FedEx Corp. accelerated the expansion of its FedEx Home Delivery network to reach roughly 80 percent of the U.S. population by the fall of 2001 and planned to achieve full U.S. coverage by September 2002 - more than one year earlier than originally scheduled (www.fedex.com).
Through a two-phase expansion plan, which began in July 2000, FedEx Ground opened approximately 150 new FedEx Home Delivery terminals to increase the network's service coverage. By March 2001, FedEx Home Delivery increased its reach from 50 percent to 70 percent of the U.S. population; phase two enabled FedEx to serve 80 percent of the U.S. ...