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...FedEx’s cost-cutting plan aims to fix this by combining its two Express and Ground delivery networks. But the UPS contract will make it harder for FedEx to retain staff while keeping a lid on wages....
...Raj Subramaniam, chief operating officer of FedEx, told analysts that its ground delivery operation had seen “an outstanding Cyber Week”, delivering 100m packages....
...‘Perfect scenario’ Those look like V-shaped projections, Andrew Glenn thought to himself....
...The moves — in addition to an order of 20,000 Mercedes-Benz vans for ground deliveries — could reduce Amazon’s reliance on logistics companies such as UPS and FedEx, whose networks have been strained by...
...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....
...TNT was subsequently bought by FedEx for €4.4bn in a deal unconditionally approved in January 2016 by current commissioner Margrethe Vestager....
...Shares in FedEx are on track for the best day since 2009, as the US package delivery company posted better-than-expected quarterly results as demand for delivery of express packages jumped....
...At FedEx Ground, operating income fell marginally, to $557m from $559m in the same quarter last year, on revenue up 30 per cent to $4.41bn....
...Strong profit growth at the core FedEx Express air parcel business and at the FedEx Ground road delivery operation boosted group net income under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) by 4.2 per...
...Ground shipments grew only 0.4 per cent....
...The company, which is often seen as an indicator of the health of the US economy, reported volume growth of 2 per cent for express packages and 5 per cent for ground deliveries, driven by online shopping...
...US domestic package volumes and FedEx International Economy volumes both grew 4 per cent, while FedEx International Priority volumes were flat....
...Express parcel services previously concentrated on handling larger bundles of packages to business addresses, which are easier to serve....
...FedEx already operates all 33 of its ground network’s hubs in the US on Worldport’s highly automated model, with minimal handling by humans....
...FedEx Ground enjoyed fourth-quarter operating income up 5 per cent from last year’s adjusted figure to $586m, on revenue up 8 per cent to $3.01bn....
...Operating income for FedEx Ground grew 2 per cent to $477m, on revenues up 10 per cent to $3.03bn....
...Operating income at FedEx ground grew 3 per cent to $424m, on revenue up 10 per cent to $2.85bn....
...Domestic ground revenue increased 6.6 per cent to $5.87bn, while US domestic package revenue overall grew 5 per cent to $8.25bn....
...FedEx warned as long ago as September that it was suffering from customers’ growing preference for its cheaper FedEx Ground services over its more expensive air offerings and for slower delivery of air packages...
...Operating income at FedEx Ground grew from $465m to $467m, on revenue up 11 per cent to $2.75bn....
...Some see this as one area where US and EU officials could find common ground within a few rounds of negotiations since it is less controversial than agriculture, privacy, procurement, and financial regulation...
...UPS reported a similar demand pattern to FedEx, its worldwide rival in the express package business, with cheaper, slower parcel delivery services performing strongly and US domestic business doing better...
...In its package of concessions, UPS stipulated that TNT assets in certain countries could not be sold to FedEx or DHL....
...However people close to the deal are already speculating about the prospects of a separate bid for TNT from FedEx, the main rival to UPS....
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