Category: UPS Press Release

Improvements in Customs Capabilities Provide Substantial Benefits to Countries

UPS® (NYSE:UPS), a leading global logistics provider and advocate for global trade, applauds the Global Express Association for commissioning an economic study, “Express Delivery and Trade Facilitation: Impacts on the Global Economy,” and the work of Frontier Economics to show the strong correlation between increases in trade and the evolution of express delivery supply chains.

Service guarantees door-to-door delivery in as few as 1-3 days

UPS® (NYSE:UPS) today announced the expansion of its UPS Worldwide Express Freight™ service in 12 new origin and nine new destination countries for urgent, time-sensitive and high-value international heavyweight shipments. UPS now offers the guaranteed service – perfect for product launches, inventory shortages or equipment failure replacement parts – to 50 origin and 51 destination countries and territories.

• Peak Season Preparations Helped Retailers to Take Advantage of Holiday Season Demand
• UPS Survey: Online Shoppers Expect Easy Returns
• Easy Holiday Returns via The UPS Store, UPS Access Point Locations or Driver Pickup

With a record number of consumers shopping online for the holidays, post-holiday returns and exchanges will keep UPS (NYSE: UPS) busy right through the new year. UPS National Returns Day is Jan. 6, 2015, when the company expects consumers will ship more than 800,000 packages back to retailers and merchants. By the end of the first full week in January, UPS anticipates transporting 4 million return packages in the United States.

Purchase Strengthens UPS’s Position as a Leading Provider of Compliant Healthcare Supply Chain Solutions Across Europe

UPS® (NYSE: UPS) today announced it has agreed to terms with Poland-based investment fund ORTIE to acquire its pharmaceutical logistics company Poltraf Sp. z o.o. The acquisition will further strengthen UPS’s healthcare expertise and network in Europe, enabling compliant logistics services to customers for streamlining their product supply to the fast-growing healthcare markets of Central and Eastern Europe.

• 90,000-95,000 seasonal employees needed to handle anticipated e-commerce-driven holiday delivery surge
• UPS improving forecasting, capacity, package tracking and customer communication to meet ongoing e-commerce and B2B shipping demands
• Seasonal positions often an entry point to long-term UPS employment

UPS (NYSE: UPS) announced that it expects to hire between 90,000 – 95,000 seasonal employees to support the anticipated holiday surge in package deliveries that will begin in October and continue through January 2015. The company is gearing up for increased holiday delivery volume in 2014 as it prepares to play a pivotal role in helping retailers take advantage of the holiday gift-giving season. The seasonal positions as package sorters, loaders, delivery helpers and drivers have long been an entry point for permanent employment, training and career opportunity after the company re-assesses its needs following the holiday period.