I don’t see it was a FedEx killer. I have to assume fedex banks most of its money for long distance overnight shipments. There is a place for local overnight in fedex for legal docs etd, so they may need to counter with something new on a local level if this takes a bite out of their profits. It would not be hard to create a city hub to transfer items same day. Sort of a mini fedex model with a central drop location for same day local.
I find logistics very interesting and they are very good at it.
Agreed.
I don’t really know anyone who uses FedEx for crosstown deliveries.
Seems this would be more about the intracity courier business.
Will the Uber model include insurance for important packages?
For anything other than crosstown deliveries it would have to resemble the pony express. I can’t see my vitamin company using this sort of service to send my vitamins 1800 miles...
Agreed. FedEx ground is not targeted at local delivery. Uber might take over pizza / local but even for food an on-site person would be better for product quality/freshness.
Uber would be for non-perishable deliveries only.
FedEx does actually have same day service in many cities. Uber would be a competitor in that area - a very small area...