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<blockquote data-quote="Southwestern" data-source="post: 933456" data-attributes="member: 33209"><p>Yes they do. Shippers repeatedly change delivery companies; most will gravitate toward the best deal. For years I loaded bulk retail and dozens of shippers (Disney Store, PacSun, Sketchers, Hot Topic/Torrid, etc.) were big offenders in rotating between UPS and FedEx. Even enormous, blanket carriers make changes -- UPS made noise when it reacquired L.L. Bean, and -- more recently -- several Amazon distribution centers. Even new, dotcom companies such as NewEgg made the change to UPS when its long-term, low-balled contract with FedEx expired. (And yes, FedEx G has been notorious for offering such contracts.)</p><p></p><p>Recall that FedEx is just not competing with UPS, but also the USPS, LTL carriers, in-house options and regional carriers such as OnTrac. And the crux of FedEx Ground's volume growth has been driven by SmallPost... now that UPS has a competing product, and given the post office's woes, you can bet that SmallPost growth will heavily decline. Take out SmallPost, and FedEx G's growth over the past decade has been unimpressive, especially given the ~$1B spent on a brand-new distribution network.</p><p></p><p>As I mentioned, UPS has its long-term concerns, but so does FedEx. If FedEx G were the size of UPS, would its ISP model work? Would FedEx G be able to receive similar levels of productivity from employees earning low-wages?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Southwestern, post: 933456, member: 33209"] Yes they do. Shippers repeatedly change delivery companies; most will gravitate toward the best deal. For years I loaded bulk retail and dozens of shippers (Disney Store, PacSun, Sketchers, Hot Topic/Torrid, etc.) were big offenders in rotating between UPS and FedEx. Even enormous, blanket carriers make changes -- UPS made noise when it reacquired L.L. Bean, and -- more recently -- several Amazon distribution centers. Even new, dotcom companies such as NewEgg made the change to UPS when its long-term, low-balled contract with FedEx expired. (And yes, FedEx G has been notorious for offering such contracts.) Recall that FedEx is just not competing with UPS, but also the USPS, LTL carriers, in-house options and regional carriers such as OnTrac. And the crux of FedEx Ground's volume growth has been driven by SmallPost... now that UPS has a competing product, and given the post office's woes, you can bet that SmallPost growth will heavily decline. Take out SmallPost, and FedEx G's growth over the past decade has been unimpressive, especially given the ~$1B spent on a brand-new distribution network. As I mentioned, UPS has its long-term concerns, but so does FedEx. If FedEx G were the size of UPS, would its ISP model work? Would FedEx G be able to receive similar levels of productivity from employees earning low-wages? [/QUOTE]
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