For years, Amazon has used FedEx's ground delivery service to help shuttle online orders to consumers. But Amazon is also rapidly building its own delivery network.
For years, Amazon has used FedEx's ground delivery service to help shuttle online orders to consumers. But Amazon is also rapidly bolstering its own delivery network, agitating established logistics businesses. FedEx announced Wednesday that it plans to let their ground ship contract expire at the end of the month.
Its aggressive plans to expand its internal shipping network threaten FedEx and UPS . FedEx dumps Amazon from air cargo service as rivalry growsOver the past couple of years, Amazon's moves are often met in lock step by FedEx: Amazon expanded its warehouse center, and FedEx debuted FedEx Fulfillment. Amazon announced single-day delivery, and FedEx said it would speed things up with seven-day shipping. Amazon began testing a delivery robot, and FedEx introduced the SameDay bot.
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