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LSO Announces Saturday Parcel Delivery Service
Saturday is Now a Normal Residential Delivery Day in Advance of Peak Season 2021
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AUSTIN, Texas, April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Lone Star Overnight (LSO), the leading regional parcel delivery company throughout the Southwest, announces that it will incorporate Saturdays into its normal delivery schedule starting May 1, 2021. Starting next month, LSO also will deliver B2C e-commerce packages as part of its normal service at no additional charge.
Richard M. Metzler, chief executive officer of LSO, said the main driver for the change is increased demand from e-commerce merchants to fill part of the gap FedEx and UPS are leaving in the parcel delivery market. In my opinion, our customers come to us (and other regional parcel carriers) for three fundamental reasons: One, better service, two, double-digit savings in most cases due to lower overhead, and three, we are a ton easier
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Logistics companies ran at full tilt in 2020 to keep up with e-commerce demand.
New players that can help retailers speed up the e-commerce supply chain are in high demand.
Entrenched players that didn t, or couldn t, adjust to the increased demand fast enough lost out.
As consumer dollars continue to shift online, logistics players know there s money to be made.
The National Retail Federation expects more than $1 trillion to be spent online in 2021 roughly 20% more than the record $969 billion in 2020. It s an unprecedented opportunity for freight and logistics players that can meet internet retailers exacting standards. It s hard and messy, and not everybody wants to go figure that labor model out because it s difficult, said Craig Callahan, chief commercial officer for Werner Enterprises, a trucking company specializing in top-flight retailers including Walmart, Dollar General and the Home Depot. These retailers have strict standards, requiring precise schedules an