Over70irregs
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WTF 
www.theverge.com
FedEx is launching a new e-commerce platform as it competes with Amazon
FedEx’s new e-commerce platform will debut this fall.
www.theverge.com
FEDEX launches e-commerce site?????? WTF 🤬?
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Pullman Brown
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DumbTruckDriver
Allergic to cardboard.
I just put in my application with FedEx. The brown ship is sinking.
anonymous23456
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Wrong company. Why don't you directly apply to Amazon (the winner)?
anonymous23456
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Please...IE guy isn't ECommerce guy. He knows nothing about merchandising on website!
Over70irregs
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It’s not a problem until it is….
anonymous23456
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Amazon started out selling books then proceeded to selling everything else. Shipping was secondary and still is.
While creating computer/software infrastructure for selling everything, they discovered that they could rent out part of that infrastructure. Hence, they have AWS (Amazon Web Services) software infrastructure.
UPS had only one business model - shipping and delivery.
While creating computer/software infrastructure for selling everything, they discovered that they could rent out part of that infrastructure. Hence, they have AWS (Amazon Web Services) software infrastructure.
UPS had only one business model - shipping and delivery.
anonymous23456
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anonymous23456
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Over70irregs
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Just sell trinkets and widgets. Go from there.
catstalking
ie qt
it will be a flop, neither fedex or UPS can pretend to be something they're not
Anthropomorphic Cow
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If UPS went after a specific niche and expanded out slowly they could definitely get some piece of e-commerce. Amazon isn’t going to have such a large market share forever. Someone, probably temu, will slowly start to erode their base.
SorryLazyPOS
Big Kahuna Burger
BrownSnowFlake
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Why?
Specifically, why should higher volume be a goal? I thought our goal right now was higher margins.
Hard mode: Answer within a framework of creating shareholder value rather than creating union jobs.
Thebrownblob
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Hard to disagree with that opinion of higher margins. My wife ordered something for Amazon that cost $4.89 and had free shipping and was delivered the next day.
There is absolutely no way they made any money on that.
Amazon can afford it because they spread those losses out long ways but how long before it catches up?
JL 0513
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Problem for us is Amazon can seemingly get into everything and be successful. Everyone thought that no one new could come in and do what UPS, FedEx, USPS does and compete with such established networks. A few years later, Amazon is delivering the most parcels.
SorryLazyPOS
Big Kahuna Burger
I’m drop shipping right now.
