FedEx is testing delivery of bulky products, a $9bn market that couriers had left to more traditional trucking companies because large items don’t fit well in their sorting operations.
As consumers grow comfortable buying big, bulky goods online, national trucking companies are plowing investment into winning the business by displacing or buying up local operators.
After facing stagnant sales and weak customer traffic in 2018, U.S. restaurants will encounter more headwinds next year, including rising food and wage costs.