FedEx will start delivering packages seven days a week next January. It is also taking back nearly two million home deliveries currently handled by the post office.
Source: Associated Press, May 30, 2019. Link. Consumers want packages over the weekend,” President and Chief Operating Officer Raj Subramaniam said in an interview. “As soon as we went to 6-day, we started hearing about 7-day.”
INSIGHTS: Customers wanting daily delivery live on rural routes, as well as in high-rise apartments. They buy all types of companion animal and livestock products, too. If successful, Sunday delivery will confirm a new level of customer expectations for all who sell animal health products and services.
Also see: Opinion – FREE, one-day shipping is an oxymoron, Animal Health Digest, May 21, 2019. Link.