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Package deliveries are clogging city streets

by Kristin Schwab
Mar 21, 2024
Retailers, shipping companies and cities are working together to solve the problem.
Michael Singh prepares for his Amazon cargo bike delivery shift.
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FedEx meets lowered demand for shipping with cost-cutting and layoffs

by Elizabeth Trovall
Jun 21, 2023
As consumers favor services over buying goods, FedEx and other shippers are feeling the pinch.
FedEx is spending more on wages and equipment while people are choosing experiences over goods.
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Holiday surge in e-commerce could cause delivery crunch

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Nov 27, 2020
It won't be as bad as early in the pandemic, but shoppers should plan ahead.
A postal worker loads packages into a mail truck outside a USPS center in Los Angeles, California, in August.
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When overnight delivery doesn't quite cut it

by Justin Ho
Dec 18, 2019
FedEx reported weaker than expected earnings for the most recent quarter.
Pedestrians walk past a FedEx truck in the Financial District in New York City.
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How to stop your delivery packages from getting stolen

by Janet Nguyen
Nov 13, 2019
"Porch pirates" took parcels from nearly 26 million Americans in 2017.
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UPS workers vote to authorize strike

by Erika Beras
Jun 7, 2018
UPS Inc. workers, who belong to the Teamster’s Union, voted by more than 90 percent earlier this week to authorize a strike if there’s no agreement on issues around pay and expanding delivery days. The current five-year contract expires on July 31. Negotiations are ongoing. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
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