FedEx Corp. will again attempt to whack its big customers with hefty delivery surcharges this holiday season. But the carrier is going about things a little differently than its competition.
FedEx (NYSE:FDX) has set two cycles in the calendar to apply residential delivery surcharges: The first cycle covers parcels shipped Oct. 4-17. The second covers parcels shipped Nov. 15-28. Rival UPS Inc. (NYSE:UPS) and the U.S. Postal Service, the latter of which announced its peak surcharges last week,...
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