<PAGE>   1
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 4, 1996
                                                      Registration No. 333-_____
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  -------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                       MULTIPLE ZONES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


<TABLE>
<S>                                <C>                            <C>
          WASHINGTON                           5961                            91-1431894             
(State or Other Jurisdiction of    (Primary Standard Industrial   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 Incorporation or Organization)     Classification Code Number)   
</TABLE>

                               707 South Grady Way
                          Renton, Washington 98055-3233
                                 (206) 430-3000


          (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
            area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)


                            -------------------------


                       Multiple Zones International, Inc.
                            1993 Stock Incentive Plan


                            -------------------------


                Peter J. Biere, Senior Vice President -- Finance
                               707 South Grady Way
                          Renton, Washington 98055-3233
                                 (206) 430-3000


            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                            -------------------------


                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
=====================================================================================================================
Title of Each Class of            Amount to be                Proposed Maximum                 Amount of Registration
Securities to Be Registered       Registered (1)              Aggregate Offering Price (2)     Fee
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                               <C>                         <C>                              <C>   
Common Stock                      1,626,000 shares            $23,652,692                      $7,167
=====================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

(1)      Plus (i) an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may
         become issuable under the Plan as a result of the adjustment provisions
         therein, and (ii) if any interests in the Plan constitute separate
         securities required to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
         then, pursuant to Rule 416(c), an indeterminate amount of such
         interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan.

(2)      Computed pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) based on (i) an aggregate
         offering price of $8,933,942 for the 1,037,250 shares issuable upon
         exercise of outstanding options granted under the Plan on or prior to
         the date hereof; and (ii) an offering price of $25.00 per share (the
         average of the high and low sales prices reported by the Nasdaq Stock
         Market on October 2, 1996) for the 588,750 shares issuable upon
         exercise of options, or pursuant to the terms of any stock appreciation
         rights, restricted stock awards or stock units, to be granted under the
         Plan.

================================================================================
<PAGE>   2
                                     PART II

                   INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The following documents are incorporated in this Registration Statement
by reference:

               1. The Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No.
         333-4458) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
         Commission on May 3, 1996, as amended, and the latest prospectus used
         in connection with the sale of the Common Stock registered thereby
         filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
         pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

               2. All reports filed by the Registrant with the Securities and
         Exchange Commission prior to the date of this Registration Statement
         pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
         1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"); and

               3. The description of the Registrant's Common Stock set forth in
         the Registration Statement on Form 8-A under Section 12(g) of the
         Exchange Act filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
         Commission on May 3, 1996.

         All documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission after the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, before the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered pursuant to
this Registration Statement have been sold or that deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the respective dates of
filing of such documents.

         Any statement incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document
that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.

ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

         Not required.

ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

         The validity of the Common Stock being offered pursuant to this
Registration Statement has been passed upon for the Registrant by Graham & James
LLP, Seattle, Washington. John M. Steel, a principal of this firm, holds an
option to acquire 7,500 shares of Common Stock for $1,275.

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         Sections 23B.08.500 through 23B.08.600 of the Washington Business
Corporation Act authorize a court to award, or a corporation's board of
directors to grant, indemnification to directors and officers on terms
sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Article VI,

                                      II-1
<PAGE>   3
Section 6.5.1, of the Registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation and
Article X of the Registrant's Restated Bylaws provide for indemnification of the
Registrant's directors, officers, employees and agents to the maximum extent
permitted by Washington law. The Registrant has entered into agreements with all
of its executive officers and all outside directors to indemnify them against
certain claims and liabilities arising out of their service as officers and
directors, as applicable, and to advance expenses to defend claims subject to
indemnification. The directors and officers of the Registrant also may be
indemnified against liability they may incur for serving in that capacity
pursuant to one or more liability insurance policies maintained by the
Registrant for such purpose. The Registrant currently maintains a policy of
directors' and officers' liability insurance with an aggregate coverage limit of
$5,000,000.

         Section 23B.08.320 of the Washington Business Corporation Act
authorizes a corporation to limit a director's liability to the corporation or
its shareholders for monetary damages for acts or omissions as a director,
except in certain circumstances involving intentional misconduct, self-dealing
or illegal corporate loans or distributions, or any transaction from which the
director personally receives a benefit in money, property or services to which
the director is not legally entitled. Article VI, Section 6.6, of the
Registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation contains provisions
implementing, to the fullest extent permitted by Washington law, such
limitations on a director's liability to the Registrant and its shareholders. In
addition, the Registrant has agreed to release the directors from certain
liabilities to the Registrant that would otherwise arise out of their service as
directors.


ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

         Not applicable.


ITEM 8. EXHIBITS

     EXHIBIT                                                   
     NUMBER       DESCRIPTION                                  
                                                               
      5           Opinion of Graham & James LLP                
                                                               
     10.1         Multiple Zones International, Inc. 1993 Stock Incentive Plan, 
                  as amended                   
                                                               
     23.1         Consent of Graham & James LLP                
                                                               
     23.2         Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.          
                                                               
     24           Powers of Attorney                           
     

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS

         (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

             (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
         made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement;

                 (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
             the Securities Act of 1933;


                                      II-2
<PAGE>   4
                 (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
             after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
             recent post-effective amendment thereof) that, individually or in
             the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
             set forth in the Registration Statement; and

                 (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
             plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
             Statement or any material change to such information in the
             Registration Statement;

         PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
         apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
         amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by
         the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
         are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

             (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
         Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
         deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
         offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall
         be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

             (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
         amendment any of the securities being registered that remain unsold at
         the termination of the offering.

         (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. If a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless, in
the opinion of its counsel, the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.


                                      II-3
<PAGE>   5
                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe it meets all the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Seattle, State of Washington, on October 4, 1996.


                                        MULTIPLE ZONES INTERNATIONAL, INC.



                                        By /s/ Victor Melfi, Jr.
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Victor Melfi, Jr.
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Victor Melfi, Jr. and Peter J. Biere, and each of them severally,
such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to
act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to
execute in the name and on behalf of such person, individually and in each
capacity stated below, any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to
this Registration Statement, any and all supplements hereto, and any and all
other instruments necessary or incidental in connection herewith, and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated below.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
      SIGNATURE                      TITLE                               DATE
      ---------                      -----                               ----
<S>                          <C>                                    <C>
/s/ Victor Melfi, Jr.        President and Chief Executive          October 4, 1996
----------------------       Officer (Principal Executive
Victor Melfi, Jr.            Officer) and Director

/s/ Peter J. Biere           Senior Vice President -- Finance       October 4, 1996
----------------------       and Chief Financial Officer
Peter J. Biere               (Principal Financial and
                             Accounting Officer)

/s/ Sadrudin J. Kabani       Chairman of the Board                  October 4, 1996
----------------------
Sadrudin J. Kabani
</TABLE>

                                      II-4
<PAGE>   6
<TABLE>
<CAPTION> 
    Signature               Title                                        Date
    ---------               -----                                        ----
<S>                          <C>                                    <C>
/s/ John H. Bauer            Director                               October 4, 1996
----------------------
John H. Bauer


/s/ John T. Carleton         Director                               October 4, 1996
----------------------
John T. Carleton


                             Director                               _________, 1996
----------------------
John E. DeFeo


/s/ Firoz H. Lalji           Director                               September 23, 1996
----------------------
Firoz H. Lalji


                             Director                               _________, 1996
----------------------
Carol L. Miltner


/s/ Paul E. Monson           Director                               October 4, 1996
----------------------
Paul E. Monson


/s/ Steve Sarich, Jr.        Director                               October 4, 1996
----------------------
Steve Sarich, Jr.
</TABLE>

                                      II-5
<PAGE>   7
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT                                                                  
NUMBER       DESCRIPTION                                                         
<S>          <C>                                                                 
 5           Opinion of Graham & James LLP

10.1         Multiple Zones International, Inc. 1993 Stock Incentive Plan, as
             amended (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the
             Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-4458)
             filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
             Commission on May 3, 1996)

23.1         Consent of Graham & James LLP (included in Exhibit 5)

23.2         Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

24           Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages)
</TABLE>
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1
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 4, 1996
                                                      Registration No. 333-_____
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  -------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                       MULTIPLE ZONES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
WASHINGTON                           5961                            91-1431894             
(State or Other Jurisdiction of    (Primary Standard Industrial   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 Incorporation or Organization)     Classification Code Number)
707 South Grady Way
                          Renton, Washington 98055-3233
                                 (206) 430-3000

          (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
            area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                            -------------------------

                       Multiple Zones International, Inc.
                            1993 Stock Incentive Plan

                            -------------------------

                Peter J. Biere, Senior Vice President -- Finance
                               707 South Grady Way
                          Renton, Washington 98055-3233
                                 (206) 430-3000

            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                            -------------------------

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
=====================================================================================================================
Title of Each Class of            Amount to be                Proposed Maximum                 Amount of Registration
Securities to Be Registered       Registered (1)              Aggregate Offering Price (2)     Fee
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock                      1,626,000 shares            $23,652,692                      $7,167
=====================================================================================================================
(1)      Plus (i) an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may
         become issuable under the Plan as a result of the adjustment provisions
         therein, and (ii) if any interests in the Plan constitute separate
         securities required to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
         then, pursuant to Rule 416(c), an indeterminate amount of such
         interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan.

(2)      Computed pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) based on (i) an aggregate
         offering price of $8,933,942 for the 1,037,250 shares issuable upon
         exercise of outstanding options granted under the Plan on or prior to
         the date hereof; and (ii) an offering price of $25.00 per share (the
         average of the high and low sales prices reported by the Nasdaq Stock
         Market on October 2, 1996) for the 588,750 shares issuable upon
         exercise of options, or pursuant to the terms of any stock appreciation
         rights, restricted stock awards or stock units, to be granted under the
         Plan.

================================================================================
2
                                     PART II

                   INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The following documents are incorporated in this Registration Statement
by reference:

               1. The Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No.
         333-4458) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
         Commission on May 3, 1996, as amended, and the latest prospectus used
         in connection with the sale of the Common Stock registered thereby
         filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
         pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

               2. All reports filed by the Registrant with the Securities and
         Exchange Commission prior to the date of this Registration Statement
         pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
         1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"); and

               3. The description of the Registrant's Common Stock set forth in
         the Registration Statement on Form 8-A under Section 12(g) of the
         Exchange Act filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
         Commission on May 3, 1996.

         All documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission after the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, before the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered pursuant to
this Registration Statement have been sold or that deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the respective dates of
filing of such documents.

         Any statement incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document
that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.

ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

         Not required.

ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

         The validity of the Common Stock being offered pursuant to this
Registration Statement has been passed upon for the Registrant by Graham & James
LLP, Seattle, Washington. John M. Steel, a principal of this firm, holds an
option to acquire 7,500 shares of Common Stock for $1,275.

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         Sections 23B.08.500 through 23B.08.600 of the Washington Business
Corporation Act authorize a court to award, or a corporation's board of
directors to grant, indemnification to directors and officers on terms
sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Article VI,

                                      II-1
3
Section 6.5.1, of the Registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation and
Article X of the Registrant's Restated Bylaws provide for indemnification of the
Registrant's directors, officers, employees and agents to the maximum extent
permitted by Washington law. The Registrant has entered into agreements with all
of its executive officers and all outside directors to indemnify them against
certain claims and liabilities arising out of their service as officers and
directors, as applicable, and to advance expenses to defend claims subject to
indemnification. The directors and officers of the Registrant also may be
indemnified against liability they may incur for serving in that capacity
pursuant to one or more liability insurance policies maintained by the
Registrant for such purpose. The Registrant currently maintains a policy of
directors' and officers' liability insurance with an aggregate coverage limit of
$5,000,000.

         Section 23B.08.320 of the Washington Business Corporation Act
authorizes a corporation to limit a director's liability to the corporation or
its shareholders for monetary damages for acts or omissions as a director,
except in certain circumstances involving intentional misconduct, self-dealing
or illegal corporate loans or distributions, or any transaction from which the
director personally receives a benefit in money, property or services to which
the director is not legally entitled. Article VI, Section 6.6, of the
Registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation contains provisions
implementing, to the fullest extent permitted by Washington law, such
limitations on a director's liability to the Registrant and its shareholders. In
addition, the Registrant has agreed to release the directors from certain
liabilities to the Registrant that would otherwise arise out of their service as
directors.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

         Not applicable.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS

     EXHIBIT                                                   
     NUMBER       DESCRIPTION                                  
                                                               
      5           Opinion of Graham & James LLP                
                                                               
     10.1         Multiple Zones International, Inc. 1993 Stock Incentive Plan, 
                  as amended                   
                                                               
     23.1         Consent of Graham & James LLP                
                                                               
     23.2         Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.          
                                                               
     24           Powers of Attorney                           
     

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS

         (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

             (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
         made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement;

                 (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
             the Securities Act of 1933;

                                      II-2
4
                 (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
             after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
             recent post-effective amendment thereof) that, individually or in
             the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
             set forth in the Registration Statement; and

                 (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
             plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
             Statement or any material change to such information in the
             Registration Statement;

         PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
         apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
         amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by
         the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
         are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

             (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
         Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
         deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
         offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall
         be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

             (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
         amendment any of the securities being registered that remain unsold at
         the termination of the offering.

         (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. If a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless, in
the opinion of its counsel, the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.

                                      II-3
5
                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe it meets all the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Seattle, State of Washington, on October 4, 1996.

                                        MULTIPLE ZONES INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                        By /s/ Victor Melfi, Jr.
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Victor Melfi, Jr.
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Victor Melfi, Jr. and Peter J. Biere, and each of them severally,
such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to
act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to
execute in the name and on behalf of such person, individually and in each
capacity stated below, any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to
this Registration Statement, any and all supplements hereto, and any and all
other instruments necessary or incidental in connection herewith, and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated below.
SIGNATURE                      TITLE                               DATE
      ---------                      -----                               ----
/s/ Victor Melfi, Jr.        President and Chief Executive          October 4, 1996
----------------------       Officer (Principal Executive
Victor Melfi, Jr.            Officer) and Director

/s/ Peter J. Biere           Senior Vice President -- Finance       October 4, 1996
----------------------       and Chief Financial Officer
Peter J. Biere               (Principal Financial and
                             Accounting Officer)

/s/ Sadrudin J. Kabani       Chairman of the Board                  October 4, 1996
----------------------
Sadrudin J. Kabani
II-4
6
Signature               Title                                        Date
    ---------               -----                                        ----
/s/ John H. Bauer            Director                               October 4, 1996
----------------------
John H. Bauer

/s/ John T. Carleton         Director                               October 4, 1996
----------------------
John T. Carleton

                             Director                               _________, 1996
----------------------
John E. DeFeo

/s/ Firoz H. Lalji           Director                               September 23, 1996
----------------------
Firoz H. Lalji

                             Director                               _________, 1996
----------------------
Carol L. Miltner

/s/ Paul E. Monson           Director                               October 4, 1996
----------------------
Paul E. Monson

/s/ Steve Sarich, Jr.        Director                               October 4, 1996
----------------------
Steve Sarich, Jr.
II-5
7
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT                                                                  
NUMBER       DESCRIPTION
5           Opinion of Graham & James LLP

10.1         Multiple Zones International, Inc. 1993 Stock Incentive Plan, as
             amended (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the
             Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-4458)
             filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
             Commission on May 3, 1996)

23.1         Consent of Graham & James LLP (included in Exhibit 5)

23.2         Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

24           Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages)