Cyber Weekend Surge Causing UPS Delays
UPS said there will be delivery delays through the middle of this week due to a deluge in ecommerce orders beginning on Cyber Monday and in the days following.
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DHL Expands in North America to Meet Peak Demand
Looking to make up ground on rivals UPS and FedEx during peak season, DHL is in the midst of an expansion effort that includes hiring 6,000 temporary workers across its four business units in North America, adding flights and piloting robotic and augmented reality technologies.
FedEx Has 7,500 Pickup Locations at Walgreens Stores
Just in time for the busy holiday season, FedEx announced it now has pickup locations at 7,500 Walgreens stores across the U.S., shy of the 8,000 it promised to have online by the end of October when the deal was announced in January.
What Prime Day and Singles Day Teaches Us About Shipping
One thing that both Amazon’s Prime Day and Singles Day have in common is their ability to orchestrate the shipping of over a billion digital purchases in a short, saturated amount of time. Here are several ways Amazon and Alibaba approach shipping.
Shipping Cutoff Dates Released for the Holiday Season
ShipStation released its shipping cutoff dates for the holiday season. This infographic includes shipping dates from the top three U.S. shipping carriers, UPS, FedEx and USPS. Here is the list of dates.
Best Buy, Target Offer Free Shipping Through Christmas
Following a similar move by Target, Best Buy is offering free shipping on most orders between now and Christmas, waiving its standard $35 minimum order threshold.
LateShipment Helps Shippers Access Carrier Refunds
With an estimated $3 billion left on the table each year in unclaimed refunds from major carriers for errors such as late or wrong deliveries, a software company has figured out how to automate the claims process and win some of that money back for its shipper clients.
An Analysis of UPS 2018 General Rate Increase and Other Changes
Effective Dec. 24 (yes, you read that correctly), rates for UPS Ground, UPS Air and International services as well as UPS Air Freight rates within and between the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico will increase an average of 4.9%. Here’s an analysis of UPS’s changes and the impact they will have on parcel shippers.
Shopify Partners with DHL Express for Cross-Border Shipping
Small business owners will find it easier to send orders to overseas customers in 220 countries within 2-5 business days through a new integration partnership between SMB ecommerce platform company Shopify and global carrier DHL.
Analysis of FedEx GRI, DIM Charge for SmartPost in 2018
FedEx Corp. announced it will increase shipping rates on FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight by an average of 4.9%, effective Jan. 1. See how the numbers break down and how they will impact various FedEx products.