Fedex news and trends

FedEx CEO Bets on Smarter Logistics and Using Robots to Load Trucks
Delivery // April 25, 2025

FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam said Thursday (April 24) that the logistics giant is using advanced data analytics and AI to navigate complex global trade disruptions — the latest of which are U.S. tariffs. “Things are changing by the minute,” Subramaniam said during a fireside chat...

FedEx Teams With Blue Yonder on ‘Box-Free’ Returns Program
Partnerships // March 25, 2025

FedEx introduced a service to make it easier for customers to send in returns. Beginning this summer, FedEx Easy Returns will allow customers to access a “low-cost, box- and label-free returns solution” in partnership with supply chain management company Blue Yonder, according to a Tuesday...

CE 100 Index Adds 2.1% as Porch Group Rallies and Tencent Surges on Earnings
Connected Economy // March 24, 2025

Over the past week, the CE 100 Index’s 2.1% rally outpaced its benchmarks, driven by gains across all pillars. Porch Group led advancing names in the Index, surging more than 14.4%. Investing sites such as Tipranks reported that sell-side Wall Street firm Stephens boosted its...

Global Shipping Slowdown Anything but Smooth Sailing for FedEx
Shipping // March 20, 2025

It’s been a bumpy ride for transportation and logistics company FedEx. For decades, the shipper has been a bellwether of global commerce, its earnings serving as a barometer for supply chain health and business confidence. But on Thursday (March 20), for a third consecutive quarter,...

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CE 100 Index Adds 2.1% as Porch Group Rallies and Tencent Surges on Earnings

March 24, 2025
Over the past week, the CE 100 Index’s 2.1% rally outpaced its benchmarks, driven by gains across all pillars. Porch Group led advancing names in the Index, surging more than 14.4%. Investing sites such as Tipranks reported that sell-side Wall Street firm Stephens boosted its price target on the company to $10 from $8 while […]

CE 100 Index Adds 0.9% as Visa and Mastercard Lead Payments Names Higher

February 03, 2025
The CE 100 Index was boosted this past week by the Pay and Be Paid sector. As is always the case as the first few weeks of the year unfold,...

Live Pillar Leads Gains as CE 100 Index Bucks Broader Markets

January 06, 2025
The CE 100 Index ended the last few days of 2024 and the first few days of the new year with a slight gain, adding 0.3%, while broader markets fell...

FedEx Tamps Down 2025 Outlook Despite Digital Transformation Efforts

September 19, 2024
In some ways, FedEx is a bellwether of global trade and logistics. After all, global growth, inflation, fuel costs, interest rates, supply chain disruptions and competition are all elements that...

Quick Reads
Amazon Adds FedEx to Delivery Partners as UPS Cuts Back

May 12, 2025
Amazon will have FedEx deliver large packages to the retailer’s customers for the first time in six years. The companies reached a multiyear agreement that renews a relationship that ended in 2019, Bloomberg reported Monday (May 12). The deal follows a January announcement by UPS that it will cut the number of packages it delivers […]

FedEx Teams With Blue Yonder on ‘Box-Free’ Returns Program

March 25, 2025
FedEx introduced a service to make it easier for customers to send in returns. Beginning this summer, FedEx Easy Returns will allow customers to access a “low-cost, box- and label-free...

UPS, FedEx Say Deliveries May Be Delayed by Microsoft Outage

July 19, 2024
Both UPS and FedEx told their customers Friday (July 19) that package deliveries may be delayed due to the global Microsoft outage that began late Thursday (July 18). “A third-party...

Experts Expect Spinoff as FedEx Considers Future of Freight Unit

June 26, 2024
FedEx is reportedly expected to spin off its Freight unit after it conducts an assessment of the future of that business unit. The company’s Freight unit, which is the largest...