacolod City and Sultan Kudarat, while the construction of schools in Subic Bay, Quezon City and Napa, Parañaque will commence in 2008.

With FedEx’s commitment to supporting these Sibol schools, a total of 964 families and 936 children in the selected areas will gain access to education and have their lives positively transformed.

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