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The UPS Store New Design Flexes to Meet Customer and Franchisee Needs

The UPS Store has unveiled a new, contemporary design for our retail stores. The reimagined store design, with its open layout, showcases the variety of services we offer – from packing and shipping to more specialized services such as printing and notarizing.
Franchise Development

Customer Retention vs. Franchise Development in Times of Coronavirus

This webinar brought together both established and emerging franchisors who discussed their perspectives and responses from their brands on current operations and franchise development, and advice to franchisors and franchisees during COVID-19-related business uncertainty. The panelists underscored a few points, including: direct communication and guidance with franchisees; innovation to seize on new modes and methods of revenue creation; going to a breakeven state to retool and reassess for future operations; and to continue working on deals for franchise development on flexible and empathetic time-frames.


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Franchise Development