Best Buy has joined the free-shipping wars, offering the lure on many online orders for the holidays. Best Buy says hundreds of thousands of items are included. Some items such as Apple Inc.’s iPads, video game consoles and major appliances are not.
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Amazon hurt by rivals’ free shipping, deals
Amazon.com shares tumbled as much as 4 percent Monday on concerns that offers of free shipping by Wal-Mart Stores Inc and other retailers could challenge the online company’s results. Get the full story »
FedEx sees holiday shipping up 11%, Dec. 13 peak
FedEx Corp. expects its busiest day in company history to be Dec. 13 as consumer activity peaks in a holiday shipping season the shipper projects to be about 11 percent bigger than last year.
Shares rose on the news but were still down 14 cents at $88.34 in recent trading on broader market declines. Get the full story »
Wal-Mart offering free shipping for holidays
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is going for the jugular in the holiday retailing war, announcing Thursday that it will offer free shipping on nearly 60,000 online items — with no minimum purchase requirement. Get the full story »
UPS sees 7.5% better holiday season this year
Bloomberg News | United Parcel Service says it expects to handle 430 million packages globally between Thanksgiving and Christmas, a 7.5 percent increase from the holidays last year, and is adding service to China, where demand is expected to grow 34 percent.
