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
The USPS will process and deliver 13 billion pieces of mail and 800 million packages to American homes between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the USPS Postmaster General Megan Brennan told postal employees. She noted that the holiday window is 6 days Read more
UPS is forecasting record-breaking holiday returns volume this year. It expects 1.9 million returns to take place on January 2, 2020, its forecast peak day. That’s a 26% increase over last year’s peak returns day. But high volumes aren’t expected Read more
eBay announced this week it would extend seller protections to sellers impacted by the fires and power outages in California. The major carriers have been warning customers about the disruption and service delays caused by the events including evacuations in Read more
UPS is offering shipping discounts to online who use Shippo to manage their multichannel ecommerce orders. The over 35,000 small- and medium-sized businesses that use Shippo now have access to UPS marketplace shipping rates with a discount of up to Read more
