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Old 05-27-2020, 02:04 PM
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKBN2332J6

I’ve never heard of Hermes...guess I’ll have to do a little research.
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Old 05-27-2020, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by DirtyPurple View Post
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKBN2332J6

I’ve never heard of Hermes...guess I’ll have to do a little research.
Well, probably better than Herpes... so we got that going for us...
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I’ve never heard of Hermes...guess I’ll have to do a little research.
The problem we have in Europe and other countries is that nobody knows who FedEx is. If you talk to the local rampers/agents etc.etc. they'll tell you that FedEx isn't advertising. If you are in these countries and want to ship via FedEx, where do you drop off your package? I don't see any FedEx Offices over there. But I could be wrong but I don't think I am.
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The problem we have in Europe and other countries is that nobody knows who FedEx is. If you talk to the local rampers/agents etc.etc. they'll tell you that FedEx isn't advertising. If you are in these countries and want to ship via FedEx, where do you drop off your package? I don't see any FedEx Offices over there. But I could be wrong but I don't think I am.
Guess the $4.8 billion dollar purchase of TNT didn’t quite work out as planned....
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Sounds like a good idea for us. Many of the packages we receive over here end up at a Hermes kiosk for pickup. They are all over the place and could be a way to get us better visibility.
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Old 05-28-2020, 10:31 AM
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FedEx isn't advertising.
I wish Purple would get back to memorable advertising in the US, too.
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Old 05-28-2020, 10:37 AM
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Guess the $4.8 billion dollar purchase of TNT didn’t quite work out as planned....
That will be determined in 5-10 years once integration is completely done. Much like UPS relying more and more on Amazon for business, its hard to know if that was a good decision until years down the road. History always has the answer not futuristic speculation.
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That will be determined in 5-10 years once integration is completely done. Much like UPS relying more and more on Amazon for business, its hard to know if that was a good decision until years down the road. History always has the answer not futuristic speculation.
Well said!
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“Handelsblatt asserted that Amazon, too, was interested in Hermes, which faces a deficit in Germany, but is “on the right track,” Otto’s CFO told the newspaper.”

https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/...in-german.html
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That will be determined in 5-10 years once integration is completely done. Much like UPS relying more and more on Amazon for business, its hard to know if that was a good decision until years down the road. History always has the answer not futuristic speculation.
We are slowly weaning off them, company plan is to be mostly detached a in a few years or less, in essence ripping the band aid off slowly.
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