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The e-tailers have created a ''Christmas in July'' shopping spree..bricks and mortar stores have done that for eons..since people are all at the beach,and not in stores shopping..now,people are at the beach..shopping..
Volume up from..
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worldwide
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E-Commerce Drives UPS 2Q Shipments Up 7.2 Percent, UPS 2Q EPS Increases 7.1 Percent
Daily package volume improved 7.4%, led by gains in UPS Ground and Deferred up 8.1% and 5.4%, respectively
Ground product growth was driven primarily by lightweight e-commerce shipments. UPS SurePost shipments increased more than 60% over the prior year period and accounted for about half of the total growth.
On a reported basis, operating profit declined 82% to $209 million as a result of the post-retirement liability transfer previously mentioned.
Coldworld
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Sounds like they can't use the excuse that FedEx is taking all of the volume anymore...ground is up 8% now they have no reason to not run some more routes.
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
Thank you for that stunning piece of information captain obvious.
Since you USED to be a trader and still aren't can we assume you weren't very good?
Overpaid Union Thug
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Sheesh!
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
Has anyone read the new contract?
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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You mean the part where most of that work is going to come back to us?
Jackburton
Gone Fish'n
As density increases there are less and less reasons for us to sub out the post office, especially for smalls.
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
Overpaid Union Thug
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The amount of work we'll keep from Surepost will be nothing more than a pin prick. It will barely even put a dent in the piles of bags we drop off there. The dimensions required to keep them are too high. Three cubic feet is a joke.
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Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
Ill take that as a no you haven't read it.
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
File on that. That's your work. I agree I'm interested to see how well their system handles the close proximity language.
Virtually all surepost in towns with over 10-15k ppl should be diverted back.
I have a bulk stop. I used to deliver 75 -100 a day. now I get. 30-40 a day. and the mailman deliver. 40- 50 Sureposts a day!
OptimusPrime
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Sure post has gotten ridiculous here. It's to the point the bid route guys can't do it. It's just too much. One day I took a truck that was blown out with 450-500 pieces. That was two stops.
BakerMayfield2018
Fight the power.
TooTechie
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Yeah surepost is cannibalizing our ground, but they tell the Union that it's work we wouldn't have gotten otherwise. Bs
Overpaid Union Thug
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I've read it and re-read it. The language simply won't produce the amount of work that some thinks it will. Some heavy resi areas might see a decent spike in volume but not enough to get too excited about. Adding even just one route would be a plus but our cubical dwelling metrics slaves are very good at figuring out a way to bust up one route and make sure the work is absorbed by the rest and pretending like it never existed.
The negotiators (union side of course) should have firmly pressed for dimensions LESS than three cubic feet instead of greater than to determine whether or not they are retained from SurePost. How small? I don't know but demanding anything that is classified as a small might have been a stretch but hey.......it's supposed to be our work. The only thing we can all shoot for now is making sure that we are getting what is supposed to be held from SurePost.
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