CHICAGO (WLS) — The USPS Office of Inspector General said Thursday that 19 packages found in a Mt. Greenwood dumpster Tuesday were handled by FedEx and not the postal service. Alderman Matt O’Shea of the 19th Ward initially reported the dumped packages, tweeting that a resident found them in her trash can while taking out […]
Twitter users lambasted the president’s attempt to slow down the United States Postal Service to help his reelection chances. Donald Trump’s tweeted praise of two private sector delivery companies didn’t get the reaction he might have expected. On Friday, the president praised employees at FedEx and UPS for driving through storms to deliver millions of […]
A flood of mail and online holiday purchases is overwhelming the U.S. shipping system. An estimated 6 million packages a day are being left stranded, sitting idle in retailers’ warehouses or shipping centers and awaiting pick up by FedEx, UPS, Amazon, U.S. Postal Service and other shippers. That’s according to estimates from ShipMatrix, a software […]
12/2/2020 Tuesday, a federal advisory committee to the CDC met to vote on a distribution plan with hopes of getting it out by the end of the year utilizing the United States postal service and shipping companies. In a statement from FedEx, the company says they are, “We are confident in our strong relationships with […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said it will allow its third-party sellers to start using FedEx’s ground service again after banning them from using it for about a month during the busy holiday shopping season because FedEx purportedly wasn’t delivering on time. Amazon said FedEx is now getting orders delivered on time and sent a […]
12/18/2019 ALEXANDRIA, Va. (FOX 5 DC) – Delivery drivers beware! Crooks are targeting package delivery trucks this holiday season. In fact, there have been three incidents in the D.C. area just days apart. UPS, FedEx and USPS trucks were either stolen or the drivers were robbed in the last couple weeks — the crooks are likely targeting the goods […]
12/17/2019 A wounded FedEx delivery driver turned the tables on an armed robber who shot him, killing him during a shootout in Philadelphia, police said. “Based on the preliminary story that was relayed it appears to be self defense: he was shot first, he fired back,” Acting Police Commissioner Christine Coulter said. The 32-year-old FedEx […]
11/26/2019 NEW YORK CITY, New York (localmemphis.com) – In Tuesday’s Ransom Note: not so fast Roxo. Roxo is the name for FedEx’s same-day delivery robot we keep bringing you stories on. The company is testing the six-wheelers in four markets, including its home city of Memphis. Recently FedEx brought Roxo to New York City for […]
FedEx Corp. is overhauling its retirement program as it adjusts to broader changes in the workplace. FedEx will stop offering a guaranteed pension for new hires, replacing it with an expanded 401(k) it believes will make it more competitive in the recruitment marketplace. Under the new plan, which will be launched at the start of […]
The U.S. Postal Service is asking for an average 5.4% increase for its express-shipping products in its proposed 2020 price increases submitted Wednesday. That is a bit of good news for parcel shippers such as United Parcel Service and FedEx, which might cheer the tailwind to industry pricing. J.P. Morgan, however, thinks investors should keep […]