Etsy has added FedEx to its shipping labels program so that sellers can purchase and print FedEx shipping labels directly on Etsy. The company also had a confession to make about shipping. FedEx Integration “A direct integration with FedEx means Read more
Shipping carriers are warning of delays due to winter storms that hit portions of the United States. USPS said on Monday it was in recovery phase following the major winter storm that brought ice and snow to the Southwest. Post Read more
A distraught reader sent an email to EcommerceBytes on Wednesday complaining about an online order that was taking a long time to get to him – and an article in the Wall Street Journal indicates he’s not alone. “Here is Read more
FedEx expects a 12% increase in holiday season volume, predicting a record-breaking 317 million shipments between Black Friday and Christmas Eve. It issued a press release on Monday and outlined the measures it has taken to prepare for the peak Read more
Just in time for the holidays, online sellers gain access to a new product sourcing marketplace. Counterfeits remain a problem, Amazon targets college campuses, and FedEx raises its fuel surcharge fee despite falling costs of fuel. Here’s a roundup of Read more
Like death and taxes, the rising cost of shipping is a certainty for online merchants. Right on cue, FedEx announced its rates for 2016 are going up by an average of 4.9% for U.S. domestic, U.S. export and U.S. import Read more
After a failed attempt to sell itself to UPS, TNT Express has entered into an agreement with FedEx. According to a joint press release, the two companies said they had reached conditional agreement on a recommended all-cash public offer of Read more
Bongo urged online retailers attending this year’s IRCE conference to “Expand into International eCommerce with Bongo.” Now, the company has sold itself to FedEx. The shipping carrier said the acquisition of Bongo allows it to expand its “cross border enablement Read more
It wouldn’t be the holiday season without bad weather hitting parts of the country, but checking in with shipping carriers on Tuesday, it appears things are going much more smoothly than last December when some customers did not receive their Read more
FedEx signed an agreement to acquire GENCO, one of the largest third-party logistics providers in North America. GENCO processes more than 600 million returned items annually from many of the world’s leading brands. Online sellers may be familiar with GENCO Marketplace as Read more
