Amazon lifts FedEx ground-delivery ban for sellers
during the holiday shopping season. Shares of FedEx climbed as much as 2.5% following the news.
The company will resume FedEx's Ground and Home services on Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET, according to an email Amazon sent Tuesday to merchants that was viewed by CNBC. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed to CNBC that the company is resuming ground-delivery service on Tuesday. The spokesperson said FedEx Ground and Home services have been consistently meeting Amazon's on-time delivery requirements, so it reinstated the shipping option for Prime orders.Sellers have been unable to use FedEx's ground delivery services to ship Prime packages for almost one month.
third-party sellers' access to FedEx's ground and home delivery services for Prime orders. Amazon blamed the decision on FedEx's poor delivery performance, noting it would resume access once the service improved.during the busiest shopping period of the year. Some sellers were forced to find a new carrier and potentially face higher upfront costs as a result. Other sellers said they had grown frustrated with FedEx's service delays.
Tensions had been heating up between Amazon and FedEx before the company suspended ground-delivery services. FedEx announced plans last August to end its ground-delivery contract with Amazon. Last September, FedEx started mentioning Amazon as a competitor, after denying the company posed a threat. Amazon has gradually distanced itself from FedEx and
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