FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 21, 2002
Kinko’s Unfurls Sign And Banner Strategy
Dallas--Kinko's, the world's leading provider of document solutions and business services, today unveiled its newest offering Kinko's Sign and Banner Centers. The new centers extend Kinko's existing nationwide sign, poster and banner capabilities with a growing network of dedicated departments within existing Kinko's locations.
At launch, Kinko's Sign and Banner Centers are open in more than 20 markets around the country, including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and Los Angeles. The company plans to open more than 200 centers serving all major U.S. markets by the end of 2002. As a result, Kinko's digitally connected network will offer sign and banner customers the capacity, scalability, distribution, speed, and access not available from franchised, licensed or local competitors.
"Kinko's document and business services solutions deliver against customer needs. Kinko's Sign and Banner Centers provide customers with convenient access to top-quality sign and banner capabilities from a name they know and trust," said Gary Kusin, Kinko's president and chief executive officer. "With the introduction of Kinko's Sign and Banner Centers, Kinko's has once again extended our range as a one-stop shop for business services and document solutions."
Kinko's Sign and Banner Centers appeal to retailers, restaurants, real estate agencies and event planners, as well as other business and personal customers. Some uses include grand opening and sale banners, trade show booth décor or even magnetic signs for a company vehicle.
Advantages of Kinko's Sign and Banner Centers include:
- 24-hour turnaround in most cases days faster than many existing sign shops
- Convenient hours making ordering and receiving signs and banners easy
- Competitive pricing cost-effective quality
- On-site production by trained professionals
- Free pick-up and delivery customer orders come to them, free of charge
- In-store shipping capabilities to anywhere Federal Express Corporation delivers
- Part of a growing network all connected and part of a well-known company
Inside a Kinko's Sign and Banner Center
Each Kinko's Sign and Banner Center is conveniently located in an established Kinko's store, allowing customers to visit Kinko's for all of their business needs. Each location is staffed by dedicated, specially trained professionals who serve customers from behind a separate counter. Features include a range of state-of-the-art equipment for designing, plotting and printing a variety of vinyl, coroplast, PVC, aluminum and magnetic products. Kinko's selected industry-leading manufacturers such as Hewlett-Packard Company and Gerber Scientific Products to equip the new centers with the latest machines and supplies.
"The team at Gerber Scientific Products is delighted to contribute to the success of Kinko's Sign and Banner Centers by supplying world-renowned sign production tools that will enable Kinko's to achieve its goals and serve customers," said Elaine Pullen, president of Gerber Scientific Products. "Kinko's is the first major new player to enter this market in many years, and we feel their success will ultimately grow the industry."
"HP is delighted to continue our long-standing relationship with Kinko's in their newest initiative," said Daryl Little, manager of HP's North America Large Format Printing Solutions
Business Unit. "We are proud that Kinko's has chosen our industry-leading large format production systems to provide this service to their customers."
About Kinko's
Kinko's is the world's leading provider of document solutions and business services. Its global network of more than 20,000 team members and 1,100 digitally connected locations offers access to technology for color printing, finishing and presentation services, Internet access, videoconferencing, outsourcing, facilities management, Web-based printing, and document management solutions. Dallas-based Kinko's is a privately held corporation with locations in nine countries. For more information, please visit http://www.kinkos.com.
Products, services and hours vary by location.
Contacts:
Kinko's, Inc. -- Maggie Thill
Phone: (214) 550-7026
E-Mail: maggie.thill@kinkos.com
