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The company’s ongoing 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge will apply to the peak season fees, which start Oct. 15. Amazon will once again apply higher fulfillment fees during the holiday shipping rush for its Fulfillment by Amazon, Remote Fulfillment with FBA, Multi-Channel Fulfillment and Buy with Prime services, the company announced Tuesday. Fulfillment by Amazon fees are calculated and charged when shipments leave fulfillment centers, meaning products shipped on or after Oct. 15 will encounter the peak season charges.

Amazon revealed on Tuesday that it will reintroduce elevated fulfillment charges for the busy holiday shipping period across its Fulfillment by Amazon, Remote Fulfillment with FBA, Multi-Channel Fulfillment, and Buy with Prime offerings. In a response on Amazon's Seller Central platform, the company explained that, like other major carriers, it imposes temporary surcharges on fulfillment fees when costs stay high, to offset some of the actual expense increases it faces.

Amazon is planning to construct a 248,687-square-foot sorting warehouse in Georgetown, Texas, as disclosed in a July 6 filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Amazon's team is in the early stages of developing this operations facility in Georgetown, with the aim of providing local customers with faster delivery of everyday essentials while generating new jobs in the community, the spokesperson commented in an email.

The site will sit within the e-commerce giant’s fulfillment network and further expand its use of automation across the supply chain. An Amazon fulfillment center in Detroit. The e-commerce giant will break ground on a Texas sorting facility in August.

In its Q2 2026 investor letter, Longleaf Partners Fund highlighted FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) as a leading contributor. On July 10, 2026, FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) closed at $314.69 per share. According to our database, 86 hedge fund portfolios held FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) at the end of the first quarter, up from 68 in the previous quarter.

Toyota is shifting production of its popular Tacoma pickup from Baja California, Mexico, to San Antonio as part of a $3.6 billion expansion that will double the size of its Texas manufacturing campus and create 2,000 new jobs. The company said the transition from Toyota Motor Manufacturing Baja California will occur gradually over approximately four years, with the expanded facility expected to be fully built out by 2030. Mexico says jobs will remain While Tacoma production is leaving Baja California, Mexican officials emphasized that the transition will be gradual and that Toyota is maintaining its broader commitment to the country.