Emma Cosgrove

The company has more than half a million employees, but exact the number of layoffs was not specified.

As many as 9.6 billion pounds of returns ended up in landfills in 2021, according to one estimate — equivalent to 10,500 fully loaded Boeing 747s.

A totally hands-off shipping service for e-commerce sellers is something tech companies have been promising for years, but few have delivered.

Psychologists call it “loss aversion,” when it becomes preferable to “gain” free shipping by buying more rather than “lose” money on shipping.

The layoffs will affect a new, lower-paying weekend position created in the most recent labor contract, according to local union chapters.

11 current and former FedEx employees say the most recent round of layoffs is threatening to erode the culture that Fred Smith built over five decades

Dog bites are the third most common injury sustained by delivery workers behind slips and falls and muscle strains.

“It’s easy to think these incidents won’t happen, but they do, and they tarnish the FedEx brand,” FedEx’s memo warned.

Tech companies aim to end delivery driver confusion by creating new addresses that show drivers exactly where to go step-by-step.

The July 31 deadline for UPS and the union that represents 340,000 of its employees to agree on a new contract and avoid a strike is quickly approaching and both sides are ramping up preparations in case of a walkout.UPS representatives told some customers Thursday that non-union management staff across the country would begin training for strike roles on Friday, according to a customer briefed on the plans by a UPS representative. The customer was required to sign a non-disclosure agreement in…