Amazon.com, Inc. investors are always on the lookout for the company’s next disruptive business, and some believe it could be parcel delivery. Amazon Flex is not a major threat to United Parcel Service, Inc. and FedEx Corporation, according to Bernstein analyst David Vernon. Amazon Flex is Amazon’s crowdsourced delivery model that could potentially challenge FedEx
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UPS hits customers with new fees for oversized packages
In this Tuesday, May 9, 2017, photo, a UPS employee loads packages onto a truck at a company facility in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) Seattle (Reuters) - United Parcel Service Inc will begin charging an extra $150 next month to handle oversized packages and pallets, along with a new charge for
UPS to create over 500 jobs with new UK delivery center
LONDON (Reuters) - Delivery firm UPS opened a new package sorting and delivery facility in south-east England on Monday, creating hundreds of jobs in one of the U.S. company’s largest infrastructure investments outside the United States. The new hub, located 25 miles east of central London, is expected to employ over
Walmart ends grocery delivery deal with Uber and Lyft
In 2016, Walmart announced that it would begin testing grocery delivery in conjunction with Uber and Lyft. Today, however, Reuters reports that those partnerships have come to an end, which was confirmed by Walmart and Uber. TechCrunch first reported in 2015 about Uber’s plans to launch a merchant delivery system, wherein goods from retailers would be
DHL doubles storage capacity in Tampa
DHL Express is investing US$5 million into its Florida-area service – relocating its Tampa operation to a new site twice the size of its predecessor. The 35,000 square foot facility will serve the greater Tampa-St. Petersburg region, with road service to connect to DHL aircraft operating out of Orlando International Airport
Amazon slips packages in car trunks, To beat porch thieves
Volvo Cars adds in-car delivery by Amazon Key to its expanding range of connected services. Not content to stop at slipping packages inside customers’ front doors, Amazon.com Inc. on Tuesday started a new program to deliver packages to its members’ parked cars. The world's largest online retailer is rolling the program out in
E-commerce, express traffic continue to outpace general cargo growth in Q1
With first-quarter volume figures coming in for many airports around the world, we noticed two, in particular, stood out from the crowd: Leipzig Halle Airport (LEJ) in Eastern Germany, and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG) in the United States. Both of these mid-sized airports reported volumes up – way up – in Q1, reaching 12.3 percent and
Thunderstorms cause delays at FedEx Memphis facilities
On Saturday, FedEx Express notified clients and shareholders of “substantial flight and sort disruptions” due to severe thunderstorms in Memphis, which could potentially delay delivery times of freight moving through the express carrier’s hub location. The water level of the Mississippi River, which is in close proximity to some of the
E-commerce is taking over the retail world, UPS says
Today UPS published its annual “Global Pulse of the Online Shopper” study that shows consumer behavior in the realm of e-commerce is shifting. The study, which surveyed consumers from the United States, Asia, Europe, Canada, Mexico and Brazil, suggested that consumers from all over the world are purchasing from sellers
The U.S Postal Service Is in Trouble, but Trump’s Tweets Won’t Fix It
A usps delivery man The USPS needs more customers like Amazon, not fewer. In recent days, President Donald Trump has decried the financial condition of the U.S Postal Service, which, in a series of much-discussed tweets, he has said is losing “Billions of Dollars.” That part is true. From 2013 to 2016, the USPS averaged