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February 09, 2009 // Franchising.com // (DALLAS, Texas) Monday, - Worldwide Express announced today that Tom Madine has been promoted from VP Franchise Operations to COO as part of a corporate restructuring.
Tom Madine joined Worldwide Express in 1997 as a franchise owner, and brought his extensive knowledge of franchising and real-world experience as a Worldwide Express franchisee to the Corporate office in early 2006.
As COO, Tom will be responsible for overseeing the business operations of Worldwide Express. About Worldwide Express, Inc. Worldwide Express was founded in 1994 as a reseller for national and regional freight and package delivery services. The company utilizes a franchise-based business model to resell package and freight services, including UPS, throughout the United States... |
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September 17, 2008 // Franchising.com // (DALLAS, Texas)- SpeedFreight, the online freight preparation tool for Worldwide Express customers, has passed a new milestone this past week: 1000+ shipments generated online in a single week. This number of shipments has tripled in the past six weeks.
In a communication to the Worldwide Express franchise system, David Kiger, President and CEO, remarked on the impressive growth.
"Our growth in freight is in fact something to get very excited about. We continue to see increased growth throughout the full range of our company and locations nationwide. This is a very healthy sign. We obviously expected the early adopting markets to drive a large percentage of the growth initially, but it is now the breadth that is also impressive... |
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August 27, 2008 // Franchising.com // (Dallas, Texas) - The new freight program at Worldwide Express continues to expand rapidly, as the company's freight website, SpeedFreight, processed two 100+ shipment days last week. The site is on track to process nearly 200 freight shipments per day this week, underlining the exponential growth of this new business product for the company.
When asked about the growth of the freight business within Worldwide Express, David Kiger, President and CEO, remarked that "the freight shipment numbers have exceeded even our greatest assumptions."
The company is only eight weeks into the new program, and anticipates to generate 1000 freight shipments per week within the next few weeks... |
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August 06, 2008 // Franchising.com // (DALLAS, Texas) - SpeedFreight, the online freight preparation tool for Worldwide Express customers, has reached a major milestone this past week: 300+ shipments generated online in a single week.
Launched in late June, SpeedFreight allows customers to obtain quotes and generate bills of lading from large national and regional LTL carriers. The level of activity on the website has increased steadily every week, which has further cemented the company's position as a leading freight services provider for the small to medium business market.
SpeedFreight is an extension of the SpeedShip website, which handles small package shipping. All customers have access to both applications through www... |
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May 21, 2008 // Franchising.com // (DALLAS, Texas) – On June 25th, the company will officially launch its new and expanded freight opportunity to the entire Worldwide Express organization as a kickoff to their mid-year conference, which will be held June 25-27 at the Palomar Hotel in Dallas. This new freight initiative will be the focal point of the mid-year conference. Expected in attendance are several hundred Worldwide Express franchise owners, managers, select key account and sales executives, and representatives from all partnered freight companies. The conference will include presentations from the freight carriers, the corporate development staff, and other notable speakers. In addition, all sales managers in attendance will review their year to date sales numbers to date and set projections for the remainder of the year... |
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May 13, 2008 // Franchising.com // (DALLAS, Texas) Monday, May 5, 2008 - Worldwide Express today named Mike Grayson as the new VP of Franchise Operations. Mike is a multiple franchise owner, with locations in both Georgia and South Carolina, and has been a part of the Worldwide Express organization since 2002. In addition, Mike has served as a member and president of the Worldwide Express franchise advisory committee.
David Kiger, President and CEO of Worldwide Express, recently sent a letter to the organization to announce the new addition to the corporate office.
"Mike will be working in many areas at corporate and has a wide variety of skill sets that will dovetail with our needs quite nicely today and as we continue to grow... |
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January 28, 2008 // Franchising.com // (DALLAS, Texas) - The 2008 Training year begins today in Dallas as the first Basic Sales class gets underway at the Park Cities Hilton. Joe Judson, Sr. Exec. VP of Sales, will be leading the class. This is the first of several Basic Sales classes that will be held throughout the year, and there are 60 attendees this week, making it one of the larger classes in recent years. Unique to this class is the implementation of a Fast Start contest. Franchise owners with account executives in the training have put together a prize for the top performers in the field in the following weeks after the training.
The Basic Sales class is the first of several training classes offered by Worldwide Express Corporate for new account executives... |
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January 09, 2008 // Franchising.com // (DALLAS, Texas) - The Annual Kick-Off for Worldwide Express gets underway this week in Dallas. Moving from a previous two day format, this year's event includes a management training for new and experienced managers and franchise owners on January 8th and 9th. The Kick-Off is held to allow each sales office from around the country to come together, hear from Worldwide Express Corporate leadership and DHL leadership, and present expectations going into the new selling year.
Like other Worldwide Express events, the Kick-Off will include a welcome reception, which has proven to be great way to start off the conference.
This year's Kick-Off is being held at the new Palomar Hotel near downtown Dallas and the Worldwide Express Corporate headquarters... |
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October 08, 2007 // Franchising.com // (DALLAS, Texas) - As Worldwide Express begins the Q4 sales period, one last Basic Sales training is left on the calendar for 2007. The upcoming training class may be the largest ever, with an estimated 70 attendees to arrive for the course October 22-26th at the Park Cities Hilton.
Just like the previous Basic trainings this year, the October class will feature Tom Madine, Executive Vice President, as the primary instructor. Also in attendance will be several national development managers and President David Kiger, who attends every Basic training course.
Worldwide Express offers several training opportunities for new and experienced sales and key account executives and for managers as well... |
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