It’s coming up to that time of year again, the mad rush that ensues from people wanting to get the best deals possible – great for both businesses and consumers alike.

We’re talking about Black Friday of course; the Black Friday sales start on the last Friday of November and usually mark the beginning of the busy Christmas shopping period for traditional retail and online stores. Although many online retailers have started their Black Friday deals at the beginning of November over recent years to great success.

As a business within the shipping sector, we do tend to get quite busy throughout this period — shipping is one of the core services that we offer to our customer base. This is a great opportunity for our franchisees to push their businesses and gain new clientele. But as ever, we are always prepared for what comes our way. We don’t let the increase in demand for one of our services affect our dedication to providing our usual high level of customer service.

Despite the recent challenging times for the high street and the recent downturn in our economy — we continue to buck the trend and grow and thrive! This is down to the plethora of services that we provide, so our franchisees always have multiple revenue streams to rely on. As well as the support they receive from our team of experts and network of other franchisees.

“MBE is a business that continues to thrive all throughout the year, but when the extra demand is there for our services — we are more than ready to tackle the workload that comes our way. If our franchisees ever feel as if they’re under pressure, we will give them all the support they need —here at Mailboxes we look after our franchisees,” explains Heather Hannant, Head of Franchise Development.

Mail Boxes Etc. is the only high street chain to offer consumers and local companies a truly comprehensive range of business services. Their high street, one-stop-shop concept offers its customers a mix of international and national shipping, mailbox rental, postal services, printing and copy services to mention a few. With 1,600 stores in five continents including over 155 in the UK and Ireland, they are one of the world’s largest non-food retail franchises, and continue to grow year on year.