Is Your Warehouse Ready For Black Friday and Cyber Monday?

| Jim Tierney

Black Friday and Cyber Monday seem to attain larger status each year as retailers prepare and warehouse and fulfillment personnel brace for the onslaught. This is the time of year warehouse and fulfillment employees wait for each year and have to be fully prepared

Numbers Deceiving In UPS Rate Hikes

| Jim Tierney

UPS released its rate increases for 2012, including a net increase of 4.9% for UPS Ground packages and a net increase of 4.9% on all UPS Air services and U.S.-origin international shipments

Negotiations On Postal Union Contracts Extended

| Jim Tierney

The U.S. Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (NALC) and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, AFL-CIO (NPMHU) agreed to extend their negotiations deadline until midnight on Dec. 7, 2011. Although the two union …

How To Solve the Free Shipping Challenge

| Dave Fazekas

In the ever-changing economic environment, price pressure on retailers continues to mount as consumers look to save money. Online shoppers have, and always will, prefer to pay as little as possible for shipping

More Order Fulfillment Could Be Outsourced: Report

| Jim Tierney

E-commerce and multichannel retailing are placing greater demands on order fulfillment practitioners, according to a new study released by third-party logistics provider Saddle Creek Corp. The E-Fulfillment Trends Report focused on how companies address …