"We believe we have an obligation and responsibility to help curb the sale and shipment of drugs sold through illegal Internet pharmacies, " UPS spokesman Bill Tanner said.
Unit shipment growth from 2006 through 2010 was about 50% and roughly 12% annually over that period with some significant hits in unit growth in 2008 and 2009, due to the most recent recession.
The comments, on a conference call to discuss fourth-quarter earnings, showed that the problem with unacceptably see-through yoga pants has expanded from the March 1 shipment that was recalled last weekend to product that is still in factories or being shipped.
One witness told Einhorn of a shipment of 500, 000 coffee brewers earmarked for QVC when the auditors came through, then restocked to MBlock after the audit was done.