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In March 2001, UPS acquired Mail Boxes Etc., [3] which was founded in 1980 as an alternative to the post office. [4] In February 2003, UPS rebranded more than 3,000 Mail Boxes Etc. locations as The UPS Store. [5] Each location is independently owned. [6]
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United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) is an American multinational shipping & receiving and supply chain management company founded in 1907. [1] Originally known as the American Messenger Company specializing in telegraphs, UPS has expanded to become a Fortune 500 company [6] and one of the world's largest shipping couriers.
The Skaggs Companies, Inc. was the predecessor to many famous United States retailing chains, including Safeway, Albertsons, Osco Drug, and Longs Drugs.The company owned several drugstore chains, but all of them were sold.
[9] [10] The chain-store law was enacted in the early 1980s after a push from small, local retail businesses. A grandfather clause to the law allowed four grocery chains, namely Giant Food, Safeway, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, and Magruder's, were each allowed to have an alcohol license for exactly one location in Montgomery County.
In 2019, the median property value in Potomac, MD was $893,000, and the homeownership rate was 87.6%. [12] In Potomac, the age distribution was 25.3% under the age of 18 (2010), [11] 4.6% from 18 to 24, 21.3% from 25 to 44, 34.0% from 45 to 64 and 13.8% who were 65 or older. The median age was 44.
Potomac Park (/ p ə ˈ t oʊ m ə k / ⓘ) is an unincorporated subdivision and census-designated place (CDP) located on the North Branch Potomac River in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 2,530. [4] Potomac Park lies along U.S. Route 220 (McMullen Highway) between Cresaptown and Cumberland.
The mall was named in honor of Lake Walker, a man-made lake and park on the property prior. The mall opened with approximately 30-50 stores, [12] with some of the first stores being relocated from the then nearby indoor Village Mall (now an outdoor strip mall called Montgomery Village Center since circa 1991) and absorbed onto the property. [13]