Ecommerce Industry News
It wasn’t the Super Bowl or the World Cup, but to UPS, the holiday-shopping season is a tough competition each year, and its “coach,” CEO David Abney, appeared on CNBC victorious on Tuesday. In the […]
If UPS has its way, it could cost more to ship a package through the U.S. Postal Service. The shipping giant is petitioning federal regulators to force the Postal Service to adjust the way it […]
UPS reported a 0.4% decline in revenue in the third quarter on Tuesday, but a 3.5% increase in net profit. In a post-earnings conference callwith Wall Street analysts, executives were asked about the possible threat Amazon poses in […]
UPS expects a 10% increase in holiday shipments this year and predicts it will deliver over 630 million packages between Black Friday and New Year’s Eve. And 60% of those orders will be to residences […]
Online sellers are benefiting from new services and tools from third-party developers. Here’s a look at some recent developments among vendors and services in the ecommerce industry. Financing for Online Sellers (UPS and Kabbage) UPS […]
Online merchants who use UPS to ship packages paid lower fuel surcharges this year, but dim-weight pricing raised the cost of shipping. That’s the news gleaned from first-quarter financial results from UPS. Both UPS and […]
As the U.S. Postal Service increases efforts to take business away from UPS and FedEx, UPS is asking the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to require USPS to be more forthcoming with information about its competitive […]
In last month’s article, “UPS Holiday Preparedness to Cost Merchants Next Season,” we reported that UPS planned to introduce new peak holiday shipping rates. The news came as the company gave investors advance warning that it had […]
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 […]
Last-minute online shopping lost some luster at the end of the 2013 holiday shopping season thanks to late deliveries caused by bad weather and high package volumes. This year, shipping carriers UPS and FedEx said […]