![]() ![]() FedEx has announced a 5.2% general rate increase for 2020 on last-mile deliveries.īut the landscape has changed. They have also generated decent revenue for the carriers, though with very low margins. The services, FedEx’s SmartPost and UPS’ SurePost, have been popular with shippers because of the low costs associated with using the USPS network. Deliveries are typically made in one to five days, depending on various factors. Postal Service (USPS) for final-mile delivery of parcels that the two companies have inserted deep into the postal infrastructure. For years, FedEx and UPS have relied on the U.S. Nowhere will the separation be more profound than in the hot-button segment of last-mile residential delivery. Yet 2020 will likely see increasing divergences between the two, though the smoke will not clear until UPS announces its rate schedule (FedEx already has). UPS followed FedEx’s lead earlier this year and dropped holiday peak season residential delivery surcharges, though it took UPS about two years longer to act. Both launched seven-day-a-week deliveries within a few months of each other. The third one, though, perhaps not so much. (NYSE:FDX) moving in lockstep on almost everything. The Forum at FreightWaves LIVE (Fall 2019)Īnyone who works in the parcel delivery business knows that life holds three certainties – death, taxes, and UPS Inc.Evolve: The Next Evolution of Oil & Gas.Podcasts: FreightWaves FreightCasts Network. ![]()
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