FedEx Office
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FedEx Office Print & Ship Services Inc. (
History
Kinko's played a significant role in the development of American counterculture in the 1980s and 1990s. In her study of the role of xerography in urban cultures in this period, the anthropologist Kate Eichhorn recounts:
At its height of popularity between the late 1980s and mid-1990s, Kinko's outlets in urban centres across North America were catch basins for writers, artists, anarchists, punks, insomniacs, graduate students, DIY bookmakers, zinesters, obsessive compulsive hobbyists, scam artists, people living on the street, and people just living on the edge. Whether you were promoting a new band or publishing a pamphlet on DIY gynaecology or making a fake ID for an underage friend, Kinko's was the place to be.[5]
Orfalea wrote in his autobiography that disentangling him from Kinko's took enormous effort from the
Kinko's corporate headquarters was in Ventura, California for many years, but in 2002, the company relocated to Galleria Tower in Dallas, Texas. In February 2004, FedEx bought Kinko's for $2.4 billion, which then became known as FedEx Kinko's Office and Print Centers. Prior to the FedEx acquisition, most Kinko's stores were open 24 hours a day. After the acquisition, FedEx reduced the hours for many locations. On June 2, 2008, FedEx announced that they were re-branding FedEx Kinko's as FedEx Office, the retail branch of the FedEx Corporation. Some stores and branding still showed FedEx Kinko's signage until summer 2010. To ease customer confusion during the transition period, many stores displayed a large purple sign in the window that said "Kinko's Printing Inside."
Brian Phillips is the President and Chief Executive Officer, following Ken May's departure on March 7, 2008.[9][10] The company's primary clientele are small business and home office clients. According to the company, it has approximately 2,200 operating facilities.[11] With over $2 billion in revenues, the company is the 7th largest printing company in North America.[12] The company's primary competitors in the crowded North American market include The UPS Store, Office Depot/OfficeMax, AlphaGraphics, Staples, Sir Speedy, and Vistaprint.
Kinko's pursued an international expansion strategy during the boom years of the 1990s and early 2000s. Countries hosting FedEx Office centers outside the U.S. include
On July 24, 2017, FedEx announced that its 24 Canadian stores, a manufacturing plant in Markham, Ontario, and its head office in Toronto, would be closing on August 18, 2017, after 32 years of operation with 214 employees being laid off. FedEx's Canadian shipping operations would continue, however.[16][17]
In March 2018, FedEx Office announced that it would open 500 stores inside of Walmart locations throughout the U.S.[18]
References
- ^ "FedEx Office Headquarters".
- ^ "FedEx 2019 Form 10-K Annual Report" (PDF). sec.gov. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. July 16, 2019.
- ^ Semuels, Alana (June 15, 2008). "Kinko's Founder All Shook Up as FedEx Drops the K-Name". LATimesBlogs.LATimes.com. Los Angeles Times Communications. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ^ Biddle, RiShawn (January 13, 2003). "Kinko's Cuts Ties to Founder". Forbes. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- S2CID 141690818.
- ^ Paul Orfalea and Ann Marsh, Copy This!: How I Turned Dyslexia, ADHD, and 100 Square Feet into a Company Called Kinko's (New York: Workman Publishing, 2007), pp. 171-176.
- ^ Orfalea, 60.
- ^ Orfalea, 173-175.
- ^ Becker, Nathan (June 2, 2008). "FedEx takes charge to drop Kinko's name". MarketWatch. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
- ^ "FedEx-Kinko's To Drop Kinko's Name". 11alive.com.
- ^ "Company structure & facts".
- ^ "GAOnline 101 Top North American Printers". Graphic Arts Monthly. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
- ^ Case, Brendan, FedEx to Sell Office Unit’s Japan Business to Konica, Bloomberg May 10, 2012. Retrieved on September 28, 2012
- ^ "News release details-News Releases". Konica Minolta.
- ^ "News release details-News Releases". Konica Minolta.
- ^ "FedEx Office stores closing in Canada". thestar.com. July 21, 2017.
- ^ FedEx closing all retail office stores in Canada CBC. July 17, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ Thomas, Lauren (March 20, 2018). "Walmart to Bring FedEx Shops into 500 of Its US Stores". CNBC. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
External links
- Official website (United States)