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History of UPS (United Parcel Service)

#businesshook #businessstory #businesshistory United Parcel Service, Inc., or UPS, is the world's largest package delivery company. In 2003, the Atlanta-based company shipped approximately 3.4 billion items to over 200 countries and territories. Although it began as a simple bicycle messenger service in 1907, how did it rise to such heights? UPS began its post-IPO acquisition spree in 2000, when it purchased Challenge Air Cargo, a Miami-based freight carrier that operates in Latin America. UPS paid approximately $185 million in cash in April 2001 for Mail Boxes Etc., a franchise-based chain of stores in the United States that provides packing, shipping, and mail services. UPS acquired Fritz Companies, Inc. in a $456 million stock swap in May 2001 as part of the company's aggressive move into global supply-chain management. Then, in late 2002, UPS Freight Services and UPS Logistics Group merged to form UPS Supply Chain Solutions, a streamlined unit with operations in 120 countries. Despite the implosion of numerous e-commerce companies and the package deliveries that died with them, UPS managed to grow during the recessionary early 2000s. Total revenues reached $33.49 billion by 2003, with faster growth in international package deliveries and non-package operations making up for shortfalls in the US package delivery sector. Even now, UPS remains one of the most respected companies in its industry and a formidable competitor.