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Ups On The United Parcel Service

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The United Parcel Service delivers millions of packages every single day throughout the entire world. UPS delivers packages to over 200 countries. It is by far one of the biggest delivery companies in the world. Two teenagers started the company in 1907. By 1975, UPS was serving 48 countries in the United States. By the 1990s, UPS shifted towards a global footprint that has worked tremendously. UPS has emerged in many different economies; however, UPS has not had as much market scale, as they have wanted in India. In 2005 and 2008, they formed alliances with Jet Air and AFL Private Ltd for better access in India. However, UPS has used more resources in other markets, like China and Malaysia. Therefore, competitors of UPS will begin to enter India if UPS does not do something soon. Unfortunately, DHL, one of their competitors, bought an Indian delivery company and it has been successful. As a result, UPS wants to enter the Indian market with full force, but many questions will arise to join a market with over a billion people. An external analysis that can be done on UPS is the PESTEL analysis. From a political standpoint, UPS has to deal with labor unions. In 1997, they actually had a labor strike due to pensions and pay. As a result, the company lost over 650 million dollars due to the strike. In order to have a successful business, the workers have to be satisfied. Also, there are political implications in doing business in India for the delivery companies because it

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