Ecommerce Industry News
Finally some good news for online sellers on the shipping cost front – UPS announced today it will waive residential surcharges during the 2019 holiday shopping season. Those surcharges are not insignificant, and today’s announcement […]
UPS announced on Friday that it is raising a surcharge impacting international imports. Announcement follows: August 9, 2019 Update / International Air-Import Fuel Surcharge Effective August 26, 2019, the International Air-Import Fuel Surcharge will increase […]
The US Postal Service reported revenue of $17.1 billion in its 3rd fiscal quarter (April 1, 2019 – June 30, 2019), essentially unchanged compared to the same quarter last year, while it experienced a net […]
In June, word leaked that FedEx would no longer deliver Amazon packages by air, and today, both companies confirmed they were ending their ground-delivery contract as well. Amazon has relied more heavily on UPS and […]
The US Postal Service is hosting a webinar to show sellers how direct mail can help drive mobile sales. The USPS 2019 Mobile Shopping Promotion Webinar will be held online (via WebEx) on Wednesday, July […]
UPS has begun onboarding customers for its new UPS My Choice for Business service, calling it “the first visibility and tracking solution in the U.S. designed for small and medium-sized businesses.” Later this year, it […]
ShipRush, now owned by Descartes Systems Group, has added support for LTL Freight (less than truckload). The new offering will make it easier for Descartes ShipRush customers to evaluate parcel and LTL options to make […]
If you’re having a paper-towel emergency, which online marketplace should you turn to? The topic came up last week and raises questions beyond the obvious ones like, who has a paper-towel emergency and under what […]
UPS announced a number of initiatives on Monday including a move to 7-day pickup and delivery. The shipping carrier appears to be reacting in part to rival FedEx which in May announced it was moving […]
ShipWorks launched ShipWorks for Warehouse, a new service that helps high-volume merchants get products to customers efficiently. The offering helps shippers with one warehouse or many, who use one shipping carrier or multiple, and is […]