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FedEx looks to allow flat-rate shipping customers to use their own packaging when they tender boxes.

UPS expects tsunami of returns this holiday season

Expect rate divergences between FedEx and UPS into 2020, led by dramatic changes in last-mile deliveries

Oil and gas price forecasts were cut by major banks for 2020; global economic slowdown has hit steel production; Volkswagen looks to commercialize autonomous vehicles by 2025.

Tech-enabled last mile is still in early innings, and there are a number of competing strategies.

UPS expands drone operations, healthcare and e-commerce services

FedEx Express [NYSE: FDX] on Friday used an unmanned aerial vehicle instead of a truck for last-mile residential deliveries on behalf of pharmacy retailer Walgreens. The Oct. 18 deliveries were made by Wing, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, in Christianburg, Virginia, under a pilot program authorized by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). […]

UPS has entered the flat-rate pricing game, trying to do things differently than its chief rival.

FedEx Freight goes national for its last-mile heavy freight deliveries

Now Goldman thinks that ISM data won’t turn positive until Q2 2020.

FedEx, Walgreens add returns services to portfolio

Commercial airplane deliveries at The Boeing Co. [NYSE: BA] nose-dived by two-thirds in the third quarter compared to the same period in 2018 and by almost half year-to-date, according to figures released by the company Oct. 8. The plunge in sales is largely due to the March grounding by regulators of the next-generation 737 MAX […]

This means that customers can ship or drop off packages while they shop for yarn or Halloween decor.

Agency envisions using trucks as launch point for last-mile customers.

In wake of poor q1 results and a massive decline in share price, questions arise as to whether FedEx’s issues are cyclical or structural

FedEx posts lousy fiscal q1 results but insists that the long-term outlook remains bright

FedEx passes on peak season surcharges but will hit the outsized stiff hard. Rates also to rise for 2020 services.

The Justice Department has asked the express carrier’s lawsuit to be dismissed, stating that it should be up to Congress and not the court to decide if the Export Administration Regulations apply.