Comment / Analysis: is FedEx planning to put its stamp on a vulnerable Royal Mail?

© Gorgios

When the news hit the wires last week that e-commerce behemoth Amazon was trialling a delivery service to consumers that would also be offered to third-party retailers, I received a couple of calls from banking sources, one of whom asked: “Do you remember our chat this summer?”

“Of course,” I replied.

“FedEx could be readying to up the ante, to show Amazon who is in charge in delivery services worldwide,” he said.

This, in typical banking jargon, means that FedEx could be preparing a ...