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UPS Said to Handle 4 Million Returns By First Week of January, Up 15% from 2013

January 8, 2015 | Mike O'Brien

With many consumers large and small finding that not everything Santa brought was exactly what they wanted, UPS said it expects to handle 4 million returns packages by the end of the first week in January, up 15% from 3.5 million in 2013. The company estimated this deluge of reverse logistics hit a peak of 800,000 packages on Jan. 6.

UPS Access Point, My Choice Programs Expanded

October 13, 2014 | Mike O'Brien

UPS Access Point pickup program is being expanded to all major U.S. metro areas by 2015. The company is also adding its My Choice program in 15 countries.

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UPS Testing Customer Pickup in New York and Chicago

September 5, 2014 | Mike O'Brien

UPS announced last week it launched a customer pickup program trial in mid-July that allows people to pick up parcels from 172 retail locations in Chicago and New York.