BNET Industries
Market Cap:$40.8B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$51.4B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
United Parcel Service of America, Inc. (UPS) is the world's largest package delivery company and a global leader in supply chain and freight services. With more than a century of experience in transportation and logistics, UPS is a leading global trade expert equipped with a broad portfolio of solutions. Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., UPS serves more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.
Number of Employees 260,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Couriers and Express Delivery Services: 492110
Recent Events
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UPS hiking rates for 2010
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Smart Power Monitoring with Network UPS Tools
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An epiphany, and a new policing philosophy
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Alchemilla Ultra-Pure Skin Care Becomes a Corporate Member of United Plant Savers Organization
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iPhone Most Popular Touchscreen Device
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FedEx promotes services with international effort
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UPS and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas to Unveil Special Safe Driving Paint...
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UPS Teams with American Red Cross to Send Relief Flight to American Samoa
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UPS UPS Declares $0.45 Quarterly Dividend; 3.3% Yield
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Which Transport Stock Got an 'Outperform' Rating?
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United Parcel Service Q3 Profit Drops; Yet Tops Estimates; Guides Q4 - Update
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Caterpillar's On the Move
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Expansion of UPS Healthcare Network Signals Changes in Industry
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UPS profits drop 43%, recovery has 'long way to go'
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UPS settles patent suit with Katz
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UPS Named Official Carrier for London Olympic Games
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Sears Settles Disability Discrimination Suit for $6.2M
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UPS Expands Healthcare Logistics Presence with Facilities in Puerto Rico, the Netherlands
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UPS Launches Marketing Service; To Distribute Retail Offers With Shipments - Quick Facts
News & Analysis
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Pharma Roundup: Pfizer Examined; Merck, UPS, and Wholesalers; and More
BNET
- 2009-01-20
Pfizer's dangerous tendency to save management instead of its operations -- ... is one of the company's problems, according to some commentary in this analysis of the Biggest Pharma. Yes, it is the largest, but that certainly doesn't immunize Pfizer against the tremendous pressures of the current climate -- especially...
Online Jeweler Engages UPS Delivery Intercept To Counter Credit Card Fraud
BNET
- 2009-01-01
Sometimes, the best business strategy is to stop the sale. Goldspeed.com, an online retailer of jewelry, needed to reduce losses from fraudulent sales. A UPS customer, the firm began using UPS Delivery Intercept when it became available in 2007. With Delivery Intercept, orders placed with unverified credit cards can be...
Follow In These Footsteps: Provide Excellent Service
BNET
- 2009-01-01
Zappos.com leads the way with model shipping and return policies. Zappos.com, an online retailer of shoes, apparel, accessories and electronics based in Las Vegas, stresses excellent customer service and fast order processing. With UPS Returns on the Web, Zappos customers can easily try different sizes and colors and return the...
Got An Alpaca Emergency? This Company's Got You Covered
BNET
- 2009-01-01
Useful Lama Items Inc. helps customers track their own shipments. Useful Lama Items Inc., an Illinois-based mail-order business, sells supplies to breeders of llamas and alpacas both belong to the genus Lama across the globe. Owners Bruce and Chris Armstrong sought a more efficient way to ship and track the...
Smartphone Accessorizer Calls For Speedy Customs Brokerage To Rush Products To Market
BNET
- 2009-01-01
From suppliers to customers, UPS keeps Smartphone Experts' products ... mobile. Online retailer Smartphone Experts needed the right shipping partner to handle increasing orders from customers around the world. UPS's Customs Brokerage service, on-time delivery and customized shipping and online technology tools helped Smartphone Experts manage surging sales. In three...
Getting A Slice Of The Pie
BNET
- 2009-01-01
Home Run Inn is still family-owned and operated, with seven restaurants, two manufacturing plants and one distribution facility that sends frozen pizzas out to grocery stores in more than 20 states. But the company was still missing an important market: Internet sales. Home Run Inn found the solution it was...
Inbound Visibility: How UPS Helps One Company Plan Ahead
BNET
- 2009-01-01
Biomedical researchers around the world rely on a Florida company for their high-tech gear. WPI, based in Sarasota, Fla., sends 2,000 shipments a month to scientific researchers at universities and pharmaceutical companies around the world. WPI needed a cutting-edge shipping operation - and Quantum View Manage from UPS helps the...
To Make A Profit On eBay, Consider UPS
BNET
- 2009-01-01
If you want to make money on eBay, positive customer feedback is the key to success - the more, the better. That's why shipping is essential to what you do. If you provide a positive shipping experience, your customers are more likely to be satisfied. High ratings from buyers can...
Making The Leap From Retail To e-Tail
BNET
- 2009-01-01
Internet selling is easier than ever. Yahoo!'s popular and easy-to-use Merchant Solutions service provides everything you need to set up and run a successful online store-hosting, an online "Shopping cart" for customers and order processing. For its basic e-commerce package, Yahoo! charges a $50 setup fee, $39.95 a month and...
Names, Faces & Events
- 2007-11-01
Autocar announced that Gene Parker has rejoined the company as director of vocational products sales and marketing. He returns to Autocar from American LaFrance, where he was national sales manager for the Condor product. Brembo North America recently appointed Adrian Smith general manager of its North American operations. Smith will...
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