Ecommerce Industry News
Walmart kicked off its month-long savings event this week and reminded marketplace sellers to prepare for its next “Black Friday Deals for Days” sale that launches next week. To participate, sellers should set “Reduced Price” […]
Just as the USPS has slowed down First Class Mail, it also wants to slow down First Class Packages (FCPS). But in a somewhat confusing message today, it said it would delay the planned slowdown […]
DHL eCommerce Solutions Americas is planning for a 35% increase in volume during the holiday’s peak season compared to last year, and it began preparing in January. It’s not alone – its customers have been […]
Christmas is 3 months away (103 days), but Etsy is already reminding sellers about shipping cutoff dates. “We know the holiday season can be stressful enough without worrying about shipping deadlines and extra fees,” it […]
Shipping carriers are recruiting workers to help process and deliver packages during the holiday shopping season, and even the United States Postmaster General is lending a hand to recruitment efforts. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy visited […]
Pitney Bowes is implementing changes and will assess temporary surcharges to prepare for the peak holiday-shopping season. The pricing adjustments impact its domestic and cross-border delivery and returns services and will take effect on October […]
Executives from the US Postal Service met last week to prepare for the upcoming holiday shipping season – and one area they focused on was staffing. The USPS Logistics and Processing Operations department is responsible […]
UPS issued a press statement today to say its network is “running smoothly, with industry-leading on-time delivery performance,” and it pointed to data indicating it is beating both FedEx and the US Postal Service in […]
Amazon is blocking FedEx Ground for certain Seller Fulfilled Prime (SFP) orders during the holiday shopping season. SFP are items that display the Prime badge indicating 2-day delivery, but are fulfilled by sellers rather than […]
Online sellers are used to ending the year on a high note, with the runup to the holiday season generally accounting for substantial shares of their annual sales. But what will it look like to […]