Transportation Impact

At 50, FedEx faces new opportunities and challenges

As Monday broke over Wall Street, 60 top FedEx Corp. executives stood at the podium of the New York Stock Exchange to ring the opening bell for trading. Cities across the globe from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to the company’s home in Memphis, Tennessee, were lighting landmarks, and airports were hued in its orange and purple colors. Last week, a portrait series collaboration with the famed photojournalist Annie Leibovitz was published to spotlight and elevate FedEx’s small business customers....

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Transportation Impact celebrates name change

Transportation Impact announced the launch of a new corporate brand identity Monday, unveiling a new name, logo, domain name, and tagline. Known now as TransImpact, the supply chain technology and services company praised the change for connecting the company’s legacy with its technology-focused future.

“The name TransImpact is a natural evolution from our original name, Transportation Impact,” said CEO Berkley Stafford. “As we evolved to support clients beyond shipping, this new name better...

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Regional carriers by any other name

About a month ago, Nate Skiver, founder of LPF Spend Management, a parcel-delivery consultancy, posed a rhetorical question on his LinkedIn page: What if shippers and retailers used regional delivery carriers and last-mile providers to meet their primary e-commerce delivery needs and used UPS Inc. (NYSE:UPS) and FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX) to fill in the blanks as backups?

Skiver’s musings received about 10,000 page views, striking a chord in an industry experiencing profound changes in how its...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/regional-carriers-by-any-other-name

E-commerce shippers behind the Big Brown 8-ball in 2021

It’s no secret that e-commerce shippers are expected to bear the brunt of UPS Inc.’s (NYSE:UPS) 2021 rate increases. But a detailed analysis of the carrier’s pricing strategy opens a window on how painful those increases might be for customers who are unaware of what lies ahead.

The analysis, prepared by consultancy Transportation Impact and posted on its LinkedIn page Nov. 13, shows that the UPS increases, which take effect Dec. 27, are tilted toward the slower, or “deferred,” services that...

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