FedEx vs UPS | Deal with the Devil | 6

Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Both FedEx and UPS are doing a lot of business with e-commerce companies, especially Amazon. But after one disastrous Christmas season when both companies have difficulty delivering in time for Christmas, Amazon decides it’s time to bring shipping in-house. Going forward, UPS and FedEx’s biggest rival may not be each other, but the company that was once their best customer.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to business wars,
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0:06.5	It's October 2015,
0:17.2	Wilmington, Ohio, a small city near Dayton.
0:20.9	Jacob's ambling along the sidewalk
0:22.9	when he hears the roar of a plane.
0:24.9	He squints up at the sky.
0:27.4	It's headed to the nearby airport.
0:29.9	That's weird.
0:31.9	He watches the contrail spread.
0:33.9	Something he used to do all the time
0:35.4	before the economy tanked in 2008.
0:37.9	That's when the German shipping company,
0:39.4	DHL, shut down its Wilmington hub.
0:43.4	Jacob passes store after store along Main Street,
0:46.4	that's gone bust.
0:47.9	They're boarded up the paint-shipping author's signs.
0:51.4	DHL used to be the main employer in Wilmington.
0:54.4	It was devastating when they pulled out.
0:56.9	He shakes his head as he passes a hollowed out bookstore.
1:00.4	He remembers when they threw a block party
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