FedEx SmartPost to Drive Busiest Day in FedEx History On December 13

More Than 223 Million Shipments to Move Through FedEx Networks During the Holidays MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 11, 2010 – FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) expects to see its busiest day in company history when it moves almost 16 million shipments around the world on December 13. This is a more than 12 percent increase from last […]

Will FedEx Target Certain ‘Custom’ers for Rate Increases?

Lower volume customers would receive a “Dear John” letter while higher volume customers would get the message delivered in person by the sales team accompanied by something along the lines of “we’d love to keep your business, but unfortunately not at current margins. We think this proposed pricing is a win/win and still offers lower-than-market […]

AT & T Ships Products To Postal Employees Using USPS Discount Program Via FedEx, UPS

 The U.S. Postal Service has an “agreement with AT&T Wireless to provide discounted wireless phone service, phones, and accessories to postal employees.”  However, whenever Postal Employees order products online at AT & T’s website, the items are shipped via FedEx or UPS. An AT & T representative explained that shipping costs are cheaper using FedEx […]

USPS OIG: Federal Express – Transportation Agreement – Northeast Areas

This report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of the Federal Express (FedEx) transportation agreement. The objectives of our audit were to determine whether selected transportation operations were effective and economical (Project Number 09XG027NL000). See Appendix A for additional information about this audit. On August 2, 2006, the U.S. Postal Service signed a new […]

FedEx Is Again USPS’s Largest Supplier For Seventh Straight Year

Top U.S. Postal Service Contractors for FY 2009 Washington, D.C. – Husch Blackwell Sanders’ Government Contracts Practice Group today released its list of the top 10 U.S. Postal Service suppliers for fiscal year 2009, compiled from information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. David P. Hendel, a partner in the firm whose practice focuses […]