The good ship UPS was already “battening down the hatches” when the tariff storm hit.

It previously embarked on a multi-year cost-reduction programme with station closures and widespread redundancies; and continues the process of disentangling itself from its contracts with Amazon – the Amazon glide down; and the phase-in of its Ground Saver service offering a lower-priced, “less-express” service to SME shippers.

Then came the tariffs and the associated de minimis change, the effects of which began to be manifested in its ...

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