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Retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday season, but fewer seasonal employees are expected to be taken on this year to help customers in stores and assemble online orders in warehouses.

The U.S. Postal Service said Sept. 11 that it is ending discounts that shipping consolidators such as UPS and DHL use to get packages to the nation’s doorsteps.

UPS is acquiring a German firm that specializes in temperature-sensitive shipping to expand its health care logistics capabilities in Europe, the company announced Sept. 10.

UPS Inc. is laying off more of its employees, after earlier this year announcing it was cutting 12,000 jobs in its management ranks.

UPS Inc. experienced a 41.3% drop in earnings during the first quarter of 2024, the company reported April 23.

UPS will become the primary air cargo provider for the United States Postal Service after FedEx said it wasn’t able to reach an agreement on mutually beneficial terms to extend its contract.

UPS Inc. expects sales and profit to grow over the next three years as the courier overcomes soft demand for package delivery coming out of the pandemic.

UPS Inc. is reducing its overall employee head count by 12,000 workers, which the company says will save more than $1 billion, citing higher labor costs and softening demand.

UPS Inc. cut its annual profit target on a spike in costs from a new union labor contract and weaker package demand.

Uber said Oct. 4 that its drivers will collect up to five prepaid and sealed packages and drop them off at a local post office or at UPS or FedEx stores.