Ecommerce Industry News
FedEx is now making residential ground deliveries on Sundays year-round, it announced on Wednesday. FedEx. Corp CEO Raj Subramaniam said the practice was started over the holiday shopping season. “Delivering seven days a week was […]
Tech publications are abuzz about news that Amazon sellers can once again use FedEx Ground delivery for Seller Fulfilled Prime (SFP) orders after the company temporarily halted access to the service during the holiday shopping […]
eBay, Amazon, and shipping carriers will send data about small, low-value packages arriving from abroad to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as part of a pilot program. The Section 321 Data Pilot is […]
Amazon shipping requirements for third-party sellers received attention on Monday when the Wall Street Journal wrote, “Amazon Blocks Sellers from Using FedEx Ground for Prime Shipments: Amazon cites a decline in FedEx performance heading into […]
FedEx surveyed 1,500 Canadians to probe their holiday shopping habits and fears. Forty percent of Canadians said they were more likely to shop online for holiday gifts this year compared to last year. But 7 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
FedEx announced a rate hike coming in January 2020. The average rate increase for services commonly used by online merchants is 4.9% – that applies to FedEx Ground, FedEx Express, and FedEx Home Delivery. FedEx […]
FedEx’s decision to part ways with Amazon may cost sellers in an unexpected way: As of last Thursday, FedEx is no longer a participant in Amazon’s Partnered Carrier program. As a result, some sellers said […]