FedEx will soon deliver seven days per week in order to adjust to online shopping habits as well as a sharp increase in small-package delivery in the U.S. The delivery giant also said it would stop relying on the U.S. Postal Service to deliver some of its packages as part of an effort to expand its last-mile delivery to homes. FedEx, the second-biggest delivery service in world after UPS, had recently shifted to a six-day-per-week schedule — similar to its rival.
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More proof that the #customer is driving business change. #personalization matters and Nice to see fedex respond to the #nudge #ai matters
Only nine months ago, FedEx increased service from five days/week to six. Now it’s non-stop... Is the new normal a frenetic 24/7 for everything? #relax #bepresent
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Brilliant move by FedEx, this will allow smaller retailers / brands to achieve Amazon-esque time in transit. It will be tough for UPS to follow suit considering their union exposure at the driver level. Let's see how the Teamsters respond. FedEx to Deliver Packages 7 Days a Week https://lnkd.in/eASnHXN
This is a stunning announcement by FedEx on many levels; 1. Having their lower cost delivery company, FedEx Ground, deliver on Sunday makes sense. However, it doesn’t explain why FedEx Express has started to hire on-demand, hourly drivers, which must be an effort to reduce cost and drive profitability at the Express delivery company 2. There is no question that FedEx is all-in on driving profitability based on improved volume/scale and maybe, just maybe, more competitive customer pricing for that pricey home delivery. 3. Pulling the plug on most USPS support for last-mile delivery of their lowest-cost ground service, Smart-Post, represents a huge reorganization and change in strategy that supports putting as many packages on a truck as possible to drive reduced cost via scale…which would be the UPS model. 4. Walking away from using the USPS for last mile delivery of their lowest cost ground service, Smart-Post, could very well put their express airlift agreement for the USPS at risk which pays FedEx over 2 billion dollars per year. FedEx is reorganizing and changing to support improved profitability, which is a necessary thing as a publicly traded enterprise. The challenge will be to maintain a high level of service during and after the transition. #ups #fedex #amazon
More proof that the #customer is driving business change. #personalization matters and Nice to see fedex respond to the #nudge #ai matters
Hats off to our FedEx Ground team. FedEx proprietary research found that 59% of online shoppers and 70% of merchants would definitely or probably use Sunday delivery service – especially for more expensive, urgent purchases. We’ve connected with those customer desires and, once again, delivered. #fedex #ecommerce
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Yes, fulfill a need and it usually ends up profitable.? Glad FedEx is doing this.? I know I will be looking forward to Sunday deliveries.? It never made sense to me to skip a day...