There are 5 Mondays before the Christmas holiday, and FedEx expects to see package-volume spikes for at least three of them. It’s predicting it will move over 33 million packages through its global network on Cyber Monday, which falls on Read more
ShipWorks improved its comparison-shipping tool for high-volume, multi-channel merchants. The Best Rate tool automatically displays rates and transit times across multiple shipping carriers, and it allows sellers to shop rates for a specific service level (number of days in transit). Read more
UPS expects to deliver 5% more packages during the holidays than last year’s holiday shopping season, and it issued an announcement to say it’s well prepared for the surge. “During the 2019 peak holiday season, running November 29 through December Read more
UPS published its 2020 rates on its website on Monday without a press release announcement. It also failed to break out the average rate increase by service, such as UPS Ground. Instead, it wrote, “the rates for UPS Ground, UPS Read more
The USPS cited an urgent need for legislative and regulatory reforms as it reported its financial performance for fiscal year 2019, ending Sept. 30th. While management said it made progress in containing costs, it said returning the Postal Service to Read more
A day before the USPS releases its most recent quarter’s financial results, it got some bad news. The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) is rejecting its proposed First Class Mail rates for 2020. It appears to be an unusual occurrence, though Read more
FedEx issued the following notice today about a national disruption to its FedEx Express service: FedEx Express National Service DisruptionFedEx Express experienced substantial disruptions at the Memphis hub last night due to frozen precipitation and below freezing temperatures. Potential delays Read more
UPS is more aggressively targeting small- and medium-sized online sellers and is leveraging agreements with services like Stamps.com and Shippo as it seeks to gain more share in the ecommerce market. That’s significant considering how many small sellers rely on Read more
UPS is encouraging customers to pick up their packages instead of having them delivered. It’s not surprising – residential delivery is more costly for shipping carriers (though they charge shippers a surcharge when they send to a home address), and Read more
ShipStation has published a Holiday Prep eBook for online sellers on how to make the most of the holiday shopping season when it comes to efficient shipping and boosting conversion rates. The lowest prices won’t be enough to attract customers Read more
