FedEx Kinko's
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FedEx Kinko's is a chain of stores that provide printing, copying, and binding services. Many FedEx Kinko stores also provide video conferencing facilities. The primary clientele consists of small business and home office clients. There are more than 1200 centres in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.
The company was founded in 1970 by Paul Orfalea, whose nickname was "Kinko" because of his 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.
In February 2004 Kinko's was bought by FedEx for $2.4 billion and is now known as FedEx Kinko's Office and Print Center. Currently, Kenneth A. May is the President and Chief Executive Officer, having replaced Gary Kusin as of February 1, 2006.
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.
Trivia
- When Kinko's attempted to expand to Tucson, Arizona, they discovered that there already was an independent copy shop there named Kinko's. Because of this, they were known as "Zudo's" in the area for a number of years before a deal could be reached.
- In 2005 [Persuasive Games] created a video game parody of a Fedex Kinkos store. "Disaffected! puts the player in the role of employees forced to service customers under the particular incompetences common to a Kinko’s store."
External links
- [FedEx Kinko's], official site
- [Forbes: Kinko's cuts ties to founder]
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