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Second Peak Shipping Week Hits Snag As Mother Nature Intervenes
Thursday, December 12, 2019 - 9:00am | 245The second week of the peak holiday shipping season, which included the Cyber Monday online buying bonanza, didn't go as well as the first. Inclement weather in parts of the country played the delivery Grinch, according to data from consultancy ShipMatrix released Dec. 11. UPS Inc.'s (NYSE: UPS)...
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UPS Expands International Air Express Network
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - 9:14am | 220UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) said Monday it will expand its international air express network for small parcels by adding 3,200 postal codes to 40 countries, including five countries that have recently been added. UPS said it will add nearly 8,000 postal codes to its Worldwide Express Freight network. It...
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FMCSA Rejects UPS Driver Training Exemption Request
Friday, December 6, 2019 - 12:40pm | 608Federal regulators have denied a petition by UPS Inc (NYSE: UPS) to be exempted from two requirements of the entry-level driver training (ELDT) final rule after finding the company failed to make a valid safety case for its request. In its petition filed earlier this year, UPS contended that its...
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UPS Truck Drivers In UK Threaten Strike At Big Retailer's DC
Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 9:26am | 634Customers of retailer Argos, which operates in the U.K. and Ireland, could face disappointment during the Christmas season after staff at one of the retailer's distribution centers voted to strike in a long-running row over pay. Argos is a major player in the retail sector with more than 883...
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Today's Pickup: UPS Employees Charged In Drug-Smuggling Case
Friday, November 29, 2019 - 9:00am | 902Good day, At least 11 UPS Inc (NYSE: UPS) employees, including two supervisors and drivers, have been arrested on state charges of drug trafficking, based on a decade-long joint investigation by local, state, and federal law enforcement officials. The UPS employees are accused of helping smuggle...
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Goodman's North American Unit Swallows 65 Acres Of Los Angeles "Infill" Real Estate
Monday, November 25, 2019 - 10:26am | 660A company most Americans have never heard of is poised to control a large swath of urban industrial land in greater Los Angeles. The North American unit of Australian real estate company Goodman Group (OTCMKTS: GMGSF) said it has acquired a 65-acre manufacturing and distribution site in Fullerton...
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FedEx, UPS To Slap Major Handling Surcharges On More Parcels
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - 8:54am | 864Customers of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) that tender a lot of packages weighing 50 to 70 pounds are in for some price pain in 2020 unless they are excellent contract negotiators. The reason: For the first time, FedEx and UPS will slap an "additional handling surcharge" on air...
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UPS, Portland Team Up On Electric-Assist Trike Delivery
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 - 9:04am | 533UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) is adding another e-bike delivery pilot to its roster of cycling services, this one involving an electric-assist cargo trike that will deliver packages to the Portland State University campus. The new project comes as the company and its competitors — including FedEx...
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UPS To Waive Money-Back Guarantees If Third Parties Use Tracking Data
Monday, November 18, 2019 - 9:49am | 1022In another salvo in the decade-long, low-level war between the two leading U.S. parcel carriers and a cluster of consultancies that work on behalf of carriers' customers to optimize their parcel shipping spend, UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) said it will waive its money-bank guarantee on late or missed...
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UPS Ships US Beef To Japan, Traces Movement Via blockchain
Monday, November 11, 2019 - 2:38pm | 705There have been a steady stream of blockchain-based pilot projects within the supply chain landscape. Today, UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) announced a collaboration with agri-tech solutions provider HerdX of the successful delivery of a blockchain-verified beef shipment from a U.S. farm to Japan. UPS...
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Regional Parcel Carriers Hope E-Commerce Will Boost Share Of Shippers' Wallets
Monday, November 11, 2019 - 10:08am | 1041Regional carriers have much to offer parcel shippers, especially those looking to break some of their bonds with FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS). The regionals can deliver fast and reliably because of their tight coverage areas. Their cost to serve can be lower because they don't...
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UPS, In Latest Density Push, Pays Customers To Pick Up At Alternate Locations
Friday, November 8, 2019 - 12:19pm | 967The push to build density in business-to-consumer (B2C) last-mile delivery has become so intense that customers are now being paid to aid the effort. UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) announced on November 7 that it is offering $35 in rewards for consumers to pick up holiday packages at any one of 15,000...
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Appeals Court Finds UPS Liable For Illegally Transporting Contraband Cigarettes
Friday, November 8, 2019 - 9:01am | 414A federal appeals court on Nov. 7 upheld a lower court's ruling that shipping giant United Parcel Service Inc. is liable for illegally transporting hundreds of thousands of cartons of untaxed cigarettes from Native American reservations to unlicensed recipients in New York state. In its ruling,...
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UPS Drone Unit Makes First Revenue Deliveries For CVS
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 - 2:58pm | 348UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) said Tuesday that its commercial drone unit had made its first revenue deliveries of prescription drugs from a CVS Corp. (NYSE: CVS) pharmacy in North Carolina to customers' residences. The first two deliveries occurred last Friday in Cary, North Carolina. The first flight...
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UPS Expects Soaring Holiday Returns; Peak Day 26% Higher Than 2018
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 - 8:48am | 733UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) said Monday that holiday returns traffic will peak Jan. 2 at 1.9 million packages, a 26% increase from the 2018 peak. UPS also expects 1.6 million daily returns during the week before Christmas, another indication that the days are past when returns traffic was concentrated...