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• FedEx opt out of Express contract with Amazon may be good thing, analysts say

  By Tonya Garcia / www.marketwatch.com / June 11th, 2019 FedEx says Amazon is only a small portion of its Express U.S. domestic business Analysts support FedEx Corp.’s decision not to renew its Express...

• Generational Disruption Shifts Norms For Industrial Distributors

  By Robo Mod / www.browncafe.com / June 10th, 2019 UPS report finds generational buying preferences are changing the traditional industrial model. As the demographics of industrial buyers shift, busine...

• Brokers relieved tariffs on Mexican goods suspended

  By Brian Bradley / www.americanshipper.com / June 10th, 2019 President Trump agreed to indefinitely suspend threatened tariffs against Mexico after the U.S. and that nation on Friday reached a deal ai...

• FedEx Says It Won’t Renew Amazon’s U.S. Air-Delivery Contracts - Wants to Focus on Ecommerce

  By 24/7 Staff / www.supplychain247.com / June 7th, 2019 FedEx Corp said today it “has made the strategic decision to not renew the FedEx Express U.S. domestic contract with Amazon.com Inc,” as the cou...

• Amazon’s Drone Delivery Program is “Taking Off”

  By Jeff Wilke / www.supplychain247.com / June 5th, 2019 Amazon, within months, moves closer to its goal of a drone delivery solution that scales to meet the needs of customers. Autonomous Drone Techno...

• USPS Taking the Air Out of Poor Packing

  Source: Pierbridge / www.pierbridge.com / June 4th, 2019 When the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced its rate hikes last year, there were some significant changes that went into effect in January. U...

• FedEx Move To 7-Day Ground Delivery Will Have Costs Before Revenue Gains

  By Dave Royce / www.benzinga.com / May 31st, 2019 The boom in online buying is again forcing a big shipper to expand its service, and that's going to mean more cost. FedEx Corporation FDX 0.62% announ...

• Trump’s plan for Mexico tariffs does not sit well with U.S. business concerns

  By Jeff Berman / www.logisticsmgmt.com / May 31st, 2019 The topic of tariffs and the ongoing trade war has primarily involved the United States and China. But Mexico is now in the mix, too, albeit not...

• FedEx Ground to deliver 7 days a week year-round

  By Shefali Kapadia / www.retaildive.com / May 30th, 2019 FedEx Ground will deliver seven days per week year-round beginning in January 2020, an extension of its current offering to deliver seven days ...

• Tariffs and China - Time to Reshore Now?

  By Rosemary Coates / www.scmr.com / May 22nd, 2019 We’ve all seen the news. Last weekend, Donald Trump announced an increase from 10% to 25% on the third tranche of the 301 China tariffs, and threaten...