FedEx is launching a new e-commerce platform as it competes with Amazon

FedEx announced today that it will launch a new data-driven commerce platform" this fall called fdx that it says will give online merchants end-to-end e-commerce solutions." The company's new platform is aimed at helping businesses manage their supply chain, sell to customers, and manage deliveries.

The company wrote in its announcement that fdx will combine existing FedEx commerce tools, like access to members of ShopRunner, an e-commerce marketplace FedEx acquired in 2020, with features debuting in the fall like the ability to create a custom post-purchase experience" so brands can give customers more accurate shipment information or use insight from FedEx's shipment network data for order management.

Christina Meek, FedEx's global...

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