The season is expected to be bolstered by three volume spikes throughout December, occurring the first three Mondays of the month and each expected to surpass 20 million shipments in volume.
by Staff
October 23, 2014
1 min to read
FedEx Corp. is forecasting another record holiday. The parcel and trucking company expects to move more than 290 million shipments between Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and Christmas Eve, an 8.8% increase in overall year-over-year peak seasonal volume.
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The season is expected to be bolstered by three volume spikes throughout December, occurring the first three Mondays of the month and each expected to surpass 20 million shipments in volume.
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