Ecommerce Industry News
The USPS cited some disruptions that impacted its recent performance, including a hazmat leak in Missouri in October. Each week, the USPS issues delivery performance metrics for market-dominant services (First-Class Mail, Marketing Mail, and Periodicals). […]
The USPS issued a warning to mailers and shippers on Tuesday related to the devastating escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: “Service delays are expected due to limited transportation capacity to Israel,” according to the announcement […]
The threat of a UPS strike has been looming, and with the union contract expiring on July 31st and the two sides blaming each other for walking away from discussions, things have gotten grim. But […]
Etsy is offering some help to sellers in the UK who can’t send international packages through Royal Mail. On Tuesday, Etsy announced a partnership with international carrier Evri: “Evri is offering Etsy’s UK sellers 10% […]
UK’s postal service Royal Mail has resumed sending international letter mail as it continues to deal with last week’s cyber incident, but it continues to advise shippers to hold off on submitting packages destined for […]
Both eBay and Etsy offered advice to sellers impacted by the shipping disruption that hit UK’s postal service midweek last week. According to the BBC, the incident was caused by a cyber attack known as […]
When briefing Wall Street analysts on Thursday about Etsy’s fourth-quarter financials, CEO Josh Silverman took a moment to acknowledge Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that day, which he said weighed heavily on all of them. “I […]
Amazon had advice for sellers who are sending items to Fulfillment Centers located in areas impacted by Hurricane Ida as well as those impacted by the hurricane. “If you have shipments en route to fulfillment […]
The US Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced today a report it issued that shows poor execution on the part of postal management. “The Postal Service’s implementation of operational changes and initiatives in […]
UPS issued the following service update this morning warning of possible delays to some shipments: System outage in Louisville, KY May Cause Delays “Delays caused by a system outage beyond the control of UPS caused […]