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...But speaking to the Financial Times, Mr Pearson, CEO of DHL’s international shipments division, a UPS and FedEx competitor, said the group, which operates one of the world’s fleets of cargo planes, would...
...The letter, seen by the Financial Times and first reported by Reuters, was signed by the largest US carriers as well as the air freight arms of two of the biggest logistics groups, UPS and FedEx....
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...UPS and FedEx, as two of the few companies with the capacity to handle the avalanche of ecommerce orders, could push through price increases....
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...Both UPS and FedEx announced higher delivery prices for residential and large packages earlier this year in response to the rush in online shopping....
...FedEx, another US carrier, is also moving to electrify. But Roxo, the courier’s under-development delivery robot, is not yet welcome everywhere....
...It was a strategy adopted by FedEx in 2014 when it lost a similar employee-contractor court battle. “We have a game plan,” Khosrowshahi says. “Our intent is to keep operating, to comply with the law....
...Unlike Amazon, which keeps products in huge warehouses, Etsy’s sellers deal with customers directly, using FedEx and the US Postal Service to ship their goods, often from their homes....
...UPS and its rival FedEx face growing competition from Amazon, as the ecommerce giant has sought to expand its shipping operations on the ground and in the air in an effort to cut freight costs and speed...
...However, UPS and its rival FedEx face growing competition from Amazon’s freight delivery service....
...The Dow transport index, of which UPS and FedEx are members, was headed for its worst day since June 2016....
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...But UPS and rival FedEx face growing competition from Amazon, which has sought to expand its shipping operations on ground and in the air, to lower costs and speed up delivery to customers....
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