FedEx aims to make life easier for small or medium shippers
FedEx handlers (in a file photo) sort packages at their Cordova center. The company’s new fdx.com platform offers retailers help with real-time delivery estimates and more. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
FedEx announced the fdx.com platform in January at the National Retail Federation’s Big Show and spent the next eight months in a quiet rollout.
It says brands of all sizes have bought in, including Z Supply, an apparel company with a presence with more than 3,000 retailers in the U.S. It, FedEx says, has already reported single-digit results in revenue and conversion rates.
Amazon has been providing these services for its sellers for years, says Santosh Kumar, the Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence Professor in Computer Science at the University of Memphis.
“Amazon is the marketplace. It’s serving those who sell their products on Amazon, including handling their warehousing and returns.
“It leaves all of these brick-and-mortar retailers who are losing more and more business to Amazon, but they don’t want to move to Amazon because it charges hefty fees,” Kumar said.
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Jane Roberts
Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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