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UPS to Expand Service, Capacity, Add Operation Hours
A UPS driver makes a delivery. The company said weekend network enhancements will expand residential and commercial Saturday volumes by reaching an additional 40 million U.S. consumers. (UPS Inc.)
UPS Inc. rolled out a series of offerings Jan. 29 aimed at improving service to small and midsize businesses, including an extension of weekend operations.
January 29, 2020FedEx Ground Begins FedEx Home Delivery on Sundays
FedEx said that during the 2019 peak holiday shipping season, FedEx Ground experienced 42% year-over-year growth in FedEx Home Delivery package volume. (FedEx)
FedEx Ground has launched year-round Sunday deliveries for its residential FedEx Home Delivery service for the majority of the U.S. population, according to parent company FedEx Corp.
January 22, 2020Amazon Lifts Restriction on Sellers Using FedEx to Ship Packages
FedEx workers unload packages from a truck in New York City in December. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News)
Amazon .com Inc. lifted restrictions established during the holiday shopping season that had prevented third-party merchants selling goods on the site from shipping packages with FedEx Corp.’s ground service.
January 14, 2020FedEx Begins Construction on Distribution Facility in Florida
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Construction has begun on a 42,000-square-foot FedEx distribution center near the airport in Gainesville, Fla.
January 7, 2020Holiday Returns Drive Demand for Reverse Logistics
A customer returns items to a Kohl's Department store. (Jack Sauer/Associated Press)
Reverse logistics is part of retailers’ year-round operations, but returns ramp up during the holidays.
January 3, 2020FedEx’s Q2 Earnings Tumble, Even More Than Wall Street Expected
Delivery trucks sit in the FedEx Corp. Ground distribution center in Jersey City, N.J., on Aug. 7, 2018. (Marc McAndrews/Bloomberg News)
FedEx Corp. reported lower-than-expected second-quarter fiscal year 2020 earnings Dec. 17, missing Wall Street analysts’ expectations.
December 17, 2019FedEx Custom Critical CEO Virginia Addicott to Retire
A FedEx Custom Critical truck. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
When Virginia Addicott became president and CEO of FedEx Custom Critical 12 years ago, not only was she the female head of a trucking company, she was also one of the few women at the table at Akron, Ohio-area civic leader meetings.
December 17, 2019Amazon Cuts Off FedEx Ground for Prime Shipments This Holiday
Christopher Lee/Bloomberg
Amazon.com says FedEx Corp.’s delivery performance is slipping and will no longer let third-party merchants use the company’s ground delivery network for quick Prime shipments through the holidays.
December 16, 2019FedEx Disputes Report on Federal Taxes Paid in 2018
FedEx CEO Fred Smith by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News
The CEO of FedEx Corp. came out swinging after a news report called into question the company’s track record on capital investments and tax payments in the wake of federal tax reform efforts.
November 26, 2019North America's Busiest Cargo Airports
UPS employees load containers onto planes at UPS Worldport in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2012. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Where North American airports ranked in terms of cargo pounds transported.
November 18, 2019