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Trump targets Amazon in call for postal service to hike prices – Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump targeted Amazon on Friday in a call for the country’s postal service to raise prices of shipments in order to recoup costs, picking another fight with the online retail giant he has criticized in the past.

“Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer? Should be charging MUCH MORE!” Trump wrote on Twitter.

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UPS Press Release

E-Commerce Expansion Fuels Robust Returns With National Returns Day Expected To Hit New Record

  • In December, more than 1 million returns occurred each day before Christmas
  • 1.4 million returns expected on National Returns Day, Jan. 3, a fifth consecutive annual record, up 8% from prior year

Record breaking Black Friday and Cyber Week e-commerce sales jumpstarted the holiday returns season, with a larger flood of packages going back to retailers, even while many presents sat under the tree, according to UPS (NYSE:UPS).

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UPS Press Release

The UPS Store Celebrates Literacy and Brings Magic to the 2018 Rose Parade

The UPS Store will write the next chapter in its tale to promote literacy in the 2018 Tournament of Roses® Rose Parade. The float, “Books Bring Dreams to Life”, captures the magic and imagination that come alive when diving into a good read. The UPS Store® parade float spotlights the importance of childhood literacy on a national stage and complements the 2018 Rose Parade theme of “Making A Difference”.

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In final holiday push, UPS grabs its accountants to deliver packages – Fox News

Scrambling to deliver a crush of holiday shipments before Christmas, United Parcel Service Inc. is using hundreds of its accountants, marketers and other office staff to deliver packages at the last minute.

UPS normally has “ready teams,” or office workers that help to sort, load or deliver packages, that it sends out to clear problem spots throughout the network. The initial sign ups are voluntary and usually set weeks before the busiest periods.

But UPS had to supplement those workers this year by calling in employees from various desk jobs with little notice. Some are delivering packages using their personal vehicles. A shift to online shopping coupled with a tight market for seasonal workers left gaps in manpower across the delivery network.

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UPS Looks to Tesla to Meet Emissions Goal – Gvtech

The delivery giant preordered 125 electric semi-trucks to reach their goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 12 percent by 2025.

Telsa has landed its largest pre-order for its all-electric semi-trucks.

The United Parcel Service announced this week that it will buy 125 Tesla semi-trucks.

The largest single order to date for the yet-to-be-released big rigs comes from the company operating one of the largest private alternative-fuel fleets in the United States.

UPS operates more than 108,000 vehicles. More than 8,500 are electric, natural gas, hybrid or run on some other type of alternative fuel or advanced technology, according to the company’s website. UPS wants to cut its overall greenhouse gas emissions by 12 percent by 2025.