FedEx Corp. of Memphis becomes the 11th member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Blockchain Center of Excellence at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. read more >
United Parcel Service says it plans to hire more than 100,000 extra workers to help handle an increase in packages during the holiday season. read more >
FedEx Logistics is establishing a new headquarters in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, and bringing nearly 700 jobs along with it. read more >
Three parcels totaling 7.36 acres in west Little Rock exited bankruptcy after a $3.6 million transaction. read more >
FedEx Office will open 500 new locations in select Walmart stores over the next two years, the company headquartered in Plano, Texas, and Walmart Inc. of Bentonville announced Tuesday. read more >
FedEx says it is investing more than $1 billion to modernize its Tennessee hub, in a move the shipping giant says will improve its efficiency and reliability as it delivers packages throughout the world. read more >
The “final mile” of shipping items purchased online — experts call it a $13 billion market — is tantalizing for shippers even as it is putting pressure on retailers’ margins. read more >
FedEx Corp. of Memphis marks the grand opening of its new 303,000-SF Ground facility in southwest Little Rock, where the company employs 175 people. read more >
Salmon Cos. of North Little Rock was the third-largest contractor for the U.S. Postal Service in fiscal 2014, according to an annual ranking by the Husch Blackwell law firm. read more >
FedEx Corp. of Memphis broke ground Thursday on a 300,000-SF Ground distribution facility in southwest Little Rock. The publicly traded logistics firm plans to employ about 160 people there. read more >
FedEx has scheduled a groundbreaking for its new Ground distribution facility in southwest Little Rock. read more >
Development of a 311,684-SF FedEx Corp. distribution center is officially in motion in southwest Little Rock near the northwest corner of Alexander and Loop roads. read more >
FedEx forecast Wednesday that deliveries between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve will rise 8.8 percent over last year, to 290 million shipments. read more >
The boom in online shopping may be hurting some store-based retailers, but it is doing wonders for FedEx Corp. read more >
Shipping giant FedEx has pulled out of a business conference after former Arkansas death row inmate Damien Echols was asked to speak. read more >
FedEx Corp. of Memphis, Tenn., gives $100,000 to the University of Arkansas Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History. read more >
The world's second-largest package delivery company, a bellwether for economic health, lowered its economic forecast for the U.S., saying there remains a lot of uncertainty for the country. read more >
