UPS Inc. (NYSE:UPS) said Tuesday that it plans to expand its weekend ground residential delivery operations, a strategy designed to build greater traffic density across its daily delivery network and to close the weekend delivery gap with archrival FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX).
UPS CEO Carol Tomé told analysts following the release of the company’s first-quarter results that by October it will reach 90% of the U.S. population with its Saturday ground deliveries to residences. Currently, that number...
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