Articles about UPS

Amazon rolls out ground shipping service for sellers in broader challenge to UPS and FedEx

Amazon is further expanding its delivery business with the official rollout of Amazon Shipping, a service for sellers that picks… Read More

How Amazon ended up with too much warehouse space — and what it’s planning to do next

Amazon added warehouse space faster than it ultimately needed in response to the challenges of the pandemic, outpacing consumer sales… Read More

CVS and UPS team up for drone deliveries to retirees amid coronavirus outbreak

UPS’ drone subsidiary and the CVS pharmacy chain say they’ll start delivering prescription medicines to the nation’s largest retirement community… Read More

Amazon is delivering half of its own packages, reducing reliance on third-parties, analysts find

Amazon is coming for couriers. The Seattle tech giant is now delivering 50 percent of packages itself, according to Morgan… Read More

Your move, Amazon: UPS Flight Forward wins FAA approval as drone delivery airline

UPS says its drone delivery subsidiary, UPS Flight Forward, has received certification from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate as… Read More

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Amazon’s new Prime number: Why the tech giant is shifting its core shipping benefit to one-day delivery

Amazon’s first quarter earnings report last week presented analysts and investors with a financial mystery. The company’s profits were much… Read More

Look out, UPS and FedEx? Amazon filing cites ‘intense competition’ in transportation and logistics

Amazon continues to pour billions into its growing shipping operations, an area where the company says it is facing “intense… Read More

UPS launches cargo e-bike delivery in Seattle, returning to bicycle courier origins a century later

More than a century ago, the company now known as UPS started as a simple courier service in Seattle. A… Read More

Owning an Amazon delivery business: The risks, rewards and economic realities of the tech giant’s new program for entrepreneurs

Amazon has a new idea for anyone who has ever dreamed of owning and running a small business, but was… Read More

Amazon’s new delivery program sparks early interest as shares of UPS and FedEx dip

“I’m keenly interested in establishing myself in this program.” “I am a disabled combat veteran and I’m interested in Amazon’s… Read More

Report: Amazon gearing up to roll out FedEx and UPS competitor ‘Shipping with Amazon’ in L.A.

Amazon is on the verge of rolling out a new delivery service that will compete with carriers like FedEx and… Read More

Amazon denies plans to replace UPS and FedEx as report points to bigger delivery ambitions

Amazon is testing an expansion of its delivery operations, including overseeing pickup and delivery of items from third-party seller warehouses… Read More

UPS testing drones that launch from trucks to shave delivery times in rural areas

Using drones to deliver packages doesn’t need to eliminate delivery drivers’ jobs. Under a new system tested by UPS this… Read More

The cost of convenience: Amazon’s shipping losses top $7B for first time

The amount of money that Amazon lost on shipping — a.k.a. the net cost of landing all those brown boxes on your doorstep… Read More

Amazon sails into ocean freight business, expanding retail giant’s role in shipping

Amazon has successfully begun shipping goods from Chinese merchants to U.S. warehouses by ocean, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.… Read More

Amazon shelling out record sums for shipping in push for faster delivery

Amazon’s net shipping costs soared to nearly $1.75 billion in the third quarter, the second-highest quarterly total in the company’s history and… Read More

FAA wants to fine Amazon $350K for shipping ‘Liquid Fire’

In late 2014 Amazon shipped a product called “Amazing! LIQUID FIRE” by air and — as you might’ve guessed —… Read More

Amazon now owns 10-percent stake in airfreight company that leased it 20 cargo jets

FedEx and UPS consider Amazon a customer rather than a competitor. But how large of a distribution network does Amazon… Read More

Amazon to compete with Fedex, UPS and Alibaba with secret ‘Dragon Boat’ plan, report says

Despite Amazon’s dismissal of the speculation that the company plans to compete directly with UPS and Fedex, Bloomberg says it… Read More

Retailers act early to keep holiday shipping promises, trying to avoid another debacle

A year ago, shoppers were frustrated when packages did not arrive in time for Christmas as promised. Retailers and delivery giants couldn’t… Read More

Video: Seattle, A History of Innovation — from Boeing to Zillow and beyond

Last night’s GeekWire Awards in Seattle celebrated the top technologies, people and companies in the Pacific Northwest in 2014 — but we… Read More

Amazon reportedly looks to rival UPS with its own “last mile” shipping service

Amazon is investigating the possibility of using its own trucks to transport packages to users, according to a report today… Read More

Shares of MicroVision soar on deal with UPS

Shares of MicroVision jumped more than 15 percent in early morning trading after the Redmond company inked a deal with… Read More

Christmas delayed: Amazon offers $20 gift cards, refunds shipping charges after UPS and FedEx problems

Didn’t get what you expected under the tree? It’s probably marooned in a package delivery center. Following widespread complaints about absent… Read More

UPS reportedly investigating its own drone delivery service

Amazon isn’t the only company with its eyes on drone-powered delivery, it seems. According to a new report by The… Read More

Ron Wiener unveils EquaShip, looks to upend UPS and FedEx

Ron Wiener is back in the package delivery business. The Seattle entrepreneur who previously founded Earth Class Mail today is… Read More