FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp, has expanded its Express Freight Services to include Saturday delivery for FedEx 1Day® Freight, FedEx 2Day® Freight and FedEx International Priority® Freight shipments to several U.S. metropolitan markets.
Read MoreExpress, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp has expanded its US Express Freight Services to include Saturday delivery for FedEx 1Day(R) Freight, FedEx 2Day(R) Freight and FedEx International Priority(R) Freight shipments to several U.S. metropolitan markets. “By extending the same reliable Express Freight service to Saturday, shippers now have more time-definite delivery options for their high-value freight shipments,” said Dan Mullally, senior vice president of sales for FedEx Services. “This new expanded service reflects our ongoing commitment to help shippers reduce costs and achieve faster inventory turns.”
Read MoreThe U.S. Postal Service is in “financial and systemic distress,” a coalition of mailers said in a letter delivered to four members of the House of Representatives.
“True postal reform can be achieved only through a comprehensive set of measures … that address the difficult, yet crucial, issues of cost control and regulatory oversight,” said Robert Walker, head of Postal Reform in the Public Interest and one of nine members of the President’s Commission on the U.S. Postal Service last year, in the letter.
Read MoreThe United States Postal Service has awarded a USD370 million contract to Siemens Dematic Postal Automation L.P. to provide systems and upgrades to replace its existing fleet of Multiline Optical Character Reader (MLOCR) systems. This is the single largest contract the USPS has ever awarded the company.
Read MoreThe US DMA has welcomed fresh moves by the government to overhaul the country’s postal operations, amid claims that the service must change or crumble.
The House of Representatives’ government reform committee held a special panel on postal reform to hear the concerns of the mailing sector over the future of the US Postal Service. The direct marketing industry is calling for the USPS to be given a facelift in response to the introduction of new media channels, such as email marketing and e-commerce.
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