FedEx expecting Surge Volume event coinciding with the iPhone 5 launch weekend

By Christian Zibreg on Sep 7, 2012

Apple yesterday started dressing up the Yerba Buena Center building with banners for the next week’s iPhone 5 presser. If you believe Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster, the event will mark the biggest consumer electronics launch of the year as the analyst on multiple occasions likened the launch of Apple’s next iPhone to “the mother of all upgrades”.

Adding up to the excitement, the global logistics services company FedEx issued a note to employees to brace themselves for a “surge volume” event during the period of September 21-24. The three-day period coincides with the expected launch weekend for the iPhone 5… Read More