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FedEx to increase overnight shipping rates by 6.9%

FedEx Express, which provides next-day deliveries to residential and business addresses through air transport, will increase its shipping rates by an average of 6.9% effective Jan. 5, 2009, FedEx Corp. says.

Posted 09/30/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Postal Service looks to expand package returns service with major carriers

The U.S. Postal Service is hoping to expand its package returns service through major carriers UPS, FedEx and DHL, the U.S.P.S. says. Its sole returns partner for now, Newgistics, plans a major expansion of the service.

Posted 05/09/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Home delivery remains a strong point in a gloomy earnings report from FedEx

Average daily package volume for the FedEx ground service was up 7% in the three-month period that ended Feb. 29, in part because of continued strength in home delivery, the delivery company says.

Posted 03/21/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

DHL emerging as a shipping option for e-retailers

Since absorbing the ground shipment operations of Airborne Express last year, DHL has expanded its services to U.S. shippers and emerged as a competitive player in the market of shipping small parcels from retailers to consumers, experts say.

Posted 07/21/2004Paul DemeryPost a comment

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FedEx Ground`s Home Delivery network will go nationwide by fall

Fueled in part by the rise in e-commerce, FedEx Ground says it will accelerate development of home delivery services by a year to meet demand.

Posted 05/16/2002Internet RetailerPost a comment

Start-up same-day delivery service Ensenda lands its first customer

LaserNetworks, a Canadian provider of printers and toners, has chosen Ensenda, a start-up delivery service that promises delivery within 60 minutes of when a customer places an order, to deliver toner to customers.

Posted 11/27/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

The same-day delivery model gets new life

Ensenda Inc. launched this month in San Francisco but with national ambitions. Its model: fulfill orders from retailers’ stock and deliver it using local courier services in as little as 60 minutes.

Posted 10/09/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

CD&L To Capitalize On Same-Day Delivery Expertise

CD&L; says it intents to test market its own online shopping service, ClickCourier.Net, that will feature same-day delivery capacity using its already-established network. Products would be supplied through alliances with brand-name retailers of books, groceries, movies and other "urgent-delivery" commodities. South Hackensack, N.J.-based CD&L; says it plans to forge alliances with established retailers that have centrally located stores with a...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment