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DirtyPurple 05-27-2020 02:04 PM
FedEx & Hermes
 
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKBN2332J6

I’ve never heard of Hermes...guess I’ll have to do a little research.

golfandfly 05-27-2020 03:44 PM
Originally Posted by DirtyPurple (Post 3065169)
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...

PurpleToolBox 05-28-2020 08:57 AM
Originally Posted by DirtyPurple (Post 3065169)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKBN2332J6

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.

Tango Uniform 05-28-2020 09:50 AM
Originally Posted by PurpleToolBox (Post 3065599)
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....

Freighthumper 05-28-2020 10:22 AM
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.

Hacker15e 05-28-2020 10:31 AM
Originally Posted by PurpleToolBox (Post 3065599)
FedEx isn't advertising.
I wish Purple would get back to memorable advertising in the US, too.

Noworkallplay 05-28-2020 10:37 AM
Originally Posted by Tango Uniform (Post 3065653)
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.

Saafer 05-28-2020 11:04 AM
Originally Posted by Noworkallplay (Post 3065698)
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!

NotMrNiceGuy 05-28-2020 11:24 AM
Amazon is interested as well...
 
“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

C2078 05-31-2020 05:25 AM
Originally Posted by Noworkallplay (Post 3065698)
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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