FedEx has added 31 origin countries to its International First service, a priority-shipping option for customers needing critical deliveries to arrive as early as the start of the next business day.

UPS is expanding its My Choice service and Access Point Network.

Scott Schwarz, national business development manager with LaserShip, discusses regional alternatives to the big national parcel carriers -- and concludes that those smaller rivals are growing in number.

The investment firm LDC has joined with the Netherlands' PostNL to launch an end-to-end postal delivery service in the U.K.