These days, cheap shipping rates are scarcer than feathers in a cuckoo clock. Recent changes to both FedEx rates and UPS rates were bitter to swallow. Both companies announced increases to small package shipping rates that began with the New Year. Adding salt to the wound was a key change in how both FedEx and UPS now calculate ...
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2011
Mar 12
2011
Carrier Discounts vs. Rising Shipping Costs
Posted: Mar 12, 2011
Shipping costs are headed higher than a New York City skyscraper. No thanks to the high price of energy, which contributes to rising transportation costs. Record high oil prices have offset decades of trade liberalization efforts. When you consider the rising cost of shipping raw materials and finished goods, distance to market and ...
Continue ReadingMar 10
2011
How to Reduce Shipping Costs
Posted: Mar 10, 2011
How you reduce shipping costs can impact the profitability of your business. As a business owner, you can opt to raise your prices to compensate for today's higher shipping costs. But if you're smart, you'll avoid this trap, as it will make you less competitive in the long run. O...
Continue ReadingMar 08
2011
FedEx, UPS, and the FAARB
Posted: Mar 08, 2011
When Federal Express, usually a play yard buddy of UPS, found out that if the Federal Aviation Administration’s Reauthorization Bill [FAARB], now in its 16th temporary extension, gets the presidential sign-off, Federal Express may lose out on a highly cost-effective advantage over UPS. The bill commands a shift of drivers and other non-airline workers from the National Railway La...
Continue ReadingMar 06
2011
Comparing FedEx and UPS Services
Posted: Mar 06, 2011
If you ship anything on a regular basis, you probably know that the two biggest competitive small parcel package carriers in the U.S. are UPS and FedEx services. Both have earned quite a reputation in the small parcel shipping business. And both have pulled out all the stops to gain your trust and your business. If you want to ...
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