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A FedEx delivery worker.
- FedEx is ending its ground shipping relationship with Amazon, according to Bloomberg News.
- In recent months, FedEx has made it clear that it views Amazon as a competitor rather than a partner.
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FedEx is ending its ground delivery contract with Amazon, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing a statement from the shipping service.
The move comes as Amazon works to scale up its own logistics and delivery services, including hiring its own fleet of full-time drivers to deliver packages to Prime customers.
"This change is consistent with our strategy to focus on the broader e-commerce market," FedEx said in the statement to Bloomberg.
Amazon was responsible for just over 1% of FedEx's sales in 2018. Over the past year, FedEx's leadership has made it clear that it viewed Amazon as a competitive threat, and not a collaborative partner.
"[We] look at Amazon as a wonderful company and service and they're a good customer of ours," Smith said in a December earnings call. "We don't see them as a peer competitor at this point in time. For many reasons, we think it is doubtful that will be the case."
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