UPS Cut Amazon Volumes on Purpose. The Margin Data Says It Worked.

Key Points Early last year, UPS began scaling back the amount of work it was doing for Amazon. Although the partnership generated plenty of revenue, it was also crimping profits. While there’s room for improvement, the tough decision looks like it was the right one. 10 stocks we like better than United Parcel Service › Most companies want to do more business. Not all business is necessarily worth doing though. That's the dilemma that logistics outfit United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) had been facing for some time before deciding early last year to scale back the amount of delivery work it was doing for e-commerce giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) .