FedEx big day could be record
FedEx expects its busiest day in company history will be Dec. 12 when an anticipated avalanche of 8.5 million packages – 400,000 more than last year’s busiest day – will be headed to doorsteps around the world through FedEx Express and FedEx Ground. FedEx typically handles 6 million packages a day.
“Economic growth continues on a healthy and sustainable pace with recent indicators suggesting that the holiday season will be solid,” said FedEx economist Gene Huang. “Improving trends in merchandise sales, business orders, the services sector and employment in the United States remain in place, and this bodes well for holiday sales.”
The other big factor is a booming e-commerce industry. Researchers at eMarketer expect sales volume will be up 22 percent in the last quarter of this year to roughly $26 billion. With all that online activity, FedEx expects it will also process 3.5 million to 4 million daily tracking requests during peak season through fedex.com .
It will take 250,000 employees and contractors, 674 planes and 70,000 delivery vehicles to deliver the load.
