Customers do the driving
Presentation at UK Express Delivery Conference by Craig Hibbert, Palletways.
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Major carriers increase US rates
Rate increases for United Parcel Service Inc., FedEx Corp. and DHL will take effect today. Rates for UPS Ground, UPS Next Day Air, UPS 2nd Day Air, UPS 3 Day Select and international services will rise 2.9 percent. UPS Hundredweight Service, an alternative to services offered by less-than-truckload carriers, will rise 5.9 percent FedEx, Memphis, will also increase its shipping rates today. The cost of its FedEx Express service will rise 2.6 percent. This includes a 4.6 percent increase in package and freight costs and a 2 percent decrease in its fuel surcharge. An indexed fuel surcharge was expected to be implemented yesterday for DHL’s DHL Ground and DHL@Home shipments. The fuel surcharge will be initially set at 2 percent.
Read MoreHome Shopping Tracker 2005
Home Shopping Tracker 2005
Read MoreNCN collapses
West Midlands express parcels company calls in administrator on December 23. Network member companies kept in the dark and are now owed large sums. Members of NCN Express Parcels this week spoke of their shock and anger at being left with over (pounds sterling)100,000 worth of debt after it called in administrators on December 23.
Read MoreUS Postal Service scores big in customers’ delivery comparisons
The US Postal Service – no stranger to measuring itself for performance success and customer satisfaction – took the lead in four informal parcel delivery tests conducted by postal customers this holiday mailing season. The “New York Times,” “Grand Rapids Press” (MI), KSLTV (UT) and KTVI (MO), within days of one another, conducted mailing comparisons among the US Postal Service, DHL, FedEx and United Parcel Service, measuring delivery time, quality and cost, shipping identical items ranging from coffee mugs and holiday ornaments to pecans within each test and using comparable classes of mail.
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