FedEx, UPS confront busiest holiday season on record - Times-Standard
The next week will be a 24/7, backbreaking, sleep-deprived haul for couriers such as FedEx, the United Parcel Service and the U.S. Postal Service, the last connections to deliver many much-anticipated Christmas gifts. And there is no room for mistakes.
Last year's fiasco -- when retailers over-promised on deliveries and bad weather snarled courier services, causing millions of gifts to arrive long after Santa's visit -- is still a painful memory, and everyone is working hard to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
The next week will be a 24/7, backbreaking, sleep-deprived haul for couriers such as FedEx, the United Parcel Service and the U.S. Postal Service, the last connections to deliver many much-anticipated Christmas gifts. And there is no room for mistakes.
Last year's fiasco -- when retailers over-promised on deliveries and bad weather snarled courier services, causing millions of gifts to arrive long after Santa's visit -- is still a painful memory, and everyone is working hard to avoid repeating the same mistakes.