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Amazon Working on Its Own Delivery Service for That ‘Last Mile’

By Josh Wolford April 25, 2014

It appears that Amazon is sick and tired of relying on UPS and FedEx to get packages to customers, and they are looking to take control of the situation–or at least do a little bit of the work themselves. The …

UPS Is Reportedly Testing Drones Too
By Chris Crum · December 3, 2013
You’ve no doubt heard all about Amazon’s drones by now. Just in case you haven’t, the company introduced an ambitious new project called Amazon Prime Air, which delivers goods to people’s homes via drone. As soon as the FAA sets …
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Shanda Fanning Identified As One Of The UPS Pilots
UPS Plane Crashes On Approach in Alabama
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UPS Explains How 3D Printing Can Help Your Small Business

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UPS Store To Offer 3D Printing Services
By Zach Walton · July 31, 2013

UPS is all about delivering packages and then refusing to leave them on your doorstep even when you politely request that they do so. Now the package delivery company is expanding its service into a surprising area – 3D printers. …

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UPS Responds To Offended UK Fans Online
By Mike Tuttle · March 16, 2012 · 5 Comments

UK fans have been quite upset about the commercial that UPS is running, using the infamous 1992 Duke win over UK as an example of great “logistics”. UPS has defended its use of the commercial, defying its own customer and …

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UPS Commercial Is Stupid Business Move
By Mike Tuttle · March 16, 2012 · 42 Comments

It was twenty years ago this month that UK fans were handed one of the greatest disappointments of our basketball-loving lives. It was the 1992 NCAA East Regional Finals. The Elite Eight. Duke vs. Kentucky. It was a battle to …

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Shipping Sites See Surge In Traffic In December
By Mike Sachoff · January 21, 2010

Retail sites, shipping sites, and greeting cards sites all saw surges in traffic in December due to the holiday season, according to a new report from comScore.

"December proved to be a strong month for the retail category with Tuesday, Dec. 15 ranking as the heaviest online spending day of the year – and of all time – at $913 million," said Jack Flanagan, executive vice president of comScore Media Metrix.

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UPS Launches App For iPhone Users
By Mike Sachoff · November 2, 2009 · 1 Comment

UPS has introduced a new application for iPhone and iPod touch users that ships and tracks packages and also uses built-in GPS features to find the closest UPS store.

Available at the APP Store, the new UPS Mobile APP for iPhone allows users to track shipments, create shipments using the My UPS address book, calculate shipping rates and time-in-transit.

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UPS Launches Online Printing Service
By Mike Sachoff · September 14, 2009 · 1 Comment

UPS announced today it is launching an online printing service aimed at small businesses.

"After reviewing the research and listening to our small-business customers, we realized there is a real need in the marketplace for an online printing platform that is easy to use, provides functionality geared to small businesses, and is supported by a convenient network of physical locations," said Stuart Mathis, president of Mail Boxes Etc., Inc. (MBE), franchisor of The UPS Store brand.

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UPS Adds New Feature For eBay Sellers
By Mike Sachoff · August 18, 2009 · 4 Comments

UPS said Monday that all U.S. based eBay sellers now have a direct, free connection from within eBay to the shipping system UPS WorldShip.

eBay sellers can now import their information into WorldShip without having to manually enter data. Sellers can export shipping data from WorldShip and automatically update their orders with UPS tracking numbers.

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eBay Launches Selling Manager For Third Party Developers
By Mike Sachoff · April 1, 2009 · 2 Comments

eBay has announced it is beta testing its subscription-based Selling Manager service platform that allows third party developers to embed their applications at My eBay where professional sellers manage their business.

The platform is used by 270,000 online sellers in the U.S. to manage their business. eBay says it will no longer charge for its Selling Manager service in an effort to attract third-party developers.

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Study: Live Chat Ups Conversions Tenfold
By WebProNews Staff · June 21, 2007 · 29

Sales, online and off, are closed when the customer trusts the seller. To that end, how far does including live chat in the online sales and checkout process go toward sealing the deal? Numbers are coming in, and they’re looking good.

YouTube Goes Retro With Banner Ads And Pop-Ups
By WebProNews Staff · April 10, 2007 · 7

When Google bought YouTube, the second question people asked (after "what about the copyright nightmare?) was about how Google planned to introduce advertising into a pure video vacuum. YouTubers have never been keen on being sold anything, not even Paris Hilton.

Ups and Downs of Socializing Content
By Aaron Wall · March 21, 2007

There are many ups and downs to adding a user generated content section to a site. It has been interesting watching the effects of SEOMoz’s user generated content and points systems.

Google Launches Affiliate Network (Beta)
By Aaron Wall · March 20, 2007

Via SEL, Google beta launched a distributed pay per action ad network, and are accepting publisher sign ups here.

Picasa Ups Storage, Features, Blogger Integration
By Nathan Weinberg · March 12, 2007

Google has added new features to Picasa Web Albums, its online photo storage service, and increased the storage for free accounts to 1 gigabyte (up from 250 megabytes). New features include easy embed codes for sharing your photos through email, instant messages and websites and being able to search for public photos.

Simplicity Marketing from Apple, Nintendo, & UPS
By Rohit Bhargava · January 22, 2007

Like anyone else, I find Steve Job’s product launch presentations to be mesmerizing.

Employment Site Traffic Has Ups and Downs
By WebProNews Staff · January 10, 2007

The first week of a new year, people want two things overall: a new body and a new job. Last week we found out that on New Year’s Day, visits to dieting websites spiked by 57 percent. By the end of the week it seems all that dieting is going toward a new suit as visits to job site jump by 31 percent.

Bloglines Ups Features With Playlists
By Kevin Dugan · November 14, 2006

Of the 175-plus feeds I track using Bloglines, it can be daunting to look at all of them at once. They might as well be stacks of magazines piled up on my desk.

Amazon Working on Its Own Delivery Service for That ‘Last Mile’

UPS Is Reportedly Testing Drones Too

Shanda Fanning Identified As One Of The UPS Pilots

UPS Plane Crashes On Approach in Alabama

UPS Explains How 3D Printing Can Help Your Small Business

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