![]() ![]() “Big companies like Amazon and Wal-Mart will dictate which direction this goes. “UPS and FedEx are not only watching this, they are likely concerned about it,” said Lou Tapper, an executive at third-party logistics company Longistics, who worked at FedEx for 18 years. Meanwhile, major brick-and-mortar retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Best Buy Co Inc and Gap Inc are shipping more online orders from stores close to shoppers, rather than from warehouses hundreds of miles away. The world’s largest online retailer is also increasingly using its own delivery trucks, cutting UPS and FedEx out of some parts of its fulfillment network. retailers are experimenting with new e-commerce strategies that could dent demand for package delivery services, particularly demand for shipments over long distances, according to analysts and industry executives.Ī Inc is building its distribution warehouses closer to customers to save millions of dollars in shipping costs. A Federal Express truck is parked next to a UPS truck as both drivers make deliveries in downtown San Diego, California March 5, 2013. ![]()
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