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Is Amazon Competing With FedEx, UPS and DHL in the Package-Delivery Market?

©iStock/killerbayer When it comes to online activities, Amazon changed the way we shop, especially on books.  Just look at the state of Borders who turned over its online keys to Amazon back in the early days and Barnes and Noble who seems to operate only in big cities.  How are they fairing?  Now Amazon is not only opening brick and mortar bookstores but is changing the way we ship, or at least the choices we make when we buy from Amazon and have our merchandise delivered. ... Amazon has moved openly and aggressively to increase its reach, capabilities and capacity in the logistics and distribution arena. The Seattle-based company purchased thousands of trailers blazoned with Amazon logos in the U.S., registered as a non-vessel-operating common carrier to better manage the flow of goods from China to the U.S. and leased 20 U.S. domestic cargo planes from Air Transport Services Group. Are we in for market disruption in the logistics industry?

Today in Global Small Business: DHL Spurs Entrepreneurial Exports

©iStock/aprott What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Home office import/export -- some drawbacks (part III of III-part series). The debate over trade and the future of the working class. Why you should use Google Apps for work. Is there a global slowdown  in the UK? Growth in global e-commerce logistics may approach 10 percent in 2016-2020 period. DHL spurs entrepreneurial exports .