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Best practices and internal communication help an e-retailer foil fraud

When an unusually large number of packages came back to The Vitamin Creek, receiving staff let other personnel know. That helped the e-retailer avoid losses from a scheme involving orders that criminals asked to have reshipped to illegitimate addresses.

Posted 04/08/2010Paul DemeryPost a comment

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Goodmail’s chief gives up the CEO post, but stays on as chairman

Peter Horan has been CEO of Goodmail Systems, an e-mail authentication service provider, since May 2008. President and chief operating officer Daniel Dreymann will take over management of the company’s day-to-day operations.

Posted 03/01/2010Zak StamborPost a comment

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U.S. Postal Service offers a new pricing deal for efficient packaging

To encourage shippers to use smaller, more efficient packaging for products like cell phones, apparel and books, on Jan. 4 the U.S. Postal Service will launch a new pricing structure for Priority Mail shipments based on volume measured in cubic feet.

Posted 11/13/2009Zak StamborPost a comment

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FedEx extends home delivery service via the Postal Service to all retailers

Any retailer now can use the FedEx SmartPost system, in which the U.S. Postal Service completes the delivery of small packages to consumers’ homes. Previously, the program was only open to retailers shipping several hundred packages a day.

Posted 10/06/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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FedEx launches a package returns service with the U.S. Postal Service

FedEx has launched a returns service for direct-to-consumer retailers that lets customers return packages without leaving home through the U.S. Postal Service.

Posted 09/11/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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FedEx launches home-delivery service with Canada’s postal service

FedEx SmartPost, which works with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver small parcels to U.S. residential addresses, launched a similar service in Canada this week with Canada Post Corp.

Posted 04/03/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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FedEx Home Delivery drives 2% rise in Q3 ground shipments, FedEx says

FedEx Ground’s average daily small-parcel delivery volume rose 2% year over year for the third quarter ended Feb. 28, driven mostly by increases in the company’s FedEx Home Delivery service, the company says.

Posted 03/20/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment