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The last mile.
That has long been the challenge for businesses that make deliveries. Whether they’re delivering office products, clothing, tools or Christmas gifts, getting the products to a customer’s front door can be a struggle. Traffic congestion and narrow streets and alleys often make the process difficult.
But UPS has hit on a strategy that appears to be working.
A Houston-area UPS driver is behind bars Thursday after being caught stealing packages from customers, police said.SummaryWith the recent market downturn now is a great time to look for quality companies to invest in that have been on your watchlist for a while. Now could be a good time to enter or add to a position do to the US stock market volatility in recent months. United Parcel Service (UPS) is one of those great and easy to understand business’ that has been on my watch list for a long time. Due to attractive valuations on this great company I recently entered a position. Through this article will explain why I purchased stock in UPS and why it may be a good idea for you to buy also.
If you’ve ordered a lot of stuff online this holiday season, you may have noticed some of it being delivered by people in unmarked vehicles. That concerned a resident in North Carolina.
Nile Price does seasonal deliveries for UPS and drives her own car. Last Saturday, she stopped by a home to deliver a package. Wearing her UPS uniform, she identified herself to the resident. It didn’t convince the homeowner as the resident pointed a gun at her.
“I asked him why would he pointed a rifle, and he said ‘Well we don’t know who you are,'” Price said.
In the busiest time of year, a UPS driver was caught on camera in Lakeview cutting corners, driving across a man’s yard.
“Beyond the disbelief and outrage, I think. I’m a customer, UPS makes deliveries here — so, I don’t know,” said local artist Tuna Seither, who owns the property and gave WDSU the video of the incident.
Seither said the UPS driver was caught on camera but that’s not the only vehicle that he said has been cutting across his lawn to avoid the construction site at the corner of Louis XIV Street and Polk Street in Lakeview.