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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (3038)4/10/1999 4:16:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Respond to of 28311
 
A bit off topic, but FDX is also a commodity.

Interesting point. But I figure that since E-commerce is just starting to take off, that FDX still has substantial revenue growth (it being one of the few shippers publically traded).

What really will be required will be regional distribution sites (possible future growth sector?) where electronic orders will be transferred to for final shipment by contracted distributor.

Regards,

Ron



To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (3038)4/10/1999 10:17:00 PM
From: John J. Frawley  Respond to of 28311
 
"somebody is going to create a website that selectively chooses the cheapest shipper from any shipper (including US mail) and there goes fdx margins"

Pitney Bowes sales people claim that this is exactly what their product does + connects to the Internet to automatically feed back delivery time + feed into the company's billing and accounts payable systems. Sounds good, but I have not known the system to work in practice.

John F.


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